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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-CSR
 
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
Investment Company Act file number: 811-07410
 
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:
Delaware Investments® National Municipal Income Fund
 
Address of principal executive offices:
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
 
Name and address of agent for service:
David F. Connor, Esq.
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 523-1918
 
Date of fiscal year end: March 31
 
Date of reporting period: March 31, 2011
 

 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders
 
     
     
     Annual Report    
 
 
   
     Delaware
     Investments
     Closed-End
     Municipal Bond
     Funds
March 31, 2011  
     
     
   
     
     

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The figures in the annual report for Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds represent past results, which are not a guarantee of future results. A rise or fall in interest rates can have a significant impact on bond prices. Funds that invest in bonds can lose their value as interest rates rise.

     
 
 
   
   
  Closed-end funds  
     
 
 
 

 

Table of contents
 
  > Portfolio management review   1
       
  > Fund basics   4
       
  > Sector/State allocations   5
       
  > Statements of net assets   7
       
  > Statements of operations   21
       
  > Statements of changes in net assets   22
       
  > Financial highlights   23
       
  > Notes to financial statements   27
       
  > Report of independent registered public accounting firm   34
       
  > Other Fund information   35
       
  > Board of trustees/directors and officers addendum   39
       
      > About the organization       42


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware Management Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiaries (collectively known by the marketing name of Delaware Investments) are wholly owned subsidiaries of Macquarie Group Limited, a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services. For more information, including press releases, please visit www.delawareinvestments.com.
 
Unless otherwise noted, views expressed herein are current as of March 31, 2011, and subject to change. Information is as of the date indicated and subject to change.
 
Funds are not FDIC insured and are not guaranteed. It is possible to lose the principal amount invested.
 
Mutual fund advisory services provided by Delaware Management Company, a series of Delaware Management Business Trust, which is a registered investment advisor. Delaware Investments, a member of Macquarie Group, refers to Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Macquarie Group refers to Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide.
 
Investments in Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds are not and will not be deposits with or liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 and its holding companies, including their subsidiaries or related companies (Macquarie Group), and are subject to investment risk, including possible delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. No Macquarie Group company guarantees or will guarantee the performance of the Funds, the repayment of capital from the Funds, or any particular rate of return.
 
© 2011 Delaware Management Holdings, Inc.
 
All third-party trademarks cited are the property of their respective owners.
 

 

Portfolio management review
 
Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds
April 12, 2011
 
Performance preview
 
The fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 was generally volatile for the Funds (and for investors in tax-exempt debt in general). Municipal bonds were under considerable selling pressure during the later parts of the fiscal year, driven primarily by fears about the credit worthiness of the municipal bond market, as well as technical developments that affected bond supply. Despite a fiscal year that ended in a flurry of headwinds, municipal bonds posted a cumulative gain of slightly more than 1.5% for the period (as measured by the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index).
 
National economic environment
 
During the fiscal year, the U.S. economy continued to emerge from its biggest downturn in seven decades, albeit relatively slowly. As the Funds’ fiscal year got under way, U.S. economic growth softened, with gross domestic product (a measure of the economy’s production of goods and services) slipping from an annualized rate of 3.7% in the first quarter of 2010 to just 1.7% in the second quarter. The grim economic situation was reflected in the national unemployment rate, which stood at 9.7% at the start of the fiscal year.
 
Several factors contributed to sluggish economic performance, among them:
GDP data moderately improved as the fiscal year went on, with the economy growing at an annual rate of 2.6% in the third quarter of 2010 and 2.8% in the final three months of that year. The employment picture, while still generally challenging, began to improve as well, finishing the Funds’ fiscal year at 8.9%.
 
Data: Bloomberg, Lipper, U.S. Department of Commerce
 
Municipal market trends
 
For the first two quarters of the Funds’ fiscal year, the municipal bond market enjoyed relatively strong performance, echoing the positive trends of 2009. The municipal bond market benefited from several factors, including:
In November 2010, conditions in the tax-exempt bond market deteriorated suddenly, as many investors became increasingly concerned about the potential for inflation to put downward pressure on bond prices. Concerns were heightened by several developments, including the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it would engage in another round of quantitative easing, in which it plans to purchase $600 billion of Treasury securities, in order to further spur economic growth.
 
Meanwhile, several other events inhibited the municipal bond market:
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Portfolio management review
 
Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds
This confluence of factors precipitated dramatic investment outflows from municipal bond funds in the final months of 2010 and early 2011, reversing the tremendous inflows seen during the market’s run-up in much of 2010. In turn, these outflows put downward pressure on municipal bond prices.
 
Fund positioning
 
When the Funds’ fiscal year began, we maintained a modest emphasis on lower-rated, longer-dated securities, using our research capabilities to help identify those securities we believed offered good value relative to their risk. This approach generally worked well; within each of the Funds, these types of securities generally added to performance.
 
Unfortunately, this approach hampered the Funds’ returns relative to their benchmark index when market conditions deteriorated in the final months of the fiscal year. As investors’ confidence in the tax-exempt bond market generally waned, securities with heightened credit risk (such as lower-rated bonds) or interest-rate risk (namely, bonds with longer maturity dates) underperformed their higher-rated, shorter-dated counterparts.
 
As the Funds’ fiscal year came to a close, we faced the need to make a decision about current market conditions — whether to treat them as a passing storm or as a fundamental change that warranted a shift in approach. We concluded that the increased volatility in the municipal bond environment at least required us to position the Funds somewhat more conservatively. This resulted in an increased focus on intermediate-maturity bonds with higher credit ratings, and a reduction of exposure to longer-dated, lower-rated bonds where appropriate.
 
Performance effects
 
Our conservative positioning was consistent with our overall philosophy of managing the Funds with an emphasis on preserving principal. We were willing to be somewhat more conservative than some other municipal bond managers (perhaps sacrificing a bit of performance potential) in an attempt to avoid greater losses during particularly difficult market downturns.
 
On an individual security basis, the Funds often saw good results from the types of bonds that outperformed for the fiscal year; namely, bonds with shorter maturities and relatively higher credit ratings. Within Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc., for instance, bonds with relatively shorter maturities led the way, including bonds issued by the University of Arizona (maturing in 2018) as well as housing bonds issued by the City of Phoenix (maturing in 2020).
 
Leading contributors also included prerefunded bonds, which are very high-quality, short-duration bonds. (When a bond is prerefunded, the issuer has secured the bond’s principal value by holding some type of risk-free asset — typically Treasurys — in an escrow account). Within Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc., prerefunded bonds issued by the University of Denver and by the Denver Convention Center Hotel Authority were among the Fund’s leading contributors.
 
Similar to the Colorado Fund, Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. benefited from holdings in prerefunded bonds that raised money for civic projects, as bonds for the St. Paul civic center were among its strongest contributors.
 
Leading contributors within Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund included bonds issued in New York that were backed by American Airlines (in an arrangement commonly known as an industrial development revenue bond) and an energy bond issued in Iowa by the state’s Authority for Interstate Power. Both bonds advanced by more than 5%.
 
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Across all four Funds, the weakest contributors to overall return included bonds issued by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. These bonds, which are widely held and are highly liquid, came under tremendous selling pressure during the last half of the Funds’ fiscal year. In a sense, the characteristics that make Puerto Rico bonds desirable were the very characteristics that worked against them: They became the instrument of choice for municipal bond investors seeking to raise cash. (This was particularly true for mutual fund managers who needed to satisfy investor redemptions.) The resulting decline in bond prices was widespread and difficult to control, and it was a good example of the dislocation that municipal markets were suffering through.
 
As in prior reporting periods, we continued to follow our basic investment philosophy and management approach. We believe successful municipal bond investing requires rigorous credit analysis. In our opinion, there is no substitute for thorough credit research. On a bond-by-bond basis, we scrutinize each security we include in the Funds to help ensure our comfort level with its financial position and to feel confident that, in our view, any risks are more than offset by the potential income provided by the bond.
 
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Fund basics
 
Delaware Investments
Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
 
As of March 31, 2011
 
Fund objective
The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from both regular federal income tax and from Arizona state personal income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital.
 
Total Fund net assets
$40 million
 
Number of holdings
60
 
Fund start date
Feb. 26, 1993
 
CUSIP number
246100101
 
Delaware Investments
Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
 
As of March 31, 2011
 
Fund objective
The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from both regular federal income tax and Colorado state personal income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital.
 
Total Fund net assets
$65 million
 
Number of holdings
62
 
Fund start date
July 29, 1993
 
CUSIP number
246101109
 
Delaware Investments
Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.
 
As of March 31, 2011
 
Fund objective
The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from both regular federal income tax and Minnesota state personal income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital.
 
Total Fund net assets
$158 million
 
Number of holdings
103
 
Fund start date
Feb. 26, 1993
 
CUSIP number
24610V103
 
Delaware Investments
National Municipal Income Fund
 
As of March 31, 2011
 
Fund objective
The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital.
 
Total Fund net assets
$31 million
 
Number of holdings
80
 
Fund start date
Feb. 26, 1993
 
CUSIP number
24610T108
 
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Sector/State allocations
 
As of March 31, 2011
 
 
 
Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.
 
Delaware Investments
Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
 
  Percentage
Sector of Net Assets
Municipal Bonds       93.71 %      
Corporate-Backed Revenue Bonds   6.13 %  
Education Revenue Bonds   11.93 %  
Electric Revenue Bonds   11.00 %  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds   17.28 %  
Housing Revenue Bond   0.48 %  
Lease Revenue Bonds   6.50 %  
Local General Obligation Bonds   5.71 %  
Pre-Refunded Bonds   3.28 %  
Special Tax Revenue Bonds   15.34 %  
State General Obligation Bond   0.81 %  
Transportation Revenue Bonds   6.17 %  
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds   9.08 %  
Short-Term Investments   4.52 %  
Total Value of Securities   98.23 %  
Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities   1.77 %  
Total Net Assets   100.00 %  

Delaware Investments
Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.
 
  Percentage
Sector of Net Assets
Municipal Bonds       98.57 %      
Corporate-Backed Revenue Bonds   5.78 %  
Education Revenue Bonds   9.68 %  
Electric Revenue Bonds   8.55 %  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds   18.84 %  
Housing Revenue Bonds   7.96 %  
Lease Revenue Bonds   6.33 %  
Local General Obligation Bonds   10.13 %  
Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds   20.51 %  
Special Tax Revenue Bonds   4.08 %  
State General Obligation Bond   0.70 %  
Transportation Revenue Bonds   5.09 %  
Water & Sewer Revenue Bond   0.92 %  
Short-Term Investments   0.57 %  
Total Value of Securities   99.14 %  
Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities   0.86 %  
Total Net Assets   100.00 %  

Delaware Investments
Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
 
  Percentage
Sector of Net Assets
Municipal Bonds       94.95 %      
Corporate-Backed Revenue Bond   1.17 %  
Education Revenue Bonds   20.05 %  
Electric Revenue Bonds   7.00 %  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds   10.18 %  
Housing Revenue Bonds   2.69 %  
Lease Revenue Bonds   5.14 %  
Local General Obligation Bonds   8.41 %  
Pre-Refunded Bonds   15.76 %  
Special Tax Revenue Bonds   11.34 %  
State General Obligation Bonds   5.54 %  
Transportation Revenue Bonds   2.50 %  
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds   5.17 %  
Short-Term Investments   3.56 %  
Total Value of Securities   98.51 %  
Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities   1.49 %  
Total Net Assets   100.00 %  

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Sector/State allocations
 
Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.
 
Delaware Investments
National Municipal Income Fund
 
  Percentage
Sector of Net Assets
Municipal Bonds       94.07 %      
Corporate-Backed Revenue Bonds   10.56 %  
Education Revenue Bonds   14.08 %  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds   15.72 %  
Housing Revenue Bonds   6.39 %  
Lease Revenue Bonds   2.41 %  
Local General Obligation Bonds   3.73 %  
Special Tax Revenue Bonds   20.08 %  
State General Obligation Bonds   5.74 %  
Transportation Revenue Bonds   11.45 %  
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds   3.91 %  
Short-Term Investments   4.58 %  
Total Value of Securities   98.65 %  
Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities   1.35 %  
Total Net Assets   100.00 %  

State (as a % of fixed income investments)
Arizona   1.93 %      
California   8.78 %  
Colorado   0.90 %  
Florida   22.89 %  
Georgia   2.36 %  
Hawaii   0.87 %  
Illinois   2.65 %  
Iowa   1.79 %  
Kansas   0.47 %  
Louisiana   0.85 %  
Maryland   3.11 %  
Massachusetts   7.50 %  
Missouri   2.42 %  
New Hampshire   1.04 %  
New Jersey   2.75 %  
New Mexico   1.49 %  
New York   13.72 %  
Ohio   3.72 %  
Oregon   0.44 %  
Pennsylvania   9.94 %  
Puerto Rico   4.73 %  
Texas   2.85 %  
Virginia   2.04 %  
Washington D.C.   0.76 %  
Total   100.00 %  

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Statements of net assets
 
Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
 
March 31, 2011
 
      Principal      
                   Amount   Value
Municipal Bonds – 93.71%            
Corporate-Backed Revenue Bonds – 6.13%        
Maricopa County Pollution            
            Control Revenue            
            (Public Service - Palo Verde Project)        
            Series B 5.20% 6/1/43   $ 500,000       $ 491,035
Navajo County Pollution Control            
            Revenue (Public Service -            
            Cholla Project) Series D            
            5.75% 6/1/34     500,000     544,660
  Pima County Industrial Development        
            Authority Pollution Control Revenue        
            (Tucson Electric Power)            
            5.75% 9/1/29     250,000     247,718
            Series A            
            4.95% 10/1/20     500,000     481,255
            5.25% 10/1/40     400,000     346,416
  Salt Verde Financial Senior Gas            
            Revenue 5.00% 12/1/37     400,000     327,896
              2,438,980
Education Revenue Bonds – 11.93%            
  Arizona Board of Regents System            
            Revenue (University of Arizona)            
            Series A 5.00% 6/1/39     500,000     487,790
            Series 2008A 5.00% 6/1/18     150,000     168,881
  Arizona Health Facilities Authority            
            Education Facilities Revenue            
            (Kirksville College)            
            5.125% 1/1/30     500,000     468,195
  Glendale Industrial Development            
            Authority Revenue            
            (Midwestern University)            
            5.00% 5/15/31     350,000     323,232
            5.125% 5/15/40     300,000     274,023
  Northern Arizona University Certificates        
            of Participation (Northern Arizona        
            University Research Projects)            
            5.00% 9/1/30 (AMBAC)     1,000,000     920,030
  Pima County Industrial Development        
            Authority Educational Revenue            
            (Tucson Country Day School Project)        
            5.00% 6/1/37     500,000     356,675
  South Campus Group Housing            
            Revenue (Arizona State University        
            South Campus Project)            
            5.625% 9/1/35 (NATL-RE)     1,000,000     931,050
  University of Puerto Rico System            
            Revenue Series Q 5.00% 6/1/36 1,000,000     817,400
              4,747,276
Electric Revenue Bonds – 11.00%            
  Puerto Rico Electric Power            
            Authority Revenue            
            Series TT 5.00% 7/1/37     100,000     83,966
            Series WW 5.50% 7/1/38     200,000     180,224
            Series XX 5.25% 7/1/40     805,000     695,480
            Series ZZ 5.25% 7/1/26     400,000     380,612
  Salt River Project Agricultural            
            Improvement & Power District            
            Electric System Revenue            
            Series A            
            5.00% 1/1/31     770,000     772,433
            5.00% 1/1/39     1,000,000     981,520
            Series B 5.00% 1/1/25     1,250,000     1,281,837
              4,376,072
Healthcare Revenue Bonds – 17.28%            
  Arizona Health Facilities Authority            
            Revenue (Banner Health)            
            Series D 5.50% 1/1/21     500,000     527,600
            (Catholic Healthcare West)            
            Series D 5.00% 7/1/28     500,000     468,625
  Glendale Industrial Development            
            Authority Health Facilities Revenue            
            (John C. Lincoln Health)            
            5.00% 12/1/42     1,000,000     792,900
  Maricopa County Industrial            
            Development Authority Health            
            Facilities Revenue (Catholic            
            Healthcare West) Series A            
            5.25% 7/1/32     400,000     367,344
            6.00% 7/1/39     500,000     497,920
  Scottsdale Industrial Development            
            Authority Hospital Revenue            
            (Scottsdale Healthcare)            
            Series A 5.25% 9/1/30     500,000     470,400
  University Medical Center Hospital Revenue            
            5.00% 7/1/33     1,000,000     858,260
            5.00% 7/1/35     500,000     422,435
            6.50% 7/1/39     500,000     509,190
  Yavapai County Industrial Development            
            Authority Revenue (Yavapai            
            Regional Medical Center)            
            Series A 5.25% 8/1/21 (RADIAN)     2,000,000     1,960,819
              6,875,493
Housing Revenue Bond – 0.48%            
  Puerto Rico Housing Finance            
            Authority Subordinated-Capital            
            Fund Modernization            
            5.50% 12/1/18     175,000     189,186
              189,186
Lease Revenue Bonds – 6.50%            
  Arizona Certificates of Participation            
            Department Administration Series A            
            5.25% 10/1/25 (AGM)     500,000     510,130
  Arizona Game & Fishing Department            
            & Commission Revenue            
            (AGF Administration Building Project)            
            5.00% 7/1/26     640,000     636,237
  Nogales Municipal Development            
            Authority Revenue            
            5.00% 6/1/30 (AMBAC)     500,000     457,560

