Table 2. Geographical Distribution of People on Delaware’s Sex Offender Registry Reporting Homelessness.
| November 15, 2021 | February 16, 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % total | N | % total | rate of homelessness* | |
| County | |||||
| Kent | 36 | 30.0 | 39 | 27.9 | 5.1 |
| New Castle | 61 | 50.8 | 70 | 50.0 | 7.1 |
| Sussex | 23 | 19.2 | 31 | 22.1 | 4.0 |
| City | |||||
| Wilmington | 34 | 28.3 | 42 | 30.0 | 7.7 |
| Dover | 26 | 21.7 | 29 | 20.7 | 7.6 |
| New Castle | 10 | 8.3 | 11 | 7.9 | 4.4 |
| Newark | ** | ** | 13 | 9.3 | 6.1 |
| Georgetown | ** | ** | 10 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
| Remainder in other cities | 36 | 30.0 | 35 | 25.0 | 3.5 |
| Zip | |||||
| 19901 (Dover) | 19 | 15.8 | 15 | 10.7 | 6.5 |
| 19801 (Wilmington) | 17 | 14.2 | 20 | 14.3 | 11.5 |
| 19805 (Wilmington) | 11 | 9.2 | 13 | 9.3 | 7.7 |
| 19720 (New Castle) | 10 | 8.3 | 11 | 7.9 | 4.4 |
| 19904 (Dover) | ** | ** | 14 | 10.0 | 7.0 |
| 19947 (Georgetown) | ** | ** | 10 | 7.1 | 7.4 |
| All other ZIPS | 49 | 40.8 | 57 | 41.0 | 4.2 |
| Total | 120 | 140 | 5.5 | ||
* “Rate of homelessness” refers to the percent of those on the SOR reporting from a particular geographic area who report experiencing homelessness. Data is not available to calculate this for the 2021 study group.
** Exact numbers are suppressed to maintain individual record anonymity as cell values are less than 10.