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The City of Delaware is located near the center of the state of Ohio, about 20 miles north of Columbus, Ohio. Delaware was founded in 1808, incorporated in 1816, and is the county seat of Delaware County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 25,246. This figure was estimated to be 31,322 in a 2005 Census estimate. According to a list compiled by American Demographics Incorporated, Delaware County ranks fourteenth out of twenty areas in the United States designated as the fastest-growing in the year 2000. Delaware is located at 40.298898, -83.072007. The town is located about 24 miles north of Ohio's capital city, Columbus, due north along U.S. Highway 23. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 39.1 km² (15.1 mi²). 38.8 km² (15.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.66%) is water.

Delaware is the site of the Ohio Wesleyan University, one of the top liberal arts colleges in the United States and one of the Five Colleges of Ohio. Ohio Wesleyan is a private independent liberal arts college located in the heart of Delaware. Ohio Wesleyan University enrolls approximately 1,950 students from 40 states and more than 50 countries.

The city is famous for The Little Brown Jug, an internationally famous harness race which is part of the Triple Crown of harness racing.

In the city the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 14.5% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males.

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