Unemployment rate: zip codes ranked in Delaware

Share of people in the civilian labor force (working or looking for work) who don't have a job. Lower is better. These lists rank zip codes in Delaware with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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Zip codes with the highest unemployment

#	Zip	City	Unemployment	Population
1	19953	Hartly	13.8%	5,255
2	19717	Newark	9.4%	6,036
3	19973	Seaford	8.9%	26,834
4	19802	Wilmington	8.9%	26,051
5	19801	Wilmington	8.6%	16,327
6	19901	Dover	8.2%	37,763
7	19968	Milton	7.8%	15,486
8	19706	Delaware City	7.2%	2,038
9	19940	Delmar	6.8%	7,540
10	19945	Frankford	6.7%	9,640
11	19941	Ellendale	6.6%	3,435
12	19966	Millsboro	6.5%	35,884
13	19709	Middletown	5.9%	53,234
14	19977	Smyrna	5.9%	27,704
15	19962	Magnolia	5.9%	13,770
16	19904	Dover	5.8%	38,818
17	19971	Rehoboth Beach	5.8%	14,886
18	19701	Bear	5.7%	42,984
19	19805	Wilmington	5.6%	41,402
20	19803	Wilmington	5.5%	22,279
21	19804	Wilmington	5.5%	18,779
22	19975	Selbyville	5.5%	10,862
23	19711	Newark	5.3%	49,432
24	19956	Laurel	5.2%	16,327
25	19703	Claymont	5.2%	15,460
26	19933	Bridgeville	5.1%	10,597
27	19930	Bethany Beach	4.6%	3,014
28	19954	Houston	4.6%	1,427
29	19943	Felton	4.5%	13,410
30	19960	Lincoln	4.3%	6,774
31	19702	Newark	4.2%	55,683
32	19963	Milford	4.2%	23,500
33	19946	Frederica	4.2%	5,603
34	19967	Millville	4.1%	2,376
35	19952	Harrington	4%	10,908
36	19808	Wilmington	3.8%	39,082
37	19958	Lewes	3.8%	31,938
38	19713	Newark	3.8%	30,747
39	19720	New Castle	3.7%	62,392
40	19809	Wilmington	3.7%	14,311
41	19934	Camden Wyoming	3.7%	14,061
42	19734	Townsend	3.2%	14,214
43	19950	Greenwood	3.2%	7,918
44	19807	Wilmington	3.1%	7,815
45	19964	Marydel	2.8%	1,418
46	19939	Dagsboro	2.7%	7,490
47	19947	Georgetown	2.6%	20,760
48	19810	Wilmington	2.3%	26,530
49	19707	Hockessin	2.3%	17,376
50	19938	Clayton	2.1%	9,561
51	19951	Harbeson	1.9%	2,245
52	19970	Ocean View	1.4%	8,524
53	19806	Wilmington	1%	9,777

Zip codes with the lowest unemployment

#	Zip	City	Unemployment	Population
1	19806	Wilmington	1%	9,777
2	19970	Ocean View	1.4%	8,524
3	19951	Harbeson	1.9%	2,245
4	19938	Clayton	2.1%	9,561
5	19707	Hockessin	2.3%	17,376
6	19810	Wilmington	2.3%	26,530
7	19947	Georgetown	2.6%	20,760
8	19939	Dagsboro	2.7%	7,490
9	19964	Marydel	2.8%	1,418
10	19807	Wilmington	3.1%	7,815
11	19950	Greenwood	3.2%	7,918
12	19734	Townsend	3.2%	14,214
13	19934	Camden Wyoming	3.7%	14,061
14	19809	Wilmington	3.7%	14,311
15	19720	New Castle	3.7%	62,392
16	19713	Newark	3.8%	30,747
17	19958	Lewes	3.8%	31,938
18	19808	Wilmington	3.8%	39,082
19	19952	Harrington	4%	10,908
20	19967	Millville	4.1%	2,376
21	19946	Frederica	4.2%	5,603
22	19963	Milford	4.2%	23,500
23	19702	Newark	4.2%	55,683
24	19960	Lincoln	4.3%	6,774
25	19943	Felton	4.5%	13,410
26	19954	Houston	4.6%	1,427
27	19930	Bethany Beach	4.6%	3,014
28	19933	Bridgeville	5.1%	10,597
29	19703	Claymont	5.2%	15,460
30	19956	Laurel	5.2%	16,327
31	19711	Newark	5.3%	49,432
32	19975	Selbyville	5.5%	10,862
33	19804	Wilmington	5.5%	18,779
34	19803	Wilmington	5.5%	22,279
35	19805	Wilmington	5.6%	41,402
36	19701	Bear	5.7%	42,984
37	19971	Rehoboth Beach	5.8%	14,886
38	19904	Dover	5.8%	38,818
39	19962	Magnolia	5.9%	13,770
40	19977	Smyrna	5.9%	27,704
41	19709	Middletown	5.9%	53,234
42	19966	Millsboro	6.5%	35,884
43	19941	Ellendale	6.6%	3,435
44	19945	Frankford	6.7%	9,640
45	19940	Delmar	6.8%	7,540
46	19706	Delaware City	7.2%	2,038
47	19968	Milton	7.8%	15,486
48	19901	Dover	8.2%	37,763
49	19801	Wilmington	8.6%	16,327
50	19802	Wilmington	8.9%	26,051
51	19973	Seaford	8.9%	26,834
52	19717	Newark	9.4%	6,036
53	19953	Hartly	13.8%	5,255

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