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Statements of net assets
 
Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
 
      Principal        
                   Amount       Value
Municipal Bonds (continued)              
Lease Revenue Bonds (continued)              
  Pima County Industrial Development              
            Authority Revenue (Metro Police              
            Facility - Nevada Project)              
            Series A              
            5.25% 7/1/31   $ 500,000   $ 499,955  
            5.375% 7/1/39     500,000     481,340  
              2,585,222  
Local General Obligation Bonds – 5.71%              
Gila County Unified School District #10              
            (Payson School Improvement              
            Project of 2006) Series A              
            5.25% 7/1/27 (AMBAC)     500,000     506,865  
  Maricopa County Elementary              
            School District #6 (Washington              
            Elementary) Series A              
            5.375% 7/1/13 (AGM)     1,250,000     1,365,625  
  Scottsdale 5.00% 7/1/21     350,000     397,782  
              2,270,272  
§Pre-Refunded Bonds – 3.28%              
  Salt River Project Agricultural              
            Improvement & Power District              
            Electric System Revenue Series A              
            5.00% 1/1/31-12     230,000     240,341  
  Southern Arizona Capital Facilities              
            Finance (University of Arizona              
            Project) 5.00% 9/1/23-12 (NATL-RE)     1,000,000     1,063,850  
              1,304,191  
Special Tax Revenue Bonds – 15.34%              
  Flagstaff Aspen Place at the Sawmill              
            Improvement District Revenue              
            5.00% 1/1/32     385,000     372,653  
  Gilbert Public Facilities Municipal              
            Property Revenue 5.00% 7/1/25     500,000     510,465  
  Glendale Municipal Property Series A              
            5.00% 7/1/33 (AMBAC)     2,000,000     2,000,060  
  Marana Tangerine Farms Road              
            Improvement District Revenue              
            4.60% 1/1/26     873,000     827,377  
  Peoria Municipal Development              
            Authority Revenue (Senior Lien &              
            Subordinate Lien)              
            5.00% 1/1/18     1,085,000     1,196,082  
  Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing              
            Revenue First Subordinate Series C              
            6.00% 8/1/39     300,000     297,225  
  Queen Creek Improvement District #1              
            5.00% 1/1/32     1,000,000     899,640  
              6,103,502  
State General Obligation Bond – 0.81%              
  Puerto Rico Commonwealth              
            (Public Improvement) Series C              
            6.00% 7/1/39     335,000     321,774  
              321,774  
Transportation Revenue Bonds – 6.17%              
  Phoenix Civic Improvement              
            Airport Revenue              
            (Junior Lien) Series A 5.25% 7/1/33     500,000     489,045  
            (Senior Lien) Series B 5.25%              
            7/1/27 (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (AMT)     2,000,000     1,966,580  
              2,455,625  
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds – 9.08%              
  Guam Government Waterworks              
            Authority 5.625% 7/1/40     390,000     336,484  
  Phoenix Civic Improvement              
            Wastewater Systems              
            Revenue (Junior Lien)              
            5.00% 7/1/19 (NATL-RE)     850,000     920,278  
            5.00% 7/1/24 (NATL-RE) (FGIC)     1,000,000     1,001,410  
            Series A 5.00% 7/1/39     900,000     889,857  
  Scottsdale Water & Sewer Revenue              
            5.00% 7/1/19     400,000     463,800  
              3,611,829  
Total Municipal Bonds              
  (cost $38,673,686)           37,279,422  
                 
Short-Term Investments – 4.52%              
¤Variable Rate Demand Notes – 4.52%              
  Apache County Industrial              
            Development Authority Revenue              
            0.22% 12/15/18              
            (LOC-Bank of New York)     800,000     800,000  
  Arizona Health Facilities Authority              
            0.22% 7/1/35 (LOC-JPMorgan              
            Chase Bank)     1,000,000     1,000,000  
Total Short-Term Investments              
  (cost $1,800,000)           1,800,000  
                 
Total Value of Securities – 98.23%              
  (cost $40,473,686)           39,079,422  
Receivables and Other Assets              
  Net of Liabilities – 1.77%           704,458  
Net Assets Applicable to 2,982,200              
  Shares Outstanding; Equivalent to              
  $13.34 Per Share – 100.00%         $ 39,783,880  
                 
Components of Net Assets at March 31, 2011:        
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 200 million shares        
  authorized to the Fund         $ 40,651,205  
Undistributed net investment income           461,800  
Accumulated net realized gain on investments           65,139  
Net unrealized depreciation of investments           (1,394,264 )
Total net assets         $ 39,783,880  

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Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of March 31, 2011. Interest rates reset periodically.
 §
Pre-Refunded bonds. Municipal bonds that are generally backed or secured by U.S. Treasury bonds. For Pre-Refunded bonds, the stated maturity is followed by the year in which the bond is pre-refunded. See Note 8 in “Notes to financial statements.”
¤ Tax-exempt obligations that contain a floating or variable interest rate adjustment formula and an unconditional right of demand to receive payment of the unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest upon a short notice period (generally up to 30 days) prior to specified dates either from the issuer or by drawing on a bank letter of credit, a guarantee or insurance issued with respect to such instrument.
 
Summary of Abbreviations:
AGM — Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
AMBAC — Insured by AMBAC Assurance Corporation
AMT — Subject to Alternative Minimum Tax
FGIC — Insured by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
LOC — Letter of Credit
NATL-RE — Insured by the National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
RADIAN — Insured by Radian Asset Assurance
 
See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Statements of net assets
 
Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
March 31, 2011
 
    Principal      
            Amount      Value
Municipal Bonds – 94.95%          
Corporate-Backed Revenue Bond – 1.17%          
  Public Authority for Colorado Energy          
            Natural Gas Revenue          
            Series 2008 6.50% 11/15/38 $ 750,000   $ 755,700
            755,700
Education Revenue Bonds – 20.05%          
  Boulder County Development Revenue          
            (University Corporation for          
            Atmospheric Research)          
            5.00% 9/1/26 (NATL-RE)   3,000,000     3,001,589
  Colorado Board of Governors          
            Revenue (Colorado State University          
            System) Series A 5.00% 3/1/39   700,000     684,005
  Colorado Educational & Cultural          
            Facilities Authority Revenue          
            (Bromley Charter School Project)          
            5.25% 9/15/32 (XLCA)   1,000,000     921,550
            (Johnson & Wales University Project)          
            Series A 5.00% 4/1/28 (XCLA)   3,000,000     2,661,059
            (Littleton Charter School Project)          
            4.375% 1/15/36 (CIFG)   1,200,000     910,188
            (Student Housing - Campus          
            Village Apartments)          
            5.00% 6/1/23   1,065,000     1,079,548
            (Student Housing - University of          
            Northern Colorado) Series A          
            5.00% 7/1/31 (NATL-RE)   2,500,000     2,229,125
  University of Colorado Enterprise          
            Systems Revenue Series A          
            5.375% 6/1/38   750,000     758,835
  Western State College 5.00% 5/15/34   750,000     726,968
            12,972,867
Electric Revenue Bonds – 7.00%          
  Colorado Springs Utilities System          
            Improvement Revenue Series C          
            5.50% 11/15/48   750,000     763,913
  Platte River Power Authority          
            Revenue Series HH 5.00% 6/1/28   1,500,000     1,559,534
  Puerto Rico Electric Power          
            Authority Revenue          
            Series TT 5.00% 7/1/37   685,000     575,167
            Series WW 5.50% 7/1/38   300,000     270,336
            Series XX 5.25% 7/1/40   750,000     647,963
            Series ZZ 5.25% 7/1/26   750,000     713,648
            4,530,561
Healthcare Revenue Bonds – 10.18%          
  Aurora Hospital Revenue (Children’s          
            Hospital Association Project)          
            Series A 5.00% 12/1/40   500,000     438,540
  Colorado Health Facilities          
            Authority Revenue          
            (Catholic Health Initiatives)          
            Series A 5.00% 7/1/39   750,000     680,550
            Series D 6.125% 10/1/28   750,000     799,823
            (Evangelical Lutheran Good          
            Samaritan Society)          
            5.25% 6/1/23   1,000,000     1,004,860
            Series A 6.125% 6/1/38   750,000     751,095
            (Total Longterm Care)          
            Series A 6.00% 11/15/30   400,000     372,940
  Colorado Springs Hospital Revenue          
            6.25% 12/15/33   750,000     771,705
  Denver Health & Hospital Authority          
            Revenue (Recovery Zone Facilities)          
            5.625% 12/1/40   750,000     679,545
  University of Colorado Hospital          
            Authority Revenue Series A          
            5.00% 11/15/37   500,000     426,845
            6.00% 11/15/29   650,000     659,555
            6,585,458
Housing Revenue Bonds – 2.69%          
  Colorado Housing & Finance          
            Authority (Single Family          
            Mortgage – Class 1) Series A          
            5.50% 11/1/29 (FHA) (VA) (HUD)   425,000     433,730
  Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority          
            Subordinated-Capital Fund          
            Modernization          
            5.125% 12/1/27   1,000,000     981,260
            5.50% 12/1/18   300,000     324,318
            1,739,308
Lease Revenue Bonds – 5.14%          
  Aurora Certificates of Participation          
            Series A 5.00% 12/1/30   630,000     629,175
  Glendale Certificates of Participation          
            5.00% 12/1/25 (XLCA)   1,500,000     1,506,135
Puerto Rico Public Buildings          
            Authority Revenue (Guaranteed          
            Government Facilities)          
            Series M-2 5.50% 7/1/35 (AMBAC)   700,000     730,737
  Regional Transportation District          
            Certificates of Participation          
            Series A 5.375% 6/1/31   460,000     460,294
            3,326,341
Local General Obligation Bonds – 8.41%          
  Adams & Arapahoe Counties Joint          
            School District #28J (Aurora)          
            6.00% 12/1/28   600,000     664,122
  Arapahoe County Water &          
            Wastewater Public Improvement          
            District Series A          
            5.125% 12/1/32 (NATL-RE)   635,000     605,015
  Boulder, Larimer & Weld Counties St.          
            Vrain Valley School District No. Re-1J          
            5.00% 12/15/33   750,000     763,628

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    Principal        
            Amount      Value
Municipal Bonds (continued)            
Local General Obligation Bonds (continued)            
  Bowles Metropolitan District            
            5.00% 12/1/33 (AGM) $ 2,000,000   $ 1,897,239  
  Denver City & County School District            
            #1 Series A 5.00% 12/1/29   240,000     249,526  
  Jefferson County Colorado School District            
            #R-1 5.25% 12/15/24   750,000     846,945  
  Sand Creek Metropolitan District            
            Refunding & Improvement            
            5.00% 12/1/31 (XLCA)   500,000     414,590  
            5,441,065  
§Pre-Refunded Bonds – 15.76%            
  Colorado Educational & Cultural            
            Facilities Authority            
            (University of Colorado Foundation            
            Project) 5.00% 7/1/27-12 (AMBAC)   3,900,000     4,112,589  
            (University of Denver Project) Series B            
            5.25% 3/1/35-16 (FGIC)   1,000,000     1,171,650  
  Denver Convention Center Hotel            
            Authority Revenue Senior Lien Series A            
            5.00% 12/1/33-13 (XCLA)   3,000,000     3,304,500  
  Westminster Building Authority            
            Certificates of Participation            
            5.25% 12/1/22-11 (NATL-RE)   1,555,000     1,604,496  
            10,193,235  
Special Tax Revenue Bonds – 11.34%            
  Denver Convention Center Hotel            
            Authority Revenue            
            5.00% 12/1/35 (XLCA)   1,575,000     1,220,987  
  Denver International Business Center            
            Metropolitan District No.1            
            5.00% 12/1/30   650,000     583,791  
  Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation            
            Authority Revenue            
            Series K 5.00% 7/1/30   750,000     671,288  
  Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing            
            Revenue First Subordinate            
            Series A 5.75% 8/1/37   590,000     568,282  
            Series C 6.00% 8/1/39   500,000     495,375  
  Regional Transportation District            
            Revenue (Fastracks Project) Series A            
            4.375% 11/1/31 (AMBAC)   1,250,000     1,134,538  
            4.50% 11/1/36 (AGM)   3,000,000     2,663,909  
            7,338,170  
State General Obligation Bonds – 5.54%            
  Guam Government Series A            
            7.00% 11/15/39   750,000     771,390  
  Puerto Rico Commonwealth            
            (Public Improvement)            
            Series A 5.50% 7/1/19 (NATLE-RE)   2,250,000     2,325,870  
            Series C 6.00% 7/1/39   505,000     485,063  
          3,582,323  
Transportation Revenue Bonds – 2.50%            
  Denver City & County Airport System            
            Revenue Series A 5.25% 11/15/36   750,000     727,357  
  E-470 Public Highway Authority            
            Revenue Series C 5.25% 9/1/25   310,000     279,171  
  Regional Transportation District            
            Revenue (Denver Transit Partners)            
            6.00% 1/15/41   675,000     611,894  
            1,618,422  
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds – 5.17%            
  Colorado Water Resources & Power            
            Development Authority Revenue            
            (Parker Water & Sanitation            
            District) Series D            
            5.125% 9/1/34 (NATL-RE)   1,500,000     1,377,405  
            5.25% 9/1/43 (NATL-RE)   2,000,000     1,795,820  
  Guam Government Waterworks            
            Authority Revenue 5.625% 7/1/40   195,000     168,242  
            3,341,467  
Total Municipal Bonds            
  (cost $63,474,336)         61,424,917  
               
Short-Term Investments – 3.56%            
¤Variable Rate Demand Notes – 3.56%            
  Colorado Educational & Cultural            
            Facilities Authority Revenue            
            (National Jewish Federation)            
            Series A-8 0.23% 9/1/35            
            (LOC-Bank of America N.A.)   1,500,000     1,500,000  
            Series A-12 0.23% 2/1/38            
            (LOC-Bank of America N.A.)   800,000     800,000  
Total Short-Term Investments            
  (cost $2,300,000)         2,300,000  
 
Total Value of Securities – 98.51%            
  (cost $65,774,336)         63,724,917  
Receivables and Other Assets            
  Net of Liabilities – 1.49%         964,456  
Net Assets Applicable to 4,837,100            
  Shares Outstanding; Equivalent to            
  $13.37 Per Share – 100.00%       $ 64,689,373  
 
Components of Net Assets at March 31, 2011:        
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 200 million shares        
  authorized to the Fund       $ 66,918,121  
Undistributed net investment income         323,399  
Accumulated net realized loss on investments         (502,728 )
Net unrealized depreciation of investments         (2,049,419 )
Total net assets       $ 64,689,373  

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Statements of net assets
 
Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
 
 
Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of March 31, 2011. Interest rates reset periodically.
§
Pre-Refunded bonds. Municipal bonds that are generally backed or secured by U.S. Treasury bonds. For Pre-Refunded bonds, the stated maturity is followed by the year in which the bond is pre-refunded. See Note 8 in “Notes to financial statements.
¤
Tax-exempt obligations that contain a floating or variable interest rate adjustment formula and an unconditional right of demand to receive payment of the unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest upon a short notice period (generally up to 30 days) prior to specified dates either from the issuer or by drawing on a bank letter of credit, a guarantee or insurance issued with respect to such instrument.
 
