Delaware · Census place 1028440
Frederica, Delaware
Frederica is a town in Kent County, Delaware with an estimated 1,131 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 31st largest of 33 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,131
- #31 of 33 in Delaware
- Change since 2020
- +3.8%
- +41 people
- Land area
- 1.7 sq mi
- Density
- 650 / sq mi
- State median 1,762
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Frederica population, 2020 to 2024
Frederica added 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
Frederica covers 1.74 square miles of land, for 650 people per square mile of land. The median Delaware place of 5,000+ has 1,762, so Frederica is less dense than the typical town.
What county Frederica is in
All of Frederica's residents live in Kent County, which had 192,690 residents in 2024. Frederica holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Frederica
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Frederica by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 19946. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Frederica is
The Census internal point of Frederica is at 39.008000, -75.466600. Dover, the capital, is 10.7 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Felton, DE (1,375 people), 5.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 64.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.008000, -75.466600
- DMS
- 39°00'28.80"N 75°27'59.76"W
- UTM
- 18N 459600.7E 4317767.9N
- Geohash
- dqfmftnyh
- Plus code
- 87F62G5M+69
Daylight in Frederica
At 39.01° N, Frederica gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Frederica
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Delaware, measured between internal points. The closest is Felton, 5.9 miles away, with 1,375 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Frederica, DE?
1,131 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 41 (3.8%) from 1,090 in July 2020.
What county is Frederica in?
Kent County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Frederica?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19946.
How far is Frederica from Dover?
10.7 miles (17.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Frederica.
What is the nearest larger city to Frederica?
Felton, DE, with 1,375 residents, 5.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.