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delaware it's the second smallest state in the us the sixth most densely populated and was the first to ratify the u.s constitution though small delaware is a fascinating state and will be the first place i will cover in this 56 part series on every state territory and federal district in the united states hello and welcome to that is interesting i'm your host carter this is the us explained episode 1 delaware nicknamed the first state because it ratified the u.s constitution on december 7th 1787 five days before the next date to do so and two and a half years before the last of the 13 colonies joined the state is named for its most prominent geographic feature the delaware river which forms much of its eastern border the river is in turn named for thomas west who was a governor of virginia when it was a colony and who held the title of the third bear in delaware giving the river and then the state its name the state has a population of just 983 000 people making it the fifth least pop