Delray Beach is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 59,941 people and 19 constituent neighborhoods, Delray Beach is the 37th largest community in Florida.

Delray Beach is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Delray Beach is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Delray Beach who work in sales jobs (14.25%), office and administrative support jobs (12.68%), and management occupations (10.78%).

Also of interest is that Delray Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Delray Beach are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Delray Beach Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Delray Beach citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.31% of adults in Delray Beach have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Delray Beach in 2000 was $29,350, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,400 for a family of four.

Delray Beach is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Delray Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Delray Beach is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Delray Beach include Haitian, German, Italian, Irish, English, Russian, and Polish.

Delray Beach also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.50%.

The most common language spoken in Delray Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include French Creole and Spanish.