New Castle County, Delaware Demographics

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Current population (2012)

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Foreign born residents

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Home median value

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Households

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Housing units

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Income per capita

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Income per household

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Non-farm private employees

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Race - Asian

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Retail sales

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

New Castle County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	New Castle County	Rank	Delaware	US
Current population (2012)	546,076	1st	917,092	313,914,040
Size in square miles	426.3	3rd	1,948.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,263.2	1st	460.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	New Castle County	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	2nd	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	2nd	22.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.9%	3rd	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	New Castle County	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.9%	1st	87.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.7%	1st	28.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	New Castle County	Rank	Delaware	US
Race - White	68.0%	3rd	71.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	24.6%	2nd	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	3rd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.8%	1st	3.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	2nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	2nd	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	2nd	8.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	60.7%	3rd	64.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	New Castle County	Rank	Delaware	US
Female residents	51.5%	2nd	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.9%	1st	8.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	New Castle County	Rank	Delaware	US
Housing units	218,418	1st	409,757	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.7%	1st	17.5%	25.9%
Households	199,922	1st	332,837	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.5%	3rd	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$254,400	1st	$244,100	$186,200
People per household	2.6	2nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,222	2nd	4,091	829,658

Income Demographics
	New Castle County	Rank	Delaware	US
Income per capita	$31,988	1st	$29,659	$27,915
Income per household	$64,158	1st	$59,317	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.7%	3rd	11.2%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	New Castle County	Rank	Delaware	US
Non-farm private establishments	15,448	1st	24,132	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	251,479	1st	359,602	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	43,660	1st	74,573	27,092,908
Retail sales	$8,633,413	1st	$14,202,083	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,358	2nd	$16,421	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$999,186	1st	$1,910,770	$613,795,732