Rodney Village, Delaware
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Rodney Village is a census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP) in Kent County
Kent County, Delaware
Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is coextensive with the Dover, Delaware, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 the population was 162,310, a 28.1% increase over the previous decade. The county seat is Dover, the state capital...

, Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

, United States
United States
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. It is part of the Dover, Delaware
Dover, Delaware
The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,602 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

.

Geography

Rodney Village is located at 39°7′50"N 75°32′2"W (39.130622, -75.533758).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land.
Mayor: Gregg Daddio

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 1,602 people, 596 households, and 413 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
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 was 2,652.6 people per square mile (1,030.9/km²). There were 630 housing units at an average density of 1,043.2 per square mile (405.4/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 49.13% White, 38.83% African American, 0.75% Native American, 4.00% Asian, 1.62% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 5.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.24% of the population.

There were 596 households out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 19.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 13.7% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.3 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $40,875, and the median income for a family was $41,767. Males had a median income of $28,676 versus $23,750 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the CDP was $15,946. About 5.1% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.
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