Summary of Abbreviations:
AGM — Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
AMBAC — Insured by AMBAC Assurance Corporation
CIFG — Insured by CDC IXIS Financial Guaranty
FGIC — Insured by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
FHA — Federal Housing Administration
HUD — Housing and Urban Development Section 8
LOC — Letter of Credit
NATL-RE — Insured by National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
VA — Veterans Administration Collateral
XLCA — Insured by XL Capital Assurance
 
See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.
March 31, 2011
 
    Principal      
            Amount      Value
Municipal Bonds – 98.57%          
Corporate-Backed Revenue Bonds – 5.78%      
  Cloquet, Pollution Control Revenue          
            (Potlatch Project) 5.90% 10/1/26 $ 5,500,000   $ 4,914,580
  Laurentian Energy Authority I          
            Cogeneration Revenue Series A          
            5.00% 12/1/21   3,325,000     3,257,536
  Sartell Environmental Improvement          
            Revenue (International Paper)          
            Series A 5.20% 6/1/27   1,000,000     938,510
            9,110,626
Education Revenue Bonds – 9.68%          
  Minnesota Higher Education          
            Facilities Authority Revenue          
            5.25% 12/1/35   1,000,000     954,710
            (Augsburg College) Series 6-J1          
            5.00% 5/1/28   1,500,000     1,446,495
            (Carleton College)          
            Series D 5.00% 3/1/30   1,120,000     1,151,270
            Series 6-T 5.00% 1/1/28   1,000,000     1,036,120
            (College of St. Benedict)          
            Series 5-W 5.00% 3/1/20   2,000,000     2,023,220
            (St. Mary’s University) Series 5-U          
            4.80% 10/1/23   1,400,000     1,392,972
            (University of St. Thomas)          
            Series 6-X 5.00% 4/1/29   2,250,000     2,248,673
            Series 7-A 5.00% 10/1/39   1,000,000     963,970
  University Minnesota          
            Series A 5.25% 4/1/29   1,000,000     1,071,770
            Series C 5.00% 12/1/19   1,290,000     1,468,678
  University of Minnesota Special          
            Purpose Revenue (State          
            Supported Biomed Science)          
            Series C 5.00% 8/1/35   1,040,000     1,048,029
  University of the Virgin Islands          
            Series A 5.375% 6/1/34   500,000     449,590
            15,255,497
Electric Revenue Bonds – 8.55%          
  Chaska Electric Revenue          
            (Generating Facilities) Series A          
            5.25% 10/1/25   250,000     254,910
  Minnesota Municipal Power Agency          
            Electric Revenue Series A          
            5.00% 10/1/34   1,900,000     1,821,454
            5.25% 10/1/19   1,610,000     1,696,634
  Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority          
            Revenue Series XX          
            5.25% 7/1/40   1,645,000     1,421,198
  Southern Minnesota Municipal          
            Power Agency Supply          
            Revenue Series A          
            5.25% 1/1/14 (AMBAC)   3,000,000     3,297,630
  Western Minnesota Municipal          
            Power Agency Supply Revenue          
            Series A 5.00% 1/1/30 (NATL-RE)   5,000,000     4,981,550
            13,473,376
Healthcare Revenue Bonds – 18.84%          
  Bemidji Health Care Facilities          
            Revenue (North Country          
            Health Services)          
            5.00% 9/1/24 (RADIAN)   1,500,000     1,441,800
  Fergus Falls Health Care Facilities          
            Revenue (Lake Region Healthcare)          
            5.00% 8/1/30   1,000,000     913,080
  Glencoe Health Care Facilities          
            Revenue (Glencoe Regional          
            Health Services Project)          
            5.00% 4/1/25   2,000,000     1,863,460
  Maple Grove Health Care Facilities          
            Revenue (Maple Grove Hospital)          
            5.25% 5/1/37   1,000,000     893,250
  Minneapolis Health Care System          
            Revenue (Fairview Health Services)          
            Series A 6.625% 11/15/28   600,000     640,752
            Series B 6.50% 11/15/38          
            (ASSURED GTY)   295,000     309,493
            Series D 5.00% 11/15/34          
            (AMBAC)   2,000,000     1,804,980
  Minneapolis Revenue (National          
            Marrow Donor Program Project)          
            4.875% 8/1/25   1,000,000     940,870
  Minneapolis & St. Paul Minnesota          
            Housing & Redevelopment          
            Authority Health Care Facilities          
            (Children’s Hospital)          
            Series A1 5.00% 8/15/34 (AGM)   500,000     465,750
  Minnesota Agricultural & Economic          
            Development Board Revenue          
            (Fairview Health Care System)          
            Un-Refunded Balance Series A          
            5.75% 11/15/26 (NATL-RE)   100,000     100,003
            6.375% 11/15/29   195,000     195,566
  Rochester Health Care & Housing          
            Revenue (Samaritan Bethany)          
            Series A 7.375% 12/1/41   1,220,000     1,207,385
  Shakopee Health Care Facilities          
            Revenue (St. Francis Regional          
            Medical Center) 5.25% 9/1/34   1,560,000     1,402,924
  St. Cloud Health Care System          
            Revenue (Centracare Health          
            System Project)          
            5.50% 5/1/39 (ASSURED GTY)   1,500,000     1,483,425
            Series A 5.125% 5/1/30   2,125,000     2,055,831
  St. Louis Park Health Care          
            Facilities Revenue          
            (Park Nicollet Health Services)          
            5.75% 7/1/39   1,500,000     1,406,580
            Series C 5.50% 7/1/23   1,000,000     1,019,660

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Statements of net assets
 
Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.
 
    Principal         
            Amount   Value
Municipal Bonds (continued)          
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)          
  St. Paul Housing & Redevelopment          
           Authority Health Care Revenue          
           (Allina Health System)          
           Series A 5.00% 11/15/18          
           (NATL-RE) $ 1,380,000   $ 1,488,661
           Series A-1 5.25% 11/15/29   1,395,000     1,393,270
           (Franciscan Health Elderly          
           Housing Project)          
           5.40% 11/20/42 (GNMA) (FHA)   2,700,000     2,624,454
           (Health East Project)          
           6.00% 11/15/35   2,000,000     1,686,620
           (Health Partners Obligation          
           Group Project) 5.25% 5/15/36   2,000,000     1,775,740
           (Regions Hospital Project)          
           5.30% 5/15/28   1,000,000     944,040
           (Senior Carondelet Village          
           Project) Series A 6.00% 8/1/42   770,000     701,532
  Winona Health Care Facilities          
           Revenue (Winona Health          
           Obligated Group) 5.00% 7/1/23   1,010,000     949,036
            29,708,162
Housing Revenue Bonds – 7.96%          
  Chanhassen Multifamily Housing          
           Revenue (Heritage Park          
           Apartments Project)          
           6.20% 7/1/30 (FHA) (HUD) (AMT)   1,105,000     1,105,508
  Minneapolis Multifamily          
           Housing Revenue          
         (Gaar Scott Loft Project)          
           5.95% 5/1/30 (AMT)          
           (LOC-U.S. Bank N.A.)   880,000     881,126
           (Olson Townhomes Project)          
           6.00% 12/1/19 (AMT)   705,000     705,049
           (Seward Towers Project)          
           5.00% 5/20/36 (GNMA)   2,000,000     1,971,721
           (Sumner Housing Project)          
           Series A 5.15% 2/20/45          
           (GNMA) (AMT)   2,000,000     1,852,500
  Minnesota State Housing Finance          
           Agency Revenue          
           (Rental Housing)          
           Series A 5.00% 2/1/35 (AMT)   1,000,000     927,710
           Series D 5.95% 2/1/18 (NATL-RE)   120,000     120,494
           (Residential Housing)          
           Series B-1 5.35% 1/1/33 (AMT)   1,390,000     1,349,370
         Series D 4.75% 7/1/32 (AMT)   1,000,000     856,250
           Series I 5.15% 7/1/38 (AMT)   725,000     674,830
           Series L 5.10% 7/1/38 (AMT)   1,495,000     1,381,216
  Washington County Housing &          
           Redevelopment Authority          
           Revenue (Woodland Park          
           Apartments Project)          
           4.70% 10/1/32   750,000     727,290
            12,553,064
Lease Revenue Bonds – 6.33%          
  Andover Economic Development          
           Authority Public Facilities          
           Lease Revenue (Andover          
           Community Center)          
           5.125% 2/1/24   205,000     222,148
           5.20% 2/1/29   410,000     445,137
  Puerto Rico Public Buildings          
           Authority Revenue Un-Refunded          
           Balance (Guaranteed          
           Government Facilities)          
           Series D 5.25% 7/1/27   530,000     494,782
  St. Paul Port Authority Lease Revenue          
           (Cedar Street Office Building Project)          
           5.00% 12/1/22   2,385,000     2,423,947
           5.25% 12/1/27   2,800,000     2,831,164
           (Robert Street Office          
           Building Project) Series 3-11          
           5.00% 12/1/27   2,000,000     2,022,480
  Virginia Housing & Redevelopment          
           Authority Health Care Facility          
           Lease Revenue          
           5.25% 10/1/25   680,000     650,400
           5.375% 10/1/30   965,000     893,088
            9,983,146
Local General Obligation Bonds – 10.13%          
  Dakota County Community          
           Development Agency          
           (Senior Housing Facilities)          
           Series A 5.00% 1/1/23   1,100,000     1,138,082
  Hopkins Independent School District          
           #270 5.00% 2/1/28   1,000,000     1,055,180
  Minneapolis Special School District          
           #1 5.00% 2/1/19 (AGM)   1,175,000     1,240,072
  Morris Independent School District          
           #769 5.00% 2/1/28 (NATL-RE)   3,750,000     3,988,800
  Rocori Independent School District          
           #750 (School Building) Series B          
           5.00% 2/1/22   1,010,000     1,104,354
           5.00% 2/1/24   1,075,000     1,152,002
           5.00% 2/1/25   1,115,000     1,184,977
           5.00% 2/1/26   1,155,000     1,219,622
  Washington County Housing &          
           Redevelopment Authority Series B          
           5.50% 2/1/22 (NATL-RE)   1,705,000     1,746,892
           5.50% 2/1/32 (NATL-RE)   2,140,000     2,146,570
            15,976,551
§Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds – 20.51%      
  Andover Economic Development          
           Authority Public Facilities          
           Lease Revenue (Andover          
           Community Center)          
           5.125% 2/1/24-14   295,000     319,677
           5.20% 2/1/29-14   590,000     640,563

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    Principal        
            Amount       Value
Municipal Bonds (continued)            
§Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds (continued)        
  Dakota-Washington Counties            
            Housing & Redevelopment            
            Authority Revenue            
            (Bloomington Single Family            
            Residential Mortgage)            
            Series B 8.375% 9/1/21            
            (GNMA) (FHA) (VA) (AMT) $ 7,055,000   $ 9,364,524  
  Southern Minnesota Municipal            
            Power Agency Supply            
            Revenue Refunding            
            Series A 5.75% 1/1/18-13   3,715,000     3,978,319  
            Series B 5.50% 1/1/15 (AMBAC)   390,000     401,755  
  St. Louis Park Health Care Facilities            
            Revenue (Park Nicollet Health            
            Services) Series B 5.25% 7/1/30-14   1,250,000     1,408,525  
  St. Paul Housing & Redevelopment            
            Authority Sales Tax            
            (Civic Center Project)            
            5.55% 11/1/23   2,300,000     2,488,393  
            5.55% 11/1/23 (NATL-RE) (IBC)   4,200,000     4,544,022  
  University of Minnesota Hospital &            
            Clinics 6.75% 12/1/16   2,580,000     3,113,157  
  University of Minnesota Series A            
            5.50% 7/1/21   4,000,000     4,565,280  
  Western Minnesota Municipal            
            Power Agency Supply Revenue            
            Series A 6.625% 1/1/16   1,315,000     1,501,401  
            32,325,616  
Special Tax Revenue Bonds – 4.08%            
  Minneapolis Community Planning            
            & Economic Development            
            Department (Limited Tax            
            Supported Common Bond Fund)            
            6.25% 12/1/30   1,000,000     1,041,480  
            Series 1 6.75% 12/1/25 (AMT)   865,000     866,168  
            Series 5 5.70% 12/1/27   375,000     376,065  
  Minneapolis Development Revenue            
            (Limited Tax Supported            
            Common Bond Fund) Series 1            
            5.50% 12/1/24 (AMT)   1,000,000     1,004,330  
  Puerto Rico Commonwealth            
            Infrastructure Financing            
            Authority Special Tax Revenue            
            Series B 5.00% 7/1/46   800,000     622,000  
  Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing            
            Revenue First Subordinate            
            Series A 5.75% 8/1/37   1,200,000     1,155,828  
  St. Paul Port Authority (Brownsfields            
            Redevelopment Tax)            
            Series 2 5.00% 3/1/37   895,000     867,783  
  Virgin Islands Public Finance            
            Authority Revenue (Senior Lien            
            Matching Fund Loan Notes)            
            Series A 5.25% 10/1/23   500,000     501,060  
            6,434,714  
State General Obligation Bond – 0.70%            
  Minnesota State Various Purpose            
            Series D 4.00% 8/1/17   1,000,000     1,104,170  
            1,104,170  
Transportation Revenue Bonds – 5.09%            
  Minneapolis - St. Paul Metropolitan            
            Airports Commission            
            Revenue Series A            
            5.00% 1/1/22 (NATL-RE)   3,000,000     3,020,760  
            5.00% 1/1/28 (NATL-RE)   2,120,000     2,096,150  
            5.00% 1/1/35 (AMBAC)   2,000,000     1,853,160  
            5.25% 1/1/16 (NATL-RE)   1,000,000     1,054,340  
            8,024,410  
Water & Sewer Revenue Bond – 0.92%            
  St. Paul Sewer Revenue Series D            
            5.00% 12/1/21   1,325,000     1,455,420  
            1,455,420  
 
Total Municipal Bonds            
  (cost $154,635,827)         155,404,752  
 
Short-Term Investments – 0.57%            
¤Variable Rate Demand Notes – 0.57%            
  Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota            
            Housing & Redevelopment            
            Authority Health Care Revenue            
            (Allina Health System)            
            Series B-2 0.22% 11/15/35            
            (LOC-JPMorgan Chase Bank)   400,000     400,000  
  Robbinsdale, Health Care Facilities            
            Revenue (North Memorial)            
            Series A-4 0.20% 5/1/33            
            (LOC-Wells Fargo Bank N.A.)   500,000     500,000  
Total Short-Term Investments            
  (cost $900,000)         900,000  
 
Total Value of Securities – 99.14%            
  (cost $155,535,827)         156,304,752  
Receivables and Other Assets            
  Net of Liabilities – 0.86%         1,350,317  
Net Assets Applicable to 11,504,975            
  Shares Outstanding; Equivalent to            
  $13.70 Per Share – 100.00%       $ 157,655,069  
 
Components of Net Assets at March 31, 2011:        
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 200 million shares        
  authorized to the Fund       $ 157,931,075  
Undistributed net investment income         827,677  
Accumulated net realized loss on investments     (1,872,608 )
Net unrealized appreciation of investments         768,925  
Total net assets       $ 157,655,069  

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Statements of net assets
 
Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.
 
 
§
Pre-Refunded bonds. Municipal bonds that are generally backed or secured by U.S. Treasury bonds. For Pre-Refunded bonds, the stated maturity is followed by the year in which the bond is pre-refunded. See Note 8 in “Notes to financial statements.”
Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of March 31, 2011. Interest rates reset periodically.
¤
Tax-exempt obligations that contain a floating or variable interest rate adjustment formula and an unconditional right of demand to receive payment of the unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest upon a short notice period (generally up to 30 days) prior to specified dates either from the issuer or by drawing on a bank letter of credit, a guarantee or insurance issued with respect to such instrument.
 
