Delaware · Census place 1041830

Lewes, Delaware

Lewes is a city in Sussex County, Delaware with an estimated 3,702 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 17th largest of 33 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,702; #17 of 33 in Delaware
Change since 2020: +11.5%; +382 people
Land area: 4.2 sq mi; + 0.92 sq mi water
Density: 884 / sq mi; State median 1,762

Orange pin: Lewes. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Dover.

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Lewes population, 2020 to 2024

Lewes added 382 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.5%. In the latest year it moved by +90.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,301. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lewes covers 4.19 square miles of land and 0.92 of water, for 884 people per square mile of land. The median Delaware place of 5,000+ has 1,762, so Lewes is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lewes is in

All of Lewes's residents live in Sussex County, which had 271,134 residents in 2024. Lewes holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lewes

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lewes by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 19958. 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 Lewes is

The Census internal point of Lewes is at 38.778600, -75.143700. Dover, the capital, is 33.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Milton, DE (3,773 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 85.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.778600, -75.143700
DMS: 38°46'42.96"N 75°08'37.32"W
UTM: 18N 487518.1E 4292217.9N
Geohash: dqfsd56j8
Plus code: 87C6QVH4+CG

Daylight in Lewes

At 38.78° N, Lewes gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lewes

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Delaware, measured between internal points. The closest is Rehoboth Beach, 5.4 miles away, with 1,257 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lewes, DE?

3,702 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 382 (11.5%) from 3,320 in July 2020.

What county is Lewes in?

Sussex County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Lewes?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19958.

How far is Lewes from Dover?

33.0 miles (53.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Lewes.

What is the nearest larger city to Lewes?

Milton, DE, with 3,773 residents, 8.9 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.