Delaware
The First State
Climate
Mild and humid, softened by the coast. Summer highs are about 86F (30C) and winter highs about 42F (6C), with rain spread through the year.
Main industries
A center for the chemical industry, banking and business registration, and farming of broiler chickens, soybeans, and corn.
Top places for tourists
The Atlantic beaches at Rehoboth Beach, the historic town of New Castle, and the Winterthur museum and gardens.
Places of interest
Delaware was the first state to approve the United States Constitution, and it has no sales tax, so shopping is tax-free.
A little history
Settled by Swedish and Dutch colonists and long tied to Pennsylvania, Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution on December 7, 1787.
Fun fact
Because it signed the Constitution first, Delaware proudly calls itself the First State, and more than a million companies are registered there.