Total Population in Sussex County, DE

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Total Population
255,626
Rank #282 of 3,222
91th percentile

How Sussex County Compares

Sussex County
255,626
Delaware Average
255,626
Rank #2 of 3 in state
National
330M
99.9% below

National Distribution

Where Sussex County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.

33 9,808,667

■ Sussex County: 255,626

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#279 Marin County, CA 257,969
#280 Yakima County, WA 257,152
#281 Washington County, AR 256,765
#282 Sussex County, DE 255,626
#283 Jefferson County, TX 253,878
#284 St. Clair County, IL 253,694
#285 Chesapeake city, VA 252,583
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Total Population in Sussex County, Delaware

Sussex County, Delaware has a total population of 255,626, which ranks #282 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 99.9% below the national value of 330M.

Within Delaware, Sussex County ranks #2 of 3 out of 3 counties. This places it in the 91th percentile nationally.

Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.