Delaware · Census place 1047940
Millsboro, Delaware
Millsboro is a town in Sussex County, Delaware with an estimated 7,864 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 9th largest of 33 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 7,864
- #9 of 33 in Delaware
- Change since 2020
- +13.3%
- +921 people
- Land area
- 5.1 sq mi
- + 0.24 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,533 / sq mi
- State median 1,762
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Millsboro population, 2020 to 2024
Millsboro added 921 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.3%. In the latest year it moved by +205. Among 11 Delaware places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +3.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Delaware has 13,326 people, so Millsboro is 59% of it.
Millsboro covers 5.13 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 1,533 people per square mile of land. The median Delaware place of 5,000+ has 1,762, so Millsboro is less dense than the typical town.
What county Millsboro is in
All of Millsboro's residents live in Sussex County, which had 271,134 residents in 2024. Millsboro holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Millsboro
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Millsboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 19966. 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 Millsboro is
The Census internal point of Millsboro is at 38.588700, -75.309600. Dover, the capital, is 40.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Georgetown, DE (8,098 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 85.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.588700, -75.309600
- DMS
- 38°35'19.32"N 75°18'34.56"W
- UTM
- 18N 473036.6E 4271181.2N
- Geohash
- dqf7w2c5r
- Plus code
- 87C6HMQR+F5
Daylight in Millsboro
At 38.59° N, Millsboro gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Millsboro
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Delaware, measured between internal points. The closest is Georgetown, 8.1 miles away, with 8,098 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Millsboro, DE?
7,864 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 921 (13.3%) from 6,943 in July 2020.
What county is Millsboro in?
Sussex County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Millsboro?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19966.
How far is Millsboro from Dover?
40.8 miles (65.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Millsboro.
What is the nearest larger city to Millsboro?
Georgetown, DE, with 8,098 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.