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People QuickFacts | New Castle County | Delaware
Population, 2013 estimate | 549,684 | 925,749
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 538,479 | 897,936
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 2.1% | 3.1%
Population, 2010 | 538,479 | 897,934
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.2% | 6.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 22.3% | 22.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 13.4% | 15.9%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 51.6% | 51.6%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 67.6% | 71.1%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 24.7% | 22.1%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.4% | 0.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 5.0% | 3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 2.3% | 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 9.2% | 8.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 60.1% | 64.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 85.6% | 86.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 10.0% | 8.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 14.6% | 12.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 89.4% | 87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 33.8% | 28.9%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 36,340 | 75,081
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 24.8 | 24.8
Housing units, 2013 | 218,592 | 412,009
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 70.0% | 72.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