New Castle, Delaware Demographics

New Castle is 9th out of 4,418 other cities in Retail sales per capita

New Castle is 1st in Delaware out of 10 other cities in Retail sales per capita

New Castle is 2nd in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Female residents

New Castle is 4th in Delaware out of 17 other cities in Retail sales

New Castle is 4th in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Residents 65 or older

New Castle is 6th in Delaware out of 19 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

New Castle is 6th in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Income per capita

New Castle is 6th in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

New Castle is 8th in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Race - Black or African American

New Castle is 8th in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

New Castle is 8th in Delaware out of 20 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	New Castle	Rank	Delaware	US
Current population (2012)	5,373	10th	917,092	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3.4	14th	1,948.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,554.9	14th	460.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	New Castle	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	16th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.7%	19th	22.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.4%	4th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	New Castle	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.3%	10th	87.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	33.5%	8th	28.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	New Castle	Rank	Delaware	US
Race - White	67.3%	9th	71.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	27.2%	8th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	12th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	16th	3.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	8th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.6%	14th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	14th	8.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	64.7%	6th	64.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	New Castle	Rank	Delaware	US
Female residents	54.3%	2nd	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.1%	15th	8.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	New Castle	Rank	Delaware	US
Housing units	2,497	19th	409,757	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	27.7%	11th	17.5%	25.9%
Households	2,357	19th	332,837	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.6%	11th	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$225,800	9th	$244,100	$186,200
People per household	2.2	19th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	New Castle	Rank	Delaware	US
Income per capita	$33,203	6th	$29,659	$27,915
Income per household	$56,146	9th	$59,317	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.3%	13th	11.2%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	New Castle	Rank	Delaware	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	711	15th	74,573	27,092,908
Retail sales	$694,515	4th	$14,202,083	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$139,545	1st	$16,421	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$30,019	6th	$1,910,770	$613,795,732