Summary of Abbreviations:
AGM — Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
AMBAC — Insured by AMBAC Assurance Corporation
AMT — Subject to Alternative Minimum Tax
ASSURED GTY — Insured by Assured Guaranty Corporation
FHA — Federal Housing Administration
GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association Collateral
HUD — Housing and Urban Development Section 8
IBC — Insured Bond Certificate
LOC — Letter of Credit
NATL-RE — Insured by National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
RADIAN — Insured by Radian Asset Assurance
VA — Veterans Administration Collateral
 
See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund
March 31, 2011
 
    Principal      
            Amount       Value
Municipal Bonds – 94.07%          
Corporate-Backed Revenue Bonds – 10.56%          
  Buckeye, Ohio Tobacco Settlement          
            Financing Authority Asset-Backed          
            Senior Turbo Series A-2          
            6.50% 6/1/47 $ 430,000   $ 315,435
  Golden State, California Tobacco          
            Securitization Settlement Revenue          
            (Asset-Backed Senior Notes)          
            Series A-1 5.125% 6/1/47   370,000     222,041
  Harris County, Texas Industrial          
            Development Solid Waste Disposal          
            Revenue (Deer Park Refining          
            Project) 5.00% 2/1/23   150,000     149,606
  Illinois Railsplitter Tobacco          
            Settlement Authority          
            6.25% 6/1/24   500,000     500,600
  Iowa Finance Authority Pollution          
            Control Facilities Revenue          
            (Interstate Power & Light Project)          
            5.00% 7/1/14 (FGIC)   500,000     539,839
  Louisiana Local Government          
            Environmental Facilities &          
            Community Development          
            Authority (Westlake Chemical)          
            Series A-1 6.50% 11/1/35   255,000     255,900
  Maryland State Economic          
            Development Port Facilities          
            Revenue (CNX Marine Terminals)          
            5.75% 9/1/25   175,000     163,650
New York City, New York Industrial          
            Development Agency Special          
            Facilities Revenue (American          
            Airlines - JFK International Airport)          
            7.625% 8/1/25 (AMT)   450,000     452,984
  Ohio State Air Quality Development          
            Authority Revenue (First Energy          
            Generation) Series A 5.70% 8/1/20   260,000     267,558
  Pennsylvania Economic Development          
            Financing Authority Exempt Facilities          
            Revenue (Allegheny Energy Supply)          
            7.00% 7/15/39   345,000     360,363
            3,227,976
Education Revenue Bonds – 14.08%          
  Bowling Green, Ohio Student Housing          
            Revenue (CFP I - State University          
            Project) 6.00% 6/1/45   270,000     240,789
  California Statewide Communities          
            Development Authority School          
            Facility Revenue (Aspire Public          
            Schools) 6.125% 7/1/46   265,000     230,773
  California Statewide Communities          
            Development Authority Student          
            Housing Revenue (Irvine, LLC - UCI          
            East Campus) 6.00% 5/15/23   470,000     477,849
  Marietta, Georgia Development          
            Authority Revenue (Life University          
            Income Project) 7.00% 6/15/39   430,000     399,191
  Maryland State Economic          
            Development Student Housing          
            Revenue (University of Maryland          
            College Park Projects)          
            5.75% 6/1/33   370,000     354,338
  Massachusetts State Health &          
            Educational Facilities Authority          
            Revenue (Harvard University)          
            Series A 5.00% 12/15/29          
            General Obligation   600,000     636,233
            (Nichols College) Series C          
            6.125% 10/1/29   250,000     252,610
  Montgomery County, Pennsylvania          
            Higher Education & Health          
            Authority Revenue (Arcadia          
            University) 5.25% 4/1/30   550,000     517,858
  New Jersey Economic Development          
            Authority Revenue (MSU Student          
            Housing Project) 5.875% 6/1/42   215,000     191,133
  Oregon State Facilities Authority          
            Revenue (Concordia University          
            Project) Series A 6.125% 9/1/30   135,000     131,776
  Pennsylvania State Higher Educational          
            Facilities Authority Student          
            Housing Revenue          
            (Edinboro University Foundation)          
            5.80% 7/1/30   300,000     286,911
            (University Properties – East          
            Stroudsburg University)          
            5.25% 7/1/19   300,000     308,466
  Troy, New York Capital Resource          
            Revenue (Rensselaer Polytechnic)          
            Series A 5.125% 9/1/40   300,000     274,719
            4,302,646
Healthcare Revenue Bonds – 15.72%          
  Brevard County, Florida Health          
            Facilities Authority Revenue          
            (Heath First Project) Series B          
            7.00% 4/1/39   90,000     96,006
  Butler County, Pennsylvania Hospital          
            Authority Revenue (Butler Health          
            System Project) 7.125% 7/1/29   150,000     160,233
  Hawaii Pacific Health Special Purpose          
            Revenue Series A 5.50% 7/1/40   300,000     262,683
  Illinois Finance Authority Revenue          
            (Silver Cross & Medical Centers)          
            7.00% 8/15/44   300,000     297,288
  Lycoming County, Pennsylvania          
            Authority Health System Revenue          
            (Susquehanna Health System          
            Project) Series A 5.50% 7/1/28   500,000     465,690
  Maricopa County, Arizona Industrial          
            Development Authority Health          
            Facilities Revenue (Catholic          
            Healthcare West) Series A          
            6.00% 7/1/39   225,000     224,064

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Statements of net assets
 
Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund
 
    Principal      
            Amount       Value
Municipal Bonds (continued)          
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)          
  Massachusetts State Health &          
            Educational Facilities Authority          
            Revenue (Caregroup) Series E-2          
            5.375% 7/1/19 $ 360,000   $ 373,525
  New Hampshire Health & Education          
            Facilities Authority Revenue          
            (Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical          
            Center) 6.00% 8/1/38   300,000     311,925
  New Mexico State Hospital          
            Equipment Loan Council Revenue          
            (Presbyterian Healthcare)          
            5.00% 8/1/39   500,000     449,115
  Ohio State Hospital Facilities Revenue          
            Refunding (Cleveland Clinic          
            Health) Series A 5.50% 1/1/39   300,000     298,704
  Orange County, Florida Health          
            Facilities Authority Revenue          
            (Orlando Regional Healthcare)          
            Series A 6.25% 10/1/18 (NATL-RE)   1,135,000     1,248,885
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hospitals &          
            Higher Education Facilities Authority          
            Hospital Revenue (Temple University          
            Health System) Series A          
            5.50% 7/1/30   300,000     258,732
  Scottsdale, Arizona Industrial          
            Development Authority Hospital          
            Revenue (Scottsdale Healthcare)          
            Series A 5.00% 9/1/23   360,000     357,358
            4,804,208
Housing Revenue Bonds – 6.39%          
  California Municipal Finance          
            Authority Mobile Home Park          
            Revenue (Caritas Projects) Series A          
            6.40% 8/15/45   230,000     207,683
  Florida Housing Finance Homeowner          
            Mortgage Revenue Series 2          
            5.90% 7/1/29 (NATL-RE) (AMT)   270,000     273,100
  Volusia County, Florida Multifamily          
            Housing Finance Authority          
            (San Marcos Apartments) Series A          
            5.60% 1/1/44 (AGM) (AMT)   1,500,000     1,471,170
            1,951,953
Lease Revenue Bonds – 2.41%          
  Capital Area Cultural Education          
            Facilities Finance Texas Revenue          
            (Roman Catholic Diocese)          
            Series B 6.125% 4/1/45   105,000     99,494
  New Jersey Economic Development          
            Authority (School Facilities          
            Construction) Series EE          
            5.00% 9/1/17   300,000     320,424
            5.00% 9/1/18   300,000     317,166
            737,084
Local General Obligation Bonds – 3.73%          
  Fairfax County, Virginia Refunding &          
            Public Improvement Series A          
            5.00% 4/1/17   530,000     615,345
  New York City, New York          
            Fiscal 2003 Subordinate Series I-1          
            5.375% 4/1/36   250,000     253,405
            Fiscal 2009 Subordinate Series A-1          
            5.25% 8/15/21   250,000     272,168
            1,140,918
Special Tax Revenue Bonds – 20.08%          
  Anne Arundel County, Maryland          
            Special Obligation Revenue          
            (National Business Park-North          
            Project) 6.10% 7/1/40   200,000     183,004
  Brooklyn Arena Local Development,          
            New York Pilot Revenue (Barclays          
            Center Project) 6.50% 7/15/30   300,000     304,572
  California State Economic Recovery          
            Revenue Series A 5.25% 7/1/21   260,000     283,488
  Jacksonville, Florida Transportation          
            Revenue 5.25% 10/1/29 (NATL-RE)   1,000,000     1,001,510
Ω Miami-Dade County, Florida Special          
            Obligation Revenue (Capital          
            Appreciation & Income) Series B          
            5.00% 10/1/35 (NATL-RE)   2,000,000     1,831,139
  New York City, New York Series A          
            5.00% 8/1/19   300,000     333,897
  New York City, New York Transitional          
            Finance Authority Future Tax Secured          
            Fiscal 2011 Series D 5.00% 2/1/26   150,000     158,400
            Series C 5.25% 11/1/25   300,000     325,989
  New York State Dormitory Authority          
            (State Personal Income Tax Revenue -          
            Education) Series A 5.00% 3/15/38   570,000     555,573
  Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing          
            Revenue First Subordinate          
            Series A          
            5.75% 8/1/37   245,000     235,982
         Ω(Capital Appreciation)          
            6.75% 8/1/32   610,000     489,031
            Series C 6.00% 8/1/39   295,000     292,271
^ Wyandotte County, Kansas City,          
            Kansas Unified Government          
            Special Obligation Revenue (Capital          
            Appreciation) Sales Tax Subordinate          
            Lien Series B 6.07% 6/1/21   260,000     140,299
            6,135,155
State General Obligation Bonds – 5.74%          
  California State          
            5.25% 11/1/40   320,000     295,866
            (Revenue Anticipation Notes)          
            Series A-2 3.00% 6/28/11   300,000     301,725
  California State Various Purpose          
            6.00% 4/1/38   105,000     107,441

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    Principal        
            Amount       Value
Municipal Bonds (continued)            
State General Obligation Bonds (continued)            
  New York State Series A            
            5.00% 2/15/20 $ 300,000   $ 339,702  
            5.00% 2/15/39   300,000     301,437  
  Puerto Rico Commonwealth            
            (Public Improvement) Series A            
            5.50% 7/1/19 (NATL-RE)   395,000     408,319  
            1,754,490  
Transportation Revenue Bonds – 11.45%            
  Denver, Colorado Regional            
            Transportation District Revenue            
            (Denver Transit Partners)            
            6.00% 1/15/41   300,000     271,953  
  Florida Ports Financing            
            Commission Revenue            
            (State Transportation Trust Fund)            
            5.375% 6/1/27 (NATL-RE) (AMT)   1,000,000     964,350  
  Maryland State Economic            
            Development Revenue            
            (Transportation Facilities Project)            
            Series A 5.75% 6/1/35   255,000     236,852  
  Metropolitan Washington D.C.            
            Airports Authority Dulles Toll Road            
            Revenue (First Senior Lien)            
            Series A 5.25% 10/1/44   245,000     228,257  
  Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission            
            Revenue Subordinate            
            Series B 5.25% 6/1/39   300,000     282,756  
            Series D 5.125% 12/1/40   390,000     355,980  
  Port Authority of New York & New            
            Jersey Special Obligation Revenue            
            (JFK International Air Terminal)            
            6.00% 12/1/42   230,000     218,153  
  St. Louis, Missouri Airport Revenue            
            (Lambert-St. Louis International)            
            Series A-1 6.625% 7/1/34   325,000     329,277  
  Texas Private Activity Bond Surface            
            Transportation Senior Lien            
            (LBJ Infrastructure)            
            7.00% 6/30/40   285,000     289,899  
            (NTE Mobility Partners)            
            7.50% 12/31/31   300,000     320,355  
            3,497,832  
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds – 3.91%            
  Atlanta, Georgia Water & Wastewater            
            Revenue Series A 6.25% 11/1/39   300,000     311,988  
  Florida Water Pollution Control            
            Financing Revenue Series A            
            5.00% 1/15/25   15,000     15,783  
  New York State Environmental Facilities            
            State Revolving Funds Revenue            
            (Master Financing Program)            
            5.00% 8/15/16   300,000     346,134  
  San Francisco City & County,            
            California Public Utilities            
            Commission Subordinate            
            Series F 5.00% 11/1/27   500,000     520,655  
Total Municipal Bonds            
  (cost $29,065,262)         1,194,560  
            28,746,822  
   
Short-Term Investments – 4.58%            
¤ Variable Rate Demand Notes – 4.58%            
  Massachusetts State Health &            
            Educational Facilities Authority            
            Revenue (Children’s Hospital)            
            Series N-4 0.22% 10/1/49            
            (LOC-JPMorgan Chase Bank)   1,000,000     1,000,000  
  Missouri State Health & Educational            
            Facilities Authority Revenue            
            (St. Louis University)            
            Series B-1 0.21% 10/1/35            
            (LOC-Bank of America N.A.)   400,000     400,000  
Total Short-Term Investments            
  (cost $1,400,000)         1,400,000  
   
Total Value of Securities – 98.65%            
  (cost $30,465,262)         30,146,822  
Receivables and Other Assets            
  Net of Liabilities – 1.35%         411,940  
Net Assets Applicable to 2,422,200            
  Shares Outstanding; Equivalent to            
  $12.62 Per Share – 100.00%       $ 30,558,762  
   
Components of Net Assets at March 31, 2011:        
Common stock, $0.01 par value, unlimited shares        
  authorized to the Fund       $ 33,208,317  
Undistributed net investment income         344,090  
Accumulated net realized loss on investments         (2,675,205 )
Net unrealized depreciation of investments         (318,440 )
Total net assets       $ 30,558,762  

W
Step coupon bond. Indicates security that has a zero coupon that remains in effect until a predetermined date at which time the stated interest rate becomes effective.
^
Zero coupon security. The rate shown is the yield at the time of purchase.
Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of March 31, 2011. Interest rates reset periodically.
¤
Tax-exempt obligations that contain a floating or variable interest rate adjustment formula and an unconditional right of demand to receive payment of the unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest upon a short notice period (generally up to 30 days) prior to specified dates either from the issuer or by drawing on a bank letter of credit, a guarantee or insurance issued with respect to such instrument.

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Statements of net assets
 
Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund
 
 
Summary of Abbreviations:
AGM — Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
AMT — Subject to Alternative Minimum Tax
FGIC — Insured by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
LOC — Letter of Credit
NATL-RE — Insured by National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
 
See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Statements of operations
 
Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds
 
Year Ended March 31, 2011
 
  Delaware   Delaware   Delaware   Delaware
  Investments   Investments   Investments   Investments
  Arizona   Colorado   Minnesota   National
  Municipal   Municipal   Municipal   Municipal
  Income   Income   Income   Income
  Fund, Inc.       Fund, Inc.       Fund II, Inc.       Fund
Investment Income:                              
       Interest $ 1,985,476     $ 3,282,578     $ 7,939,262     $ 1,685,807  
 
Expenses:                              
       Management fees   165,134       269,708       646,737       127,456  
       Accounting and administration expenses   16,311       26,641       63,881       12,589  
       Dividend disbursing and transfer agent fees and expenses   15,363       19,261       57,306       20,085  
       Audit and tax   13,045       14,405       19,223       12,523  
       Reports and statements to shareholders   9,435       14,255       32,202       9,739  
       Legal fees   6,889       8,892       22,665       4,986  
       Pricing fees   5,974       6,557       10,629       7,728  
       Stock exchange fees   2,756       4,330       10,748       2,166  
       Directors’/Trustees’ fees   2,257       3,690       8,830       1,743  
       Insurance fees   1,994       3,052       7,069       1,546  
       Dues and services   1,295       1,409       3,121       1,128  
       Registration fees   663       663       753       5,251  
       Consulting fees   652       993       2,236       517  
       Custodian fees   521       819       2,053       535  
       Directors’/Trustees’ expenses   170       266       630       134  
       Taxes (Pennsylvania franchise tax)               11,900        
       Total operating expenses   242,459       374,941       899,983       208,126  
Net Investment Income   1,743,017       2,907,637       7,039,279       1,477,681  
 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:                              
       Net realized gain (loss) on investments   86,903       163,754       338,820       (25,702 )
       Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments   (1,440,054 )     (3,275,673 )     (4,887,725 )     (1,265,634 )
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investments   (1,353,151 )     (3,111,919 )     (4,548,905 )     (1,291,336 )
 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations $ 389,866     $ (204,282 )   $ 2,490,374     $ 186,345  

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Statements of changes in net assets
 
Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds
 
  Delaware Investments   Delaware Investments
  Arizona Municipal   Colorado Municipal
  Income Fund, Inc.   Income Fund, Inc.
       
