City profile · Small City
Wilmington, Delaware
Reviewed Oct 17, 2026Who leads Wilmington, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- John Carney
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 72,664
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 17, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 17, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcewilmingtonde.gov ↗
- Official leadership pagewilmingtonde.gov/government/mayor ↗
- City websitewilmingtonde.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- John Carney CurrentMayor · added Jul 3, 2026 · verified Oct 17, 2026
- Mike Purzycki FormerMayor · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 72,664
- Median household income
- $54,731
- Median age
- 36.9
- Land area
- 10.9 sq mi
- Population density
- 6,666.4 per sq mi
- County
- New Castle County
- Metro area
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
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