Delaware · Census place 1033120
Harrington, Delaware
Harrington is a city in Kent County, Delaware with an estimated 3,934 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 15th largest of 33 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,934
- #15 of 33 in Delaware
- Change since 2020
- +4.1%
- +156 people
- Land area
- 2.7 sq mi
- Density
- 1,446 / sq mi
- State median 1,762
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Harrington population, 2020 to 2024
Harrington added 156 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.1%. In the latest year it moved by +67.
Harrington covers 2.72 square miles of land, for 1,446 people per square mile of land. The median Delaware place of 5,000+ has 1,762, so Harrington is less dense than the typical town.
What county Harrington is in
All of Harrington's residents live in Kent County, which had 192,690 residents in 2024. Harrington holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Harrington
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Harrington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 19952. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Harrington is
The Census internal point of Harrington is at 38.924100, -75.571800. Dover, the capital, is 16.3 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Milford, DE (14,079 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 61.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.924100, -75.571800
- DMS
- 38°55'26.76"N 75°34'18.48"W
- UTM
- 18N 450433.8E 4308509.3N
- Geohash
- dqfm2mfm3
- Plus code
- 87C6WCFH+J7
Daylight in Harrington
At 38.92° N, Harrington gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Harrington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Delaware, measured between internal points. The closest is Felton, 6.1 miles away, with 1,375 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Harrington, DE?
3,934 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 156 (4.1%) from 3,778 in July 2020.
What county is Harrington in?
Kent County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Harrington?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19952.
How far is Harrington from Dover?
16.3 miles (26.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Harrington.
What is the nearest larger city to Harrington?
Milford, DE, with 14,079 residents, 8.1 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.