  Year Ended   Year Ended
  3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/11       3/31/10
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:                              
       Net investment income $ 1,743,017     $ 1,718,485     $ 2,907,637     $ 2,935,660  
       Net realized gain on investments   86,903       397,279       163,754       1,000,097  
       Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments   (1,440,054 )     2,548,883       (3,275,673 )     2,519,706  
       Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   389,866       4,664,647       (204,282 )     6,455,463  
 
Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders from:                              
       Net investment income   (1,573,111 )     (1,438,912 )     (2,757,147 )     (2,757,147 )
       Net realized gain on investments   (128,235 )     (74,555 )            
    (1,701,346 )     (1,513,467 )     (2,757,147 )     (2,757,147 )
 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   (1,311,480 )     3,151,180       (2,961,429 )     3,698,316  
 
Net Assets:                              
       Beginning of year   41,095,360       37,944,180       67,650,802       63,952,486  
       End of year $ 39,783,880     $ 41,095,360     $ 64,689,373     $ 67,650,802  
 
       Undistributed net investment income $ 461,800     $ 268,364     $ 323,399     $ 176,704  
               
  Delaware Investments   Delaware Investments
  Minnesota Municipal   National Municipal
  Income Fund II, Inc.   Income Fund
       
  Year Ended   Year Ended
  3/31/11   3/31/10   3/31/11   3/31/10
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:                              
       Net investment income $ 7,039,279     $ 6,924,251     $ 1,477,681     $ 1,383,491  
       Net realized gain (loss) on investments   338,820       457,242       (25,702 )     (344,009 )
       Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments   (4,887,725 )     9,715,309       (1,265,634 )     2,879,326  
       Net increase in net assets resulting from operations   2,490,374       17,096,802       186,345       3,918,808  
 
Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders from:                              
       Net investment income   (6,557,836 )     (6,557,836 )     (1,277,711 )     (1,235,322 )
    (6,557,836 )     (6,557,836 )     (1,277,711 )     (1,235,322 )
 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   (4,067,462 )     10,538,966       (1,091,366 )     2,683,486  
 
Net Assets:                              
       Beginning of year   161,722,531       151,183,565       31,650,128       28,966,642  
       End of year $ 157,655,069     $ 161,722,531     $ 30,558,762     $ 31,650,128  
 
       Undistributed net investment income $ 827,677     $ 362,513     $ 344,090     $ 145,793  

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Financial highlights
 
Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
 
 
 
Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:
 
  Year Ended
        3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09       3/31/08       3/31/07      
Net asset value, beginning of period   $13.780     $12.720     $13.850     $14.730     $14.730    
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                
Net investment income   0.584     0.576     0.707     0.906     0.932    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (0.453 )   0.992     (1.093 )   (0.783 )   0.160    
Dividends on preferred stock from:                                
       Net investment income           (0.174 )   (0.312 )   (0.297 )  
       Net realized gain on investments               (0.023 )   (0.013 )  
Total dividends on preferred stock           (0.174 )   (0.335 )   (0.310 )  
Total from investment operations   0.131     1.568     (0.560 )   (0.212 )   0.782    
   
Less dividends and distributions to common shareholders from:                                
Net investment income   (0.528 )   (0.483 )   (0.570 )   (0.610 )   (0.750 )  
Net realized gain on investments   (0.043 )   (0.025 )       (0.058 )   (0.032 )  
Total dividends and distributions   (0.571 )   (0.508 )   (0.570 )   (0.668 )   (0.782 )  
   
Net asset value, end of period   $13.340     $13.780     $12.720     $13.850     $14.730    
   
Market value, end of period   $12.910     $11.840     $9.900     $12.390     $14.790    
   
Total investment return based on:1                                
Market value   14.02%     25.04%     (15.86% )   (11.86% )   (2.58% )  
Net asset value   1.23%     13.27%     (3.29% )   (1.08% )   5.26%    
   
Ratios and supplemental data:                                
Net assets applicable to common shares, end of period (000 omitted)   $39,784     $41,095     $37,944     $41,294     $43,916    
Ratio of expenses to average net assets applicable to common shares2   0.59%     0.58%     0.96%     1.07%     1.05%    
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets                                
       applicable to common shares2   4.22%     4.27%     5.37%     6.34%     6.34%    
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets                                
       applicable to common shares net of dividends to preferred shares3   4.22%     4.27%     4.05%     3.99%     4.23%    
Portfolio turnover   8%     20%     4%     18%     17%    
   
Leverage analysis:                                
Value of preferred shares outstanding (000 omitted)4   $—     $—     $—     $25,000     $25,000    
Net asset coverage per share of preferred shares, end of period4   $—     $—     $—     $132,588     $137,832    
Liquidation value per share of preferred shares4,5   $—     $—     $—     $50,000     $50,000    

1 Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock on the opening of the first day and a sale on the closing of the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed for the purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Generally, total investment return based on net asset value will be higher than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is an increase in the discount or a decrease in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods. Conversely, total investment return based on net asset value will be lower than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is a decrease in the discount or an increase in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods.
2 Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders, if applicable.
3 Ratio reflects total net investment income less dividends paid to preferred shareholders, if applicable, divided by average net assets applicable to common shareholders.
4 In 2008, the Fund redeemed all of its preferred shares at par plus accumulated dividends amounting to $25,024,395.
5 Excluding any accumulated but unpaid dividends.
 
See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Financial highlights
 
Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
 
 
 
Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:
 
  Year Ended
        3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09       3/31/08       3/31/07      
Net asset value, beginning of period   $13.990     $13.220     $14.260     $15.100     $15.260    
     
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                
Net investment income   0.601     0.607     0.755     0.937     0.985    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (0.651 )   0.733     (0.965 )   (0.604 )   0.069    
Dividends on preferred stock from:                                
       Net investment income           (0.173 )   (0.264 )   (0.274 )  
       Net realized gain on investments               (0.050 )   (0.019 )  
Total dividends on preferred stock           (0.173 )   (0.314 )   (0.293 )  
Total from investment operations   (0.050 )   1.340     (0.383 )   0.019     0.761    
     
Less dividends and distributions to common shareholders from:                                
Net investment income   (0.570 )   (0.570 )   (0.657 )   (0.720 )   (0.850 )  
Net realized gain on investments               (0.139 )   (0.071 )  
Total dividends and distributions   (0.570 )   (0.570 )   (0.657 )   (0.859 )   (0.921 )  
     
Net asset value, end of period   $13.370     $13.990     $13.220     $14.260     $15.100    
     
Market value, end of period   $12.450     $13.390     $11.240     $15.060     $15.940    
     
Total investment return based on:1                                
Market value   (3.00% )   24.49%     (21.63% )   (0.14% )   (9.86% )  
Net asset value   (0.30% )   10.55%     (2.66% )   (0.19% )   4.35%    
     
Ratios and supplemental data:                                
Net assets applicable to common shares, end of period (000 omitted)   $64,689     $67,651     $63,952     $68,973     $73,056    
Ratio of expenses to average net assets applicable to common shares2   0.56%     0.56%     0.91%     1.03%     1.01%    
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets                                
       applicable to common shares2   4.31%     4.41%     5.55%     6.37%     6.49%    
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets                                
       applicable to common shares net of dividends to preferred shares3   4.31%     4.41%     4.28%     4.23%     4.56%    
Portfolio turnover   10%     20%     16%     16%     11%    
     
Leverage analysis:                                
Value of preferred shares outstanding (000 omitted)4   $—     $—     $—     $40,000     $40,000    
Net asset coverage per share of preferred shares, end of period4   $—     $—     $—     $136,216     $141,320    
Liquidation value per share of preferred shares4,5   $—     $—     $—     $50,000     $50,000    

1 Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock on the opening of the first day and a sale on the closing of the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed for the purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Generally, total investment return based on net asset value will be higher than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is an increase in the discount or a decrease in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods. Conversely, total investment return based on net asset value will be lower than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is a decrease in the discount or an increase in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods.
2 Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders, if applicable.
3 Ratio reflects total net investment income less dividends paid to preferred shareholders, if applicable, divided by average net assets applicable to common shareholders.
4 In 2008, the Fund redeemed all of its preferred shares at par plus accumulated dividends amounting to $40,042,778.
5 Excluding any accumulated but unpaid dividends.
 
See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.
 
 
 
Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:
 
  Year Ended
        3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09       3/31/08       3/31/07      
Net asset value, beginning of period   $14.060     $13.140     $14.190     $14.880     $14.730    
     
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                
Net investment income   0.612     0.602     0.776     0.962     0.963    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (0.402 )   0.888     (1.013 )   (0.674 )   0.225    
Dividends on preferred stock from:                                
       Net investment income           (0.175 )   (0.318 )   (0.298 )  
Total dividends on preferred stock           (0.175 )   (0.318 )   (0.298 )  
Total from investment operations   0.210     1.490     (0.412 )   (0.030 )   0.890    
     
Less dividends to common shareholders from:                                
Net investment income   (0.570 )   (0.570 )   (0.638 )   (0.660 )   (0.740 )  
Total dividends   (0.570 )   (0.570 )   (0.638 )   (0.660 )   (0.740 )  
     
Net asset value, end of period   $13.700     $14.060     $13.140     $14.190     $14.880    
     
Market value, end of period   $12.600     $12.740     $11.250     $13.450     $14.640    
     
Total investment return based on:1                                
Market value   3.32%     18.58%     (11.91% )   (3.58% )   (5.13% )  
Net asset value   1.80%     12.04%     (2.48% )   0.08%     6.05%    
     
Ratios and supplemental data:                                
Net assets applicable to common shares, end of period (000 omitted)   $157,655     $161,723     $151,184     $163,305     $171,143    
Ratio of expenses to average net assets applicable to common shares2,4   0.56%     0.56%     0.98%     1.18%     1.20%    
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets                                
       applicable to common shares2   4.35%     4.36%     5.74%     6.61%     6.52%    
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets                                
       applicable to common shares net of dividends to preferred shares3   4.35%     4.36%     4.45%     4.43%     4.50%    
Portfolio turnover   9%     19%     15%     6%     3%    
     
Leverage analysis:                                
Value of preferred shares outstanding (000 omitted)5   $—     $—     $—     $95,000     $95,000    
Net asset coverage per share of preferred shares, end of period5   $—     $—     $—     $135,950     $140,075    
Liquidation value per share of preferred shares5,6   $—     $—     $—     $50,000     $50,000    

1 Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock on the opening of the first day and a sale on the closing of the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed for the purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Generally, total investment return based on net asset value will be higher than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is an increase in the discount or a decrease in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods. Conversely, total investment return based on net asset value will be lower than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is a decrease in the discount or an increase in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods.
2 Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders, if applicable.
3 Ratio reflects total net investment income less dividends paid to preferred shareholders, if applicable, divided by average net assets applicable to common shareholders.
4 The ratio of expenses to average net assets applicable to common shares includes interest and related expenses which include, but are not limited to, interest expense, remarketing fees, liquidity fees, and trustees’ fees in connection with the Fund’s participation in inverse floater programs for the years ended March 31, 2009, 2008, and 2007. See Notes 1 and 8 in “Notes to financial statements.“
5 In 2008, the Fund redeemed all of its preferred shares at par plus accumulated dividends amounting to $95,083,577.
6 Excluding any accumulated but unpaid dividends.
 
See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Financial highlights
 
Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund
 
 
 
Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:
 
  Year Ended
        3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09       3/31/08       3/31/07      
Net asset value, beginning of period   $13.070     $11.960     $13.360     $14.560     $14.650    
     
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                
Net investment income   0.610     0.571     0.704     0.919     0.960    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (0.532 )   1.049     (1.367 )   (1.081 )   0.141    
Dividends on preferred stock from:                                
       Net investment income           (0.172 )   (0.311 )   (0.285 )  
       Net realized gain on investments               (0.015 )   (0.018 )  
Total dividends on preferred stock           (0.172 )   (0.326 )   (0.303 )  
Total from investment operations   0.078     1.620     (0.835 )   (0.488 )   0.798    
     
Less dividends and distributions to common shareholders from:                                
Net investment income   (0.528 )   (0.510 )   (0.565 )   (0.668 )   (0.820 )  
Net realized gain on investments               (0.044 )   (0.068 )  
Total dividends and distributions   (0.528 )   (0.510 )   (0.565 )   (0.712 )   (0.888 )  
     
Net asset value, end of period   $12.620     $13.070     $11.960     $13.360     $14.560    
     
Market value, end of period   $12.200     $12.140     $10.850     $11.950     $14.530    
     
Total investment return based on:1                                
Market value   4.78%     16.69%     (4.31% )   (13.11% )   (4.12% )  
Net asset value   0.67%     13.97%     (5.65% )   (3.05% )   5.27%    
     
Ratios and supplemental data:                                
Net assets applicable to common shares, end of period (000 omitted)   $30,559     $31,650     $28,967     $32,365     $35,256    
Ratio of expenses to average net assets applicable to common shares2   0.65%     0.63%     1.06%     1.16%     1.10%    
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets                                
       applicable to common shares2   4.64%     4.48%     5.63%     6.54%     6.58%    
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets                                
       applicable to common shares net of dividends to preferred shares3   4.64%     4.48%     4.25%     4.22%     4.51%    
Portfolio turnover   50%     69%     36%     17%     9%    
     
Leverage analysis:                                
Value of preferred shares outstanding (000 omitted)4   $—     $—     $—     $20,000     $20,000    
Net asset coverage per share of preferred shares, end of period4   $—     $—     $—     $130,914     $138,141    
Liquidation value per share of preferred shares4,5   $—     $—     $—     $50,000     $50,000    

1 Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock on the opening of the first day and a sale on the closing of the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed for the purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Generally, total investment return based on net asset value will be higher than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is an increase in the discount or a decrease in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods. Conversely, total investment return based on net asset value will be lower than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is a decrease in the discount or an increase in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods.
2 Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders, if applicable.
3 Ratio reflects total net investment income less dividends paid to preferred shareholders, if applicable, divided by average net assets applicable to common shareholders.
4 In 2008, the Fund redeemed all of its preferred shares at par plus accumulated dividends amounting to $20,019,516.
5 Excluding any accumulated but unpaid dividends.
 
See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Notes to financial statements
 
Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds
 
March 31, 2011
 
Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (Arizona Municipal Fund), Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (Colorado Municipal Fund) and Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. (Minnesota Municipal Fund II) are organized as Minnesota corporations and Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund (National Municipal Fund) is organized as a Massachusetts business trust (each referred to as a Fund and collectively as the Funds). Arizona Municipal Fund, Colorado Municipal Fund, Minnesota Municipal Fund II and National Municipal Fund are considered diversified closed-end management investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Funds’ shares trade on the NYSE Amex Equities, the successor to the American Stock Exchange.
 
The investment objective of each Fund is to provide high current income exempt from federal income tax and from state personal income tax, if any, consistent with the preservation of capital. Each Fund, except National Municipal Income Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its net assets in investment grade, tax-exempt municipal obligations of its respective state.
 
1. Significant Accounting Policies
 
The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and are consistently followed by the Funds.
 
Security Valuation — Debt securities are valued by an independent pricing service or broker. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Short-term debt securities are valued at market value. Generally, other securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the direction of each Fund’s Board of Directors/Trustees (each a Board, and collectively, the Boards). In determining whether market quotations are readily available or fair valuation will be used, various factors will be taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security.
 
Federal Income Taxes — No provision for federal income taxes has been made as each Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (March 31, 2008 – March 31, 2011), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements.
 
Interest and Related Expenses — Interest and related expenses include, but are not limited to, interest expense, remarketing fees, liquidity fees, and trustees’ fees from the Funds’ participation in inverse floater programs where a Fund has transferred its own bonds to a trust that issues floating rate securities with an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal of the transferred bonds. In conveyance of the bond, the Funds receive the inverse floating rate securities and cash from the trust. As a result of certain rights retained by the Funds, the transfer of the bond is not considered a sale, but rather a form of financing for accounting purposes whereby the cash received is recorded as a liability and interest expense is recorded based on the interest rate of the floating rate securities. Remarketing fees, liquidity fees, and trustees’ expenses are recorded on the accrual basis. There were no interest and related expenses for the year ended March 31, 2011.
 
Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.
 
Other — Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged directly to that Fund. Other expenses common to various funds within the Delaware Investments® Family of Funds are generally allocated amongst such funds on the basis of average net assets. Management fees and some other expenses are paid monthly. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Discounts and premiums are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Each Fund declares and pays dividends from net investment income monthly and distributions from net realized gain on investments, if any, annually. Each Fund may distribute income dividends and capital gains more frequently, if necessary for tax purposes. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on ex-dividend date.
 
The Funds may receive earnings credits from their custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custody fees. There were no earnings credits for the year ended March 31, 2011.
 
The Funds may receive earnings credits from their transfer agent when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset transfer agent fees. There were no earnings credits for the year ended March 31, 2011.
 
2. Investment Management, Administration Agreements and Other Transactions with Affiliates
 
In accordance with the terms of its respective investment management agreement, each Fund pays Delaware Management Company (DMC), a series of Delaware Management Business Trust and the investment manager, an annual fee of 0.40% which is calculated daily based on the adjusted average daily net assets of each Fund.
 
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Notes to financial statements
 
Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds
 
 
 
2. Investment Management, Administration Agreements and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)
 
Delaware Service Company, Inc. (DSC), an affiliate of DMC, provides fund accounting and financial administration oversight services to the Funds. For these services, the Funds pay DSC fees based on the aggregate daily net assets of the Delaware Investments® Family of Funds at the following annual rate: 0.0050% of the first $30 billion; 0.0045% of the next $10 billion; 0.0040% of the next $10 billion; and 0.0025% of aggregate average daily net assets in excess of $50 billion. The fees payable to DSC under the service agreement described above are allocated among all Funds in the Delaware Investments Family of Funds on a relative net asset value basis. For the year ended March 31, 2011, the Funds were charged as follows:
 
  Arizona   Colorado   Minnesota   National
  Municipal       Municipal       Municipal       Municipal
  Fund   Fund   Fund II   Fund
  $2,056   $3,358   $8,051   $1,587

At March 31, 2011, each Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:
 
  Arizona   Colorado   Minnesota   National
  Municipal   Municipal   Municipal   Municipal
  Fund   Fund   Fund II   Fund
Investment management fee payable to DMC   $13,595           $22,101           $53,752           $10,438  
Accounting administration and other expenses   168       274       665       129  
       payable to DSC                              
Other expenses payable to DMC and affiliates*   2,875       3,870       8,754       2,748  

*DMC, as part of its administrative services, pays operating expenses on behalf of each Fund and is reimbursed on a periodic basis. Expenses include items such as printing of shareholder reports, fees for audit, legal and tax services, registration fees and directors/trustees’ fees.
 
