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DELAWARE TRIVIA & FACTS
FARMS & FARMERS
Delaware, approximate land area of 1,249,176 acres
Farmland is 510,253 acres or 40.8% of total land
Organic agriculture accounts for about 164 acres.
Number of Farms: 2,546
Principle Farm Operators: Men: 2,137 Women: 409
(2013 - USDA Economic Research Service: www.ers.usda.gov )
[2007-2008 latest available data]
POPULATION & HUNGER
Delaware has a total population of: 907,135
Urban population: 706,805
Rural population: 200,330
Food insecure households*: 10.9%
Households with very low food security*: 4.3%
*Food insecurity - Limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.
Very low food security - At times during the year, eating patterns of one or more household members were disrupted and food intake reduced because the household lacked money and other resources for food.
(2013 - USDA Economic Research Service: www.ers.usda.gov )
(Population & Food Security data: 2011)
Milk was designated as the official State Beverage of Delaware in 1983
Strawberries are the official state fruit of Delaware. (2010)
The official state dessert of Delaware is Peach Pie (adopted in 2009).
The Weakfish (Genus Cynoscion) is the official state fish of Delaware (designated in 1981).
The peach blossom is the state flower of Delaware.
The Blue Hen chicken, noted for their fighting ability, is the official state bird of Delaware.
The Lady Bug is Delaware's official state bug.
The sheaf of wheat, ear of corn, and the ox on the state seal symbolize the farming activities of colonial Delaware.
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