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Management and Budget (OMB) funded this research through an ongoing partnership with OMB’s Budget Development, Planning and Administration division and the Office of State Planning Coordination. By providing a profile of the occupants of residential and nonresidential development in Delaware, this report will inform state and local efforts to better understand the population, and ultimately the service and fiscal impacts, resulting from development. For this project, IPA analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data to reveal the demographic characteristics of individuals occupying houses of various types and sizes in Delaware. Additionally, numerous data sources were used to provide information on the average number of employees who are associated with various types of nonresidential development. Whether referring to the average number of occupants in a house or the average number of employees for a nonresidential use, these figures are known as “demographic multipliers.” Chapter 1 provides an overview of the demographic multipliers for residential development in Delaware. Illustrative tables show the average number of people and school-aged children associated with various types and sizes of housing in Delaware. Chapter 2 reviews the demographic multipliers for nonresidential development—providing details on the averag