As provided in the investment management agreement, each Fund bears the cost of certain legal and tax services, including internal legal and tax services provided to each Fund by DMC and/or its affiliates’ employees. For the year ended March 31, 2011, each Fund was charged for internal legal and tax services provided by DMC and/or its affiliates’ employees as follows:
 
  Arizona   Colorado   Minnesota   National
  Municipal       Municipal       Municipal       Municipal
  Fund   Fund   Fund II   Fund
  $3,531   $5,101   $12,396   $2,306

Directors’/Trustees’ fees include expenses accrued by the Funds for each Director’s/Trustee’s retainer and meeting fees. Certain officers of DMC and DSC are officers and/or Directors/Trustees of the Trust. These officers and Directors/Trustees are paid no compensation by the Funds.
 
3. Investments
 
For the year ended March 31, 2011, the Funds made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:
 
  Arizona   Colorado   Minnesota   National
  Municipal       Municipal       Municipal       Municipal
  Fund   Fund   Fund II   Fund
Purchases     $3,238,033           $ 6,445,628           $15,127,609           $15,805,105    
Sales   4,900,044       9,100,874       14,877,520       17,700,275  

At March 31, 2011, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for federal income tax purposes for each Fund were as follows:
 
  Arizona   Colorado   Minnesota   National
  Municipal   Municipal   Municipal   Municipal
  Fund       Fund       Fund II       Fund
Cost of investments     $ 40,472,872           $ 65,767,981           $ 155,449,120           $ 30,480,736    
Aggregate unrealized appreciation   $ 459,341       $ 1,195,380       $ 4,962,363       $ 460,259  
Aggregate unrealized depreciation     (1,852,791 )       (3,238,444 )       (4,106,731 )       (794,173 )
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   $ (1,393,450 )     $ (2,043,064 )     $ 855,632       $ (333,914 )

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U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Funds would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each Fund’s investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.
 
Level 1 – 
inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)
   
Level 2 – 
other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)
   
Level 3 –  inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities)
 
The following table summarizes the valuation of each Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2011:
 
  Arizona Municipal Fund
          Level 2        
Municipal Bonds   $ 37,279,422  
Short-Term Investments     1,800,000  
Total   $ 39,079,422  
   
  Colorado Municipal Fund
    Level 2  
Municipal Bonds   $ 61,424,917  
Short-Term Investments     2,300,000  
Total   $ 63,724,917  
   
  Minnesota Municipal Fund II
    Level 2  
Municipal Bonds   $ 155,404,752  
Short-Term Investments     900,000  
Total   $ 156,304,752  
   
  National Municipal Fund
    Level 2  
Municipal Bonds   $ 28,746,822  
Short-Term Investments     1,400,000  
Total   $ 30,146,822  

There were no unobservable (Level 3) investments at the beginning or end of the year.
 
During the year ended March 31, 2011, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Funds.
 
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Notes to financial statements
 
Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds
 
 
 
4. Dividend and Distribution Information
 
Income and long-term capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. Additionally, distributions from net short-term gains on sales of investment securities are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes. The tax character of dividends and distributions paid during the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 was as follows:
 
  Arizona   Colorado   Minnesota   National
  Municipal   Municipal   Municipal   Municipal
  Fund       Fund       Fund II       Fund
Year Ended 3/31/11                                                      
Ordinary income   $ 29,445       $       $ 395       $ 24,594  
Tax-exempt income     1,544,246         2,757,147         6,557,441         1,253,117  
Long-term capital gain     127,655                          
Total   $ 1,701,346       $ 2,757,147       $ 6,557,836       $ 1,277,711  
   
Year Ended 3/31/10                                      
Ordinary income   $       $       $       $ 18,011  
Tax-exempt income     1,438,912         2,757,147         6,557,836         1,217,311  
Long-term capital gain     74,555                          
Total   $ 1,513,467       $ 2,757,147       $ 6,557,836       $ 1,235,322  

5. Components of Net Assets on a Tax Basis
 
As of March 31, 2011, the components of net assets on a tax basis were as follows:
 
  Arizona   Colorado   Minnesota   National
  Municipal   Municipal   Municipal   Municipal
  Fund       Fund       Fund II       Fund
Shares of beneficial interest    $40,651,205         $66,918,121         $157,931,075         $33,208,317   
Undistributed long-term capital gains   64,325                    
Undistributed tax-exempt income   461,800       323,399       827,677       344,090  
Capital loss carryforwards         (509,083 )     (1,959,315 )     (2,494,617 )
Post-October losses                     (165,114 )
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments   (1,393,450 )     (2,043,064 )     855,632       (333,914 )
Net assets   $39,783,880       $64,689,373       $157,655,069       $30,558,762  

The differences between book basis and tax basis components of net assets are primarily attributable to tax treatment of market discount on debt instruments.
 
Post-October losses represent losses realized on investment transactions from November 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011 that, in accordance with federal income tax regulations, the Funds have elected to defer and treat as having arisen in the following fiscal year.
 
For financial reporting purposes, capital accounts are adjusted to reflect the tax character of permanent book/tax differences. Reclassifications are primarily due to tax treatment of market discount on debt instruments. Results of operations and net assets were not affected by these reclassifications. For the year ended March 31, 2011, the Funds recorded the following reclassifications.
 
  Arizona   Colorado   Minnesota   National
  Municipal   Municipal   Municipal   Municipal
  Fund       Fund       Fund II       Fund
Undistributed net investment income      $ 23,530             $(3,795 )            $(16,279 )            $(1,673 )    
Accumulated net realized gain (loss)   (23,530 )     3,795       16,279       1,673  

For federal income tax purposes, capital loss carryforwards may be carried forward and applied against future capital gains. $163,835, $298,574, and $154,758 was utilized in 2011 for Colorado Municipal Fund, Minnesota Municipal Fund II and National Municipal Fund, respectively. Capital loss carryforwards remaining at March 31, 2011 will expire as follows:
 
  Colorado   Minnesota   National
  Municipal   Municipal   Municipal
Year of Expiration   Fund       Fund II       Fund
2017      $509,083             $1,695,121             $1,634,822     
2018         264,194       859,795  
Total   $509,083       $1,959,315       $2,494,617  

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6. Capital Stock
 
Pursuant to their articles of incorporation, Arizona Municipal Fund, Colorado Municipal Fund and Minnesota Municipal Fund II each have 200 million shares of $0.01 par value common shares authorized. National Municipal Fund has been authorized to issue an unlimited amount of $0.01 par value common shares. The Funds did not repurchase any shares under the Share Repurchase Program during the year ended March 31, 2011. Shares issuable under the Funds’ dividend reinvestment plan are purchased by the Funds’ transfer agent, BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, in the open market.
 
For the year ended March 31, 2011, the Funds did not have any transactions in common shares.
 
7. Derivatives
 
U.S. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures that enable investors to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.
 
Inverse Floaters — Each Fund may participate in inverse floater programs where a fund transfers its own bonds to a trust that issues floating rate securities and inverse floating rate securities (inverse floaters) with an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal of the transferred bonds. The inverse floaters received by the Funds are derivative tax-exempt obligations with floating or variable interest rates that move in the opposite direction of short-term interest rates, usually at an accelerated speed. Consequently, the market values of the inverse floaters will generally be more volatile than other tax-exempt investments. The Funds typically use inverse floaters to adjust the duration of their portfolio. Duration measures a portfolio’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates. By holding inverse floaters with a different duration than the underlying bonds that a Fund transferred to the trust, the Fund seeks to adjust its portfolio’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The Funds may also invest in inverse floaters to add additional income to the Funds or to adjust the Funds’ exposure to a specific segment of the yield curve. At March 31, 2011, and during the year then ended, the Funds held no investments in inverse floaters.
 
8. Credit and Market Risk
 
The Funds concentrate their investments in securities issued by municipalities. The value of these investments may be adversely affected by new legislation within the states, regional or local and national economic conditions, as applicable and differing levels of supply and demand for municipal bonds. Many municipalities insure repayment for their obligations. Although bond insurance reduces the risk of loss due to default by an issuer, such bonds remain subject to the risk that market value may fluctuate for other reasons and there is no assurance that the insurance company will meet its obligations. A real or perceived decline in creditworthiness of a bond insurer can have an adverse impact on the value of insured bonds held in each Fund. At March 31, 2011, the percentages of each Fund’s net assets insured by insurers are listed below and these securities have been identified in the statements of net assets.
 
Arizona Municipal Fund 32%
Colorado Municipal Fund 39%
Minnesota Municipal Fund II 21%
National Municipal Fund 25%

The Funds invest a portion of their assets in high yield fixed income securities, which carry ratings of BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (S&P) and/or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (Moody’s). Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment grade securities.
 
The Funds may invest in advanced refunded bonds, escrow secured bonds or defeased bonds. Under current federal tax laws and regulations, state and local government borrowers are permitted to refinance outstanding bonds by issuing new bonds. The issuer refinances the outstanding debt to either reduce interest costs or to remove or alter restrictive covenants imposed by the bonds being refinanced. A refunding transaction where the municipal securities are being refunded within 90 days from the issuance of the refunding issue is known as a “current refunding.” “Advance refunded bonds” are bonds in which the refunded bond issue remains outstanding for more than 90 days following the issuance of the refunding issue. In an advance refunding, the issuer will use the proceeds of a new bond issue to purchase high grade interest bearing debt securities which are then deposited in an irrevocable escrow account held by an escrow agent to secure all future payments of principal and interest and bond premium of the advance refunded bond. Bonds are “escrowed to maturity” when the proceeds of the refunding issue are deposited in an escrow account for investment sufficient to pay all of the principal and interest on the original interest payment and maturity dates.
 
Bonds are considered “pre-refunded” when the refunding issue’s proceeds are escrowed only until a permitted call date or dates on the refunded issue with the refunded issue being redeemed at the time, including any required premium. Bonds become “defeased” when the rights and interests of the bondholders and of their lien on the pledged revenues or other security under the terms of the bond contract are substituted with an alternative source of revenues (the escrow securities) sufficient to meet payments of principal and interest to maturity or to the first call dates. Escrowed secured bonds will often receive a rating of AAA from Moody’s, S&P, and/or Fitch Ratings due to the strong credit quality of the escrow securities and the irrevocable nature of the escrow deposit agreement.
 
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Notes to financial statements
 
Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds
 
8. Credit and Market Risk (continued)
 
Each Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair each Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, each Fund’s Board has delegated to DMC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are liquid for purposes of each Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid assets. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Funds’ 15% limit on investments in illiquid securities. As of March 31, 2011, there were no Rule 144A securities and no securities have been determined to be illiquid under the Funds’ Liquidity Procedures.
 
9. Contractual Obligations
 
The Funds enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed each Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
 
10. Investments in Municipal Securities Issued by the State of Florida
 
On September 13, 2007, shareholders of Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund (formerly Delaware Investments Florida Insured Municipal Income Fund) approved (1) the elimination of the Fund’s fundamental investment policy that required the Fund to invest primarily in insured municipal securities issued by the State of Florida and (2) the adoption of a new fundamental investment policy permitting the Fund to invest in un-insured municipal securities issued by states other than Florida. The Fund’s portfolio managers began to transition the Fund’s portfolio to include un-insured municipal bonds issued by other states and territories on October 15, 2007. As of March 31, 2011, municipal bonds issued by the state of Florida constitute approximately 23% of the Fund’s portfolio. These investments could make the Fund more sensitive to economic conditions in Florida than other more geographically diversified national municipal income funds.
 
11. Proposed Reorganization
 
On November 19, 2010, the Boards of Directors/Trustees of the National Municipal Fund (NYSE Amex: VFL) and the Arizona Municipal Fund (NYSE Amex: VAZ) announced their approval of the reorganization of the Arizona Municipal Fund into the National Municipal Fund. Under the terms of the proposed reorganization, the National Municipal Fund would acquire substantially all of the Arizona Municipal Fund’s assets in exchange for newly issued shares of beneficial interest of the National Municipal Fund. Those shares of the National Municipal Fund would then be distributed pro rata to Arizona Municipal Fund’s shareholders, and the Arizona Municipal Fund would subsequently be liquidated and dissolved. Common shares of Arizona Municipal Fund would be exchanged for common shares of National Municipal Fund based on the relative net asset values of each Fund’s common shares. These transactions, which are expected to be tax-free, are subject to the approval of the Agreement and Plan of Acquisition by each Fund’s shareholders (which includes the National Municipal Fund’s approval of the issuance of new common shares). The Funds’ joint special shareholders meeting to consider the reorganization is now scheduled to take place on May 23, 2011.
 
In addition, on February 18, 2011, the Board of Trustees of the National Municipal Fund announced its decision to conduct a tender offer after shareholder approval and completion of the reorganization of Arizona Municipal Fund into the National Municipal Fund. Under the terms of the proposed tender offer, the National Municipal Fund would offer to purchase for cash up to 18% of the then-outstanding shares of the National Municipal Fund’s common stock after the reorganization (Common Stock) at a per share price equal to 99% of the net asset value per share of the Common Stock at the expiration of the tender offer. It is currently anticipated that the tender offer would commence within three months after the closing date of the reorganization of Arizona Municipal Fund into the National Municipal Fund. Please refer to the Funds’ press release for more information.
 
12. Subsequent Events
 
Management has determined no material events or transactions, other than the proposed reorganization, occurred subsequent to March 31, 2011 that would require recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.
 
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13. Tax Information (Unaudited)
 
The information set forth below is for each Fund’s fiscal year as required by federal income tax laws. Shareholders, however, must report distributions on a calendar year basis for income tax purposes, which may include distributions for portions of two fiscal years of a fund. Accordingly, the information needed by shareholders for income tax purposes will be sent to them in January of each year. Please consult your tax advisor for proper treatment of this information.
 
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, each Fund designates distributions paid during the year as follows:
 
  (A)   (B)   (C)    
  Ordinary   Tax-Exempt   Long-Term    
  Income   Income   Capital Gain   Total
  Distributions   Distributions   Distributions   Distributions
  (Tax Basis)       (Tax Basis)       (Tax Basis)       (Tax Basis)
Arizona Municipal Fund   1.73%       90.77 %     7.50%     100.00%
Colorado Municipal Fund         100.00 %         100.00%
Minnesota Municipal Fund II   0.01%       99.99 %         100.00%
National Municipal Fund   1.92%       98.08 %         100.00%

(A), (B), and (C) are based on a percentage of each Fund’s total distributions.
 
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Report of independent
registered public accounting firm
 
To the Board of Trustees and the Shareholders of
Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc.,
Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.,
Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. and
Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund:
 
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. and Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund (the “Funds”) at March 31, 2011, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
 
We conducted our audit of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at March 31, 2011 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. The statement of changes in net assets for the year ended March 31, 2010 and the financial highlights for each of the four years in the period ended March 31, 2010 were audited by other independent accountants whose report dated May 19, 2010 expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements.
 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 19, 2011
 
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Other Fund information
(Unaudited)
 
Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds
 
Fund management
 
Joseph R. Baxter
Senior Vice President, Head of Municipal Bond
Department, Senior Portfolio Manager
 
Joseph R. Baxter is the head of the municipal bond department and is responsible for setting the department’s investment strategy. He is also a co-portfolio manager of the firm’s municipal bond funds and several client accounts. Before joining Delaware Investments in 1999 as head municipal bond trader, he held investment positions with First Union, most recently as a municipal portfolio manager with the Evergreen Funds. Baxter received a bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing from La Salle University.
 
Stephen J. Czepiel
Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager
 
Stephen J. Czepiel is a member of the firm’s municipal fixed income portfolio management team with primary responsibility for portfolio construction and strategic asset allocation. He is a co-portfolio manager of the firm’s municipal bond funds and client accounts. He joined Delaware Investments in July 2004 as a senior bond trader. Previously, he was vice president at both Mesirow Financial and Loop Capital Markets. He began his career in the securities industry in 1982 as a municipal bond trader at Kidder Peabody and now has more than 20 years of experience in the municipal securities industry. Czepiel earned his bachelor’s degree in finance and economics from Duquesne University.
 
Denise A. Franchetti, CFA
Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Senior Research Analyst
 
Denise A. Franchetti is a senior research analyst for the municipal bond department. Currently, she is responsible for following the airports/airlines, education, hotels, leases, turnpike/toll, and transportation sectors for the group. In 2003, she was also named as portfolio manager on several of the tax-exempt funds in addition to her research duties. Prior to joining Delaware Investments in 1997 as a municipal bond analyst, she was a fixed income trader at Provident Mutual Life Insurance and an investment analyst at General Accident Insurance. Franchetti received her bachelor’s degree and an MBA from La Salle University, and she is a member of the CFA Society of Philadelphia.
 
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Other Fund information
(Unaudited)
 
Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds
 
Proxy Results
 
At the Annual Meeting on August 18, 2010, the Funds’ Shareholders elected nine directors/trustees. The results of the voting at the meeting were as follows:
 
Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
 
    Common Shareholders
        Shares Voted
        Shares Voted for       Withheld Authority
Patrick P. Coyne   2,597,308   190,248
Thomas L. Bennett   2,595,545   192,011
John A. Fry   2,597,958   189,598
Anthony D. Knerr   2,597,958   189,598
Lucinda S. Landreth   2,597,958   189,598
Ann R. Leven   2,595,545   192,011
Thomas F. Madison   2,581,651   205,905
Janet L. Yeomans   2,595,545   192,011
J. Richard Zecher   2,597,958   189,598

Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.
 
    Common Shareholders
        Shares Voted
        Shares Voted for       Withheld Authority
Patrick P. Coyne   9,650,211   412,844
Thomas L. Bennett   9,678,134   384,922
John A. Fry   9,675,108   387,948
Anthony D. Knerr   9,617,422   445,634
Lucinda S. Landreth   9,677,194   385,862
Ann R. Leven   9,632,902   430,153
Thomas F. Madison   9,661,317   401,739
Janet L. Yeomans   9,678,593   384,463
J. Richard Zecher   9,674,928   388,127

Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
 
    Common Shareholders
        Shares Voted
        Shares Voted for       Withheld Authority
Patrick P. Coyne   4,464,098   123,478
Thomas L. Bennett   4,464,098   123,478
John A. Fry   4,464,098   123,478
Anthony D. Knerr   4,545,748   132,828
Lucinda S. Landreth   4,464,398   123,178
Ann R. Leven   4,463,748   123,828
Thomas F. Madison   4,437,639   149,937
Janet L. Yeomans   4,465,398   122,178
J. Richard Zecher   4,452,837   134,739

Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund
 
    Common Shareholders
        Shares Voted
        Shares Voted for   Withheld Authority
Patrick P. Coyne   2,189,272       120,357
Thomas L. Bennett   2,142,928   166,701
John A. Fry   2,192,042   117,588
Anthony D. Knerr   2,192,042   117,588
Lucinda S. Landreth   2,189,672   119,957
Ann R. Leven   2,192,442   117,188
Thomas F. Madison   2,140,159   169,471
Janet L. Yeomans   2,192,442   117,188
J. Richard Zecher   2,192,042   117,588

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Dividend Reinvestment Plan
 
Each Fund offers an automatic dividend reinvestment program (“Plan”). Under the current policies of Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, and National Municipal Income Fund all distributions of net investment income and capital gains to common shareholders are automatically reinvested in additional shares unless shareholders elect to receive all dividends and other distributions in cash paid by check mailed directly to shareholders by the dividend plan agent. Under the current policies of Colorado Municipal Income Fund, distributions of net investment income and capital gains to common shareholders will be paid in cash unless shareholders notify BNY Mellon Investor Services, Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) of their desire to participate in the dividend reinvestment program. Shareholders who hold their shares through a bank, broker or other nominee should request the bank, broker or nominee to participate in the Plan on their behalf. This can be done as long as the bank, broker or nominee provides a dividend reinvestment service for the Funds. If the bank, broker or nominee does not provide this service, such shareholders must have their shares taken out of “street” or nominee name and re-registered in their own name in order to participate in the Plan.
 
BNY Mellon will apply all cash dividends, capital gains and other distributions (collectively, “Distributions”) on each Fund’s shares of common stock which become payable to each Plan participant to the purchase of outstanding shares of each Fund’s common stock for such participant. These purchases may be made on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market, and may be subject to such terms of price, delivery and related matters to which BNY Mellon may agree. The Funds will not issue new shares in connection with the Plan.
 
Distributions reinvested for participants are subject to income taxes just as if they had been paid directly to the shareholder in cash. Participants will receive a year-end statement showing distributions reinvested, and any brokerage commissions paid on such participant’s behalf.
 
Shareholders holding shares of a Fund in their own names who wish to terminate their participation in the Plan may do so by sending written instruction to BNY Mellon so that BNY Mellon receives such instructions at least 10 days prior to the Distribution record date. Shareholders with shares held in account by a bank, broker or other nominee should contact such bank, broker or other nominee to determine the procedure for withdrawal from the Plan.
 
If written instructions are not received by BNY Mellon at least 10 days prior to the record date for a particular Distribution, that Distribution may be reinvested at the sole discretion of BNY Mellon. After a shareholder’s instructions to terminate participation in the Plan become effective, Distributions will be paid to shareholders in cash. Upon termination, a shareholder may elect to receive either stock or cash for all the full shares in the account. If cash is elected, BNY Mellon will sell such shares at the then current market value and then send the net proceeds to the shareholder, after deducting brokerage commissions and related expenses. Any fractional shares at the time of termination will be paid in cash at the current market price, less brokerage commissions and related expenses, if any. Shareholders may at any time request a full or partial withdrawal of shares from the Plan, without terminating participation in the Plan. When shares outside of the Plan are liquidated, Distributions on shares held under the Plan will continue to be reinvested unless BNY Mellon is notified of the shareholder’s withdrawal from the Plan.
 
An investor holding shares that participate in the Plan in a brokerage account may not be able to transfer the shares to another broker and continue to participate in the Plan. Please contact your broker/dealer for additional details.
 
BNY Mellon will charge participants their proportional share of brokerage commissions on market purchases. Participants may obtain a certificate or certificates for all or part of the full shares credited to their accounts at any time by making a request in writing to BNY Mellon. A fee may be charged to the participant for each certificate issuance.
 
If you have any questions and shares are registered in “street” name, contact the broker/dealer holding the shares or your financial advisor. If you have any questions and shares are registered in your name, contact BNY Mellon at 800 851-9677.
 
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Other Fund information
(Unaudited)
 
Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds
 
Change in Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
Due to independence matters under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s auditor independence rules relating to the January 4, 2010 acquisition of Delaware Investments (including DMC, DDLP and DSC) by Macquarie Group, Ernst & Young LLP (E&Y) has resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm for Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc., and Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund (the Funds) effective May 27, 2010. At a meeting held on February 18, 2010, the Board of Directors/Trustees of the Funds, upon recommendation of the Audit Committee, selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC (PwC) to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Funds for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011. During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010, E&Y’s audit reports on the financial statements of the Funds did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. In addition, there were no disagreements between the Funds and E&Y on accounting principles, financial statements disclosures or audit scope, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of E&Y, would have caused them to make reference to the disagreement in their reports. None of the Funds nor anyone on their behalf has consulted with PwC at any time prior to their selection with respect to the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Funds’ financial statements.
 
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Board of trustees/directors
and officers addendum
 
Delaware Investments® Family of Funds
 
A mutual fund is governed by a Board of Trustees/Directors (“Trustees”), which has oversight responsibility for the management of a fund’s business affairs. Trustees establish procedures and oversee and review the performance of the investment manager, the distributor, and others who perform services for the fund. The independent fund trustees, in particular, are advocates for shareholder interests. Each trustee has served in that capacity since he or she was elected to or appointed to the Board of Trustees, and will continue to serve until his or her retirement or the election of a new trustee in his or her place. The following is a list of the Trustees and Officers with certain background and related information.
 
        Number of  
        Portfolios in Fund Other
Name,       Complex Overseen Directorships
Address, Position(s) Length of Principal Occupation(s) by Trustee Held by
and Birth Date Held with Fund(s) Time Served During Past 5 Years or Officer Trustee or Officer
Interested Trustees          
Patrick P. Coyne1
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
 
April 1963
 
Chairman,
President,
Chief Executive
Officer, and
Trustee
Chairman and Trustee
since August 16, 2006
 
President and
Chief Executive Officer
since August 1, 2006
 
Patrick P. Coyne has served in
various executive capacities
at different times at
Delaware Investments.2
77
Director
Kaydon Corp.
 
Board of Governors
Member
Investment Company
Institute (ICI)
 
Finance Committee
Member –
St. John Vianney
Roman Catholic Church
 
Board of Trustees –
Agnes Irwin School
 
Member of Investment
Committee –
Cradle of Liberty
Council, BSA
(2007 – 2010)
Independent Trustees          
Thomas L. Bennett
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
 
October 1947
Trustee
 
Since
March 2005
Private Investor
(March 2004–Present)
 
Investment Manager
Morgan Stanley & Co.
(January 1984–March 2004)
 
77
Director
Bryn Mawr
Bank Corp. (BMTC)
 
Chairman of
Investment Committee
–Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts
 
Investment Committee
and Governance
Committee Member–
Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society

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        Number of  
        Portfolios in Fund Other
Name,       Complex Overseen Directorships
Address, Position(s) Length of Principal Occupation(s) by Trustee Held by
and Birth Date Held with Fund(s) Time Served During Past 5 Years or Officer Trustee or Officer
Independent Trustees (continued)
John A. Fry
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
 
May 1960
Trustee Since
January 2001
President
Drexel University
(August 2010–Present) 
 
President
Franklin & Marshall College
(July 2002–Present)
 
Executive Vice President
University of Pennsylvania
(April 1995–June2002)
77
Board of
Governors Member–
NASDAQ OMIX
PHLX LLC
 
Director –
Community Health
Systems
Director – ECORE
(2009 – 2010)
 
Director –
Allied Banton
Securities Holdings
(From 2005 to 2008)
Anthony D. Knerr
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
 
December 1938
Trustee Since
April 1990
Founder and Managing Director
Anthony Knerr & Associates
(Strategic Consulting)
(1990–Present)
77 None
Lucinda S. Landreth
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
 
June 1947
Trustee Since
March 2005
Chief Investment Officer
Assurant, Inc.
(Insurance)
(2002–2004)
77 None
Ann R. Leven
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
 
November 1940
Trustee Since
October 1989
Consultant
ARL Associates
(Financial Planning)
(1983–Present)
77
Director and Audit
Committee Chair –
Systemax Inc.
(2001– 2009)
 
Director and Audit
Committee Chairperson
– Andy Warhol
Foundation
(1999 – 2007)
Thomas F. Madison
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
 
February 1936
Trustee Since
May 19973
President and
Chief Executive Officer
MLM Partners, Inc.
(Small Business Investing
and Consulting)
(January 1993–Present)
77
Director and Chair of
Compensation
Committee,
Governance Committee
Member–
CenterPoint Energy
 
Lead Director and Chair
of Audit
and Governance
Committees,
Member of
Compensation
Committee–
Digital River, Inc.
 
Director and Chair of
Governance
Committee, Audit
Committee Member–
Rimage Corporation
 
Director and Chair of
Compensation
Committee–
Spanlink
Communications
 
Lead Director and
Member of
Compensation
and Governance
Committees–
Valmont Industries, Inc.
 
Director -
Banner Health
(From 1996 to 2007)
 
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        Number of  
        Portfolios in Fund Other
Name,       Complex Overseen Directorships
Address, Position(s) Length of Principal Occupation(s) by Trustee Held by
and Birth Date Held with Fund(s) Time Served During Past 5 Years or Officer Trustee or Officer
Independent Trustees (continued)
Janet L. Yeomans
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
 
July 1948
Trustee Since
April 1999
Vice President and Treasurer
(January 2006–Present)
Vice President — Mergers & Acquisitions
(January 2003–January 2006), and
Vice President
(July 1995–January 2003)
3M Corporation
77 Director –
Okabena Company
J. Richard Zecher
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
 
July 1940
Trustee Since
March 2005
Founder
Investor Analytics
(Risk Management)
(May 1999–Present)
 
Founder
Sutton Asset Management
(Hedge Fund)
(September 1996–Present)
77
Director and Audit
Committee Member –
Investor Analytics
 
Director - Oxigene, Inc.
(From 2003 to 2008)
Officers          
David F. Connor
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
 
December 1963
Vice President,
Deputy General
Counsel, and Secretary
Vice President since
September 2000
and Secretary
since
October 2005
David F. Connor has served as
Vice President and Deputy
General Counsel of
Delaware Investments
since 2000.
77 None4
Daniel V. Geatens
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
 
October 1972
Vice President
and Treasurer
Treasurer
since
October 25, 2007
Daniel V. Geatens has served
in various capacities at
different times at
Delaware Investments.
77 None4
David P. O’Connor
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
 
February 1966
Senior Vice
President,
General Counsel,
and Chief
Legal Officer
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel, and
Chief Legal Officer
since
October 2005
   David P. O’Connor has served in  
various executive and legal
capacities at different times
at Delaware Investments.
77 None4
Richard Salus
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
 
October 1963
Senior
Vice President
and
Chief Financial
Officer
Chief Financial
Officer since
November 2006
Richard Salus has served in
various executive capacities
at different times at
Delaware Investments.
77 None4

1 Patrick P. Coyne is considered to be an “Interested Trustee” because he is an executive officer of the Fund’s(s’) investment advisor.
2 Delaware Investments is the marketing name for Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including the Fund’s(s’) investment advisor, principal underwriter, and its transfer agent.
3 In 1997, several funds managed by Voyageur Fund Managers, Inc. (the “Voyageur Funds”) were incorporated into the Delaware Investments® Family of Funds. Mr. Madison served as a director of the Voyageur Funds from 1993 until 1997.
4 David F. Connor, Daniel V. Geatens, David P. O’Connor, and Richard Salus serve in similar capacities for the six portfolios of the Optimum Fund Trust, which have the same investment advisor, principal underwriter, and transfer agent as the registrant.
 
The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund(s) includes additional information about the Trustees and Officers and is available, without charge, upon request by calling 800 523-1918.
 
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About the organization
 
This annual report is for the information of Delaware Investments Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds shareholders. Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 that the Funds may, from time to time, purchase shares of their common stock on the open market at market prices.
 
Board of directors/trustees
Affiliated officers
Contact information
     
Patrick P. Coyne
Chairman, President,
and Chief Executive Officer
Delaware Investments® Family of Funds
Philadelphia, PA
 
Thomas L. Bennett
Private Investor
Rosemont, PA
 
John A. Fry
President
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
 
Anthony D. Knerr
Founder and Managing Director
Anthony Knerr & Associates
New York, NY
 
Lucinda S. Landreth
Former Chief Investment Officer
Assurant, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
 
Ann R. Leven
Consultant
ARL Associates
New York, NY
 
Thomas F. Madison
President and Chief Executive Officer
MLM Partners, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
 
Janet L. Yeomans
Vice President and Treasurer
3M Corporation
St. Paul, MN
 
J. Richard Zecher
Founder
Investor Analytics
Scottsdale, AZ
David F. Connor
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel,
and Secretary
Delaware Investments Family of Funds
Philadelphia, PA
 
Daniel V. Geatens
Vice President and Treasurer
Delaware Investments Family of Funds
Philadelphia, PA
 
David P. O’Connor
Senior Vice President, General Counsel,
and Chief Legal Officer
Delaware Investments Family of Funds
Philadelphia, PA
 
Richard Salus
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Delaware Investments Family of Funds
Philadelphia, PA
 
Investment manager
Delaware Management Company,
a series of Delaware Management
Business Trust
Philadelphia, PA
 
Principal office of the Funds
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7057
 
Independent registered public
accounting firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7094
 
Registrar and stock transfer
agent
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
480 Washington Blvd.
Jersey City, NJ 07310
800 851-9677
 
 
Your reinvestment options
 
Each of the Funds offers an automatic dividend reinvestment program. If you would like to reinvest dividends, and shares are registered in your name, contact BNY Mellon Shareowner Services at 800 851-9677. You will be asked to put your request in writing. If you have shares registered in “street” name, contact the broker/dealer holding the shares or your financial advisor.
 
Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Each Fund’s Forms N-Q, as well as a description of the policies and procedures that each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies (if any) relating to portfolio securities are available without charge (i) upon request, by calling 800 523-1918; and (ii) on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies (if any) relating to portfolio securities and each Fund’s Schedule of Investments are available without charge on the Fund’s Web site at www.delawareinvestments.com. Each Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800 SEC-0330.
 
Information (if any) regarding how each Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recently disclosed 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge (i) through each Fund’s Web site at www.delawareinvestments.com; and (ii) on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov.
 
For securities dealers and financial institutions representatives
800 362-7500
 
Web site
www.delawareinvestments.com
 
Delaware Investments is the marketing name of Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
 
Number of recordholders as of
March 31, 2011
 
Arizona Municipal Income Fund         50
Colorado Municipal    
Income Fund   106
Minnesota Municipal Income    
Fund II   515
National Municipal Income Fund   90

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Item 2. Code of Ethics
 
     The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party. A copy of the registrant’s Code of Business Ethics has been posted on the Delaware Investments Internet Web site at www.delawareinvestments.com. Any amendments to the Code of Business Ethics, and information on any waiver from its provisions granted by the registrant, will also be posted on this Web site within five business days of such amendment or waiver and will remain on the Web site for at least 12 months.
 
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
 
     The registrant’s Board of Trustees/Directors has determined that each member of the registrant’s Audit Committee is an audit committee financial expert, as defined below. For purposes of this item, an “audit committee financial expert” is a person who has the following attributes:
 
     a. An understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements;
 
     b. The ability to assess the general application of such principles in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals, and reserves;
 
     c. Experience preparing, auditing, analyzing, or evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the registrant’s financial statements, or experience actively supervising one or more persons engaged in such activities;
 
     d. An understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and
 
     e. An understanding of audit committee functions.
 
An “audit committee financial expert” shall have acquired such attributes through:
 
     a. Education and experience as a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, or auditor or experience in one or more positions that involve the performance of similar functions;
 
     b. Experience actively supervising a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, auditor, or person performing similar functions;
 
     c. Experience overseeing or assessing the performance of companies or public accountants with respect to the preparation, auditing, or evaluation of financial statements; or
 
     d. Other relevant experience.
 

 

     The registrant’s Board of Trustees/Directors has also determined that each member of the registrant’s Audit Committee is independent. In order to be “independent” for purposes of this item, the Audit Committee member may not: (i) other than in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Trustees/Directors or any committee thereof, accept directly or indirectly any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from the issuer; or (ii) be an “interested person” of the registrant as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
     The names of the audit committee financial experts on the registrant’s Audit Committee are set forth below:
 
     John A. Fry
     Thomas F. Madison
     Janet L. Yeomans
 
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
 
     (a) Audit fees.
 
     The aggregate fees billed for services provided to the registrant by its independent auditors for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and for services normally provided by the independent auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $10,600 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.
 
     The aggregate fees billed for services provided to the registrant by its independent auditors for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and for services normally provided by the independent auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $10,338 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.
 
     (b) Audit-related fees.
 
     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.
 
     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the financial statements of the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $593,000 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These audit-related services were as follows: audit procedures performed for both the reporting up on Delaware balances for consolidation into the parent company, Macquarie. Also, included are the fees for each of the statutory audits performed on the advisor and its affiliates/subsidiaries.
 

 

     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.
 
The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the financial statements of the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.
 
     (c) Tax fees.
 
     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant were $1,850 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These tax-related services were as follows: review of income tax returns and review of annual excise distribution calculations.
 
     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $10,000 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These tax-related services were as follows: state and local tax services.
 
     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant were $2,250 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These tax-related services were as follows: review of income tax returns, review of annual excise distribution calculations, and tax compliance services with respect to investments in foreign securities.
 
     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant’s adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.
 
     (d) All other fees.
 

 

     The aggregate fees billed for all services provided by the independent auditors to the registrant other than those set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.
 
     The aggregate fees billed for all services other than those set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Item provided by the registrant’s independent auditors to the registrant’s adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.
 
     The aggregate fees billed for all services provided by the independent auditors to the registrant other than those set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.
 
     The aggregate fees billed for all services other than those set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Item provided by the registrant’s independent auditors to the registrant’s adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.
 
     (e) The registrant’s Audit Committee has established pre-approval policies and procedures as permitted by Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(B) of Regulation S-X (the “Pre-Approval Policy”) with respect to services provided by the registrant’s independent auditors. Pursuant to the Pre-Approval Policy, the Audit Committee has pre-approved the services set forth in the table below with respect to the registrant up to the specified fee limits. Certain fee limits are based on aggregate fees to the registrant and other registrants within the Delaware Investments® Family of Funds.
 
Service Range of Fees
Audit Services  
Statutory audits or financial audits for new Funds up to $25,000 per Fund
Services associated with SEC registration statements (e.g., Form N-1A, Form N-14, etc.), periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings (e.g., comfort letters for closed-end Fund offerings, consents), and assistance in responding to SEC comment letters up to $10,000 per Fund
Consultations by Fund management as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and/or the actual or potential impact of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, FASB, or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies (Note: Under SEC rules, some consultations may be considered “audit-related services” rather than “audit services”) up to $25,000 in the aggregate
Audit-Related Services  
Consultations by Fund management as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and /or the actual or potential impact of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, FASB, or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies (Note: Under SEC rules, some consultations may be considered “audit services” rather than “audit-related services”) up to $25,000 in the aggregate
Tax Services  
U.S. federal, state and local and international tax planning and advice (e.g., consulting on statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, evaluation of Funds’ tax compliance function, etc.) up to $25,000 in the aggregate
U.S. federal, state and local tax compliance (e.g., excise distribution reviews, etc.) up to $5,000 per Fund
Review of federal, state, local and international income, franchise and other tax returns up to $5,000 per Fund


 

     Under the Pre-Approval Policy, the Audit Committee has also pre-approved the services set forth in the table below with respect to the registrant’s investment adviser and other entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provide ongoing services to the registrant (the “Control Affiliates”) up to the specified fee limit. This fee limit is based on aggregate fees to the investment adviser and its Control Affiliates.
 
Service Range of Fees
Non-Audit Services  
Services associated with periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC and assistance in responding to SEC comment letters up to $10,000 in the aggregate

     The Pre-Approval Policy requires the registrant’s independent auditors to report to the Audit Committee at each of its regular meetings regarding all services initiated since the last such report was rendered, including those services authorized by the Pre-Approval Policy.
 
     (f) Not applicable.
 
     (g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services rendered to the registrant and to its investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser were $25,000 and $201,964 for the registrant’s fiscal years ended March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2010, respectively.
 
     (h) In connection with its selection of the independent auditors, the registrant’s Audit Committee has considered the independent auditors’ provision of non-audit services to the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser that were not required to be pre-approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X. The Audit Committee has determined that the independent auditors’ provision of these services is compatible with maintaining the auditors’ independence.
 
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
 
     The registrant has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The members of the registrant’s Audit Committee are John A. Fry, Thomas F. Madison and Janet L. Yeomans.
 
Item 6. Investments
 
     (a) Included as part of report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
 
     (b) Divestment of securities in accordance with Section 13(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
     Not applicable.
 

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
 
     The registrant has formally delegated to its investment adviser(s) (the “Adviser”) the ability to make all proxy voting decisions in relation to portfolio securities held by the registrant. If and when proxies need to be voted on behalf of the registrant, the Adviser will vote such proxies pursuant to its Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (the “Procedures”). The Adviser has established a Proxy Voting Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the Adviser’s proxy voting process for the registrant. One of the main responsibilities of the Committee is to review and approve the Procedures to ensure that the Procedures are designed to allow the Adviser to vote proxies in a manner consistent with the goal of voting in the best interests of the registrant.
 
     In order to facilitate the actual process of voting proxies, the Adviser has contracted with Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), a subsidiary of RiskMetrics Group (“RiskMetrics”), which is a subsidiary of MSCI Inc., to analyze proxy statements on behalf of the registrant and other Adviser clients and vote proxies generally in accordance with the Procedures. The Committee is responsible for overseeing ISS/RiskMetrics’s proxy voting activities. If a proxy has been voted for the registrant, ISS/RiskMetrics will create a record of the vote. By no later than August 31 of each year, information (if any) regarding how the registrant voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recently disclosed 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge (i) through the registrant’s website at http://www.delawareinvestments.com; and (ii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
     The Procedures contain a general guideline that recommendations of company management on an issue (particularly routine issues) should be given a fair amount of weight in determining how proxy issues should be voted. However, the Adviser will normally vote against management’s position when it runs counter to its specific Proxy Voting Guidelines (the “Guidelines”), and the Adviser will also vote against management’s recommendation when it believes that such position is not in the best interests of the registrant.
 
     As stated above, the Procedures also list specific Guidelines on how to vote proxies on behalf of the registrant. Some examples of the Guidelines are as follows: (i) generally vote for shareholder proposals asking that a majority or more of directors be independent; (ii) generally vote against proposals to require a supermajority shareholder vote; (iii) votes on mergers and acquisitions should be considered on a case-by-case basis, determining whether the transaction enhances shareholder value; (iv) generally vote against proposals to create a new class of common stock with superior voting rights; (v) generally vote re-incorporation proposals on a case-by-case basis; (vi) votes with respect to equity-based compensation plans are generally determined on a case-by-case basis; and (vii) generally vote for proposals requesting reports on the level of greenhouse gas emissions from a company’s operations and products.
 
     Because the registrant has delegated proxy voting to the Adviser, the registrant is not expected to encounter any conflict of interest issues regarding proxy voting and therefore does not have procedures regarding this matter. However, the Adviser does have a section in its Procedures that addresses the possibility of conflicts of interest. Most proxies which the Adviser receives on behalf of the registrant are voted by ISS/RiskMetrics in accordance with the Procedures. Because almost all registrant proxies are voted by ISS/RiskMetrics pursuant to the pre-determined Procedures, it normally will not be necessary for the Adviser to make an actual determination of how to vote a particular proxy, thereby largely eliminating conflicts of interest for the Adviser during the proxy voting process. In the very limited instances where the Adviser is considering voting a proxy contrary to ISS/RiskMetrics’s recommendation, the Committee will first assess the issue to see if there is any possible conflict of interest involving the Adviser or affiliated persons of the Adviser. If a member of the Committee has actual knowledge of a conflict of interest, the Committee will normally use another independent third party to do additional research on the particular proxy issue in order to make a recommendation to the Committee on how to vote the proxy in the best interests of the registrant. The Committee will then review the proxy voting materials and recommendation provided by ISS/RiskMetrics and the independent third party to determine how to vote the issue in a manner which the Committee believes is consistent with the Procedures and in the best interests of the registrant.
 

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
 
Other Accounts Managed
The following chart lists certain information about types of other accounts for which each portfolio manager is primarily responsible as of March 31, 2011, unless otherwise noted. Any accounts managed in a personal capacity appear under “Other Accounts” along with the other accounts managed on a professional basis. The personal account information is current as of June 30, 2010.
 
        Total Assets in
      No. of Accounts with Accounts with
  No. of Total Assets Performance-Based Performance-
  Accounts Managed Fees Based Fees
Joseph R. Baxter        
       Registered Investment 19 $4.4 billion 0 $0
       Companies        
       Other Pooled Investment 0 $0 0 $0
       Vehicles        
       Other Accounts 41 $1.9 billion 0 $0
Stephen J. Czepiel        
       Registered Investment 19 $4.4 billion 0 $0
       Companies        
       Other Pooled Investment 0 $0 0 $0
       Vehicles        
       Other Accounts 35 $2.3 billion 0 $0
Denise A. Franchetti        
       Registered Investment 4 $292.7 million 0 $0
       Companies        
       Other Pooled Investment 0 $0 0 $0
       Vehicles        
       Other Accounts 3 Under $1 million 0 $0


 

DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
 
Individual portfolio managers may perform investment management services for other funds or accounts similar to those provided to the Funds and the investment action for such other fund or account and the Funds may differ. For example, an account or fund may be selling a security, while another account or Fund may be purchasing or holding the same security. As a result, transactions executed for one fund or account may adversely affect the value of securities held by another fund, account or Fund. Additionally, the management of multiple other funds or accounts and the Funds may give rise to potential conflicts of interest, as a portfolio manager must allocate time and effort to multiple funds or accounts and the Funds. A portfolio manager may discover an investment opportunity that may be suitable for more than one account or fund. The investment opportunity may be limited, however, so that all funds or accounts for which the investment would be suitable may not be able to participate. The Manager has adopted procedures designed to allocate investments fairly across multiple funds or accounts.
 
A portfolio manager’s management of personal accounts also may present certain conflicts of interest. While Delaware’s code of ethics is designed to address these potential conflicts, there is no guarantee that it will do so.
 
Compensation Structure 
     Each portfolio’s manager’s compensation consists of the following:
 
     Base Salary - Each named portfolio manager receives a fixed base salary. Salaries are determined by a comparison to industry data prepared by third parties to ensure that portfolio manager salaries are in line with salaries paid at peer investment advisory firms.
 
     Bonus - An objective component is added to the bonus for each manager that is reflective of account performance relative to an appropriate peer group or database. The following paragraph describes the structure of the non-guaranteed bonus.
 
Each portfolio manager is eligible to receive an annual cash bonus, which is based on quantitative and qualitative factors. There is one pool for bonus payments for the fixed income department. The amount of the pool for bonus payments is determined by assets managed (including investment companies, insurance product-related accounts and other separate accounts), management fees and related expenses (including fund waiver expenses) for registered investment companies, pooled vehicles, and managed separate accounts. Generally, 60%-75% of the bonus is quantitatively determined. For more senior portfolio managers, a higher percentage of the bonus is quantitatively determined. For investment companies, each manager is compensated according the Fund’s Lipper or Morningstar peer group percentile ranking on a one-year, three-year, and five-year basis, with longer-term performance more heavily weighted. For managed separate accounts the portfolio managers are compensated according to the composite percentile ranking against the Frank Russell and Callan Associates databases (or similar sources of relative performance data) on a one-year, three-year, and five-year basis, with longer term performance more heavily weighted. There is no objective award for a fund that falls below the 50th percentile, but incentives reach maximum potential at the 25th-30th percentile. There is a sliding scale for investment companies that are ranked above the 50th percentile. The remaining 25%-40% portion of the bonus is discretionary as determined by Delaware Investments and takes into account subjective factors.
 

 

For new and recently transitioned portfolio managers, the compensation may be weighted more heavily towards a portfolio manager’s actual contribution and ability to influence performance, rather than longer-term performance. Management intends to move the compensation structure towards longer-term performance for these portfolio managers over time.
 
     Incentive Plan/Equity Compensation Plan - Portfolio managers may be awarded options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, deferred stock units, and performance awards (collectively, “Awards”) relating to the underlying shares of common stock of Delaware Investments U.S., Inc. pursuant to the terms of the Delaware Investments U.S., Inc. 2009 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) established on March 24, 2009. Since the establishment of the Plan, Awards are no longer granted under the Amended and Restated Delaware Investments U.S., Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan effective December 26, 2008, which was established in 2001.
 
     The Plan was established in order to: assist the Manager in attracting, retaining, and rewarding key employees of the company; enable such employees to acquire or increase an equity interest in the company in order to align the interest of such employees and the Manager; and provide such employees with incentives to expend their maximum efforts. Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable award agreements, Awards typically vest in 25% increments on a four-year schedule, and shares of common stock underlying the Awards are issued after vesting. Shares issued typically must be held for six months and one day, after which time the stockholder may put them back to the company, subject to any applicable holding requirements. The fair market value of the shares of Delaware Investments U.S., Inc., is normally determined as of each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31. The fair market value of shares of common stock underlying Awards granted on or after December 26, 2008 is determined by an independent appraiser utilizing an appraisal valuation methodology in compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
     Other Compensation - Portfolio managers may also participate in benefit plans and programs available generally to all employees.
 
Ownership of Securities
As of May 13, 2011, the portfolio managers of the Fund did not own any Fund shares.
 
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers
 
     Not applicable.
 
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
     Not applicable.
 

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures
 
     The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing of this report and have concluded that they are effective in providing reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant in its reports or statements filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
     There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by the report to stockholders included herein (i.e., the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Item 12. Exhibits
     
(a)  (1)  Code of Ethics
     
    Not applicable.
     
  (2) Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.
     
  (3) Written solicitations to purchase securities pursuant to Rule 23c-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
     
    Not applicable.
     
(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.906CERT.


 

SIGNATURES
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf, by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
Name of Registrant:
Delaware Investments® National Municipal Income Fund
 
PATRICK P. COYNE
By: Patrick P. Coyne
Title:  Chief Executive Officer
Date: June 1, 2011

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
PATRICK P. COYNE
By: Patrick P. Coyne
Title:  Chief Executive Officer
Date: June 1, 2011

RICHARD SALUS
By: Richard Salus
Title:  Chief Financial Officer
Date: June 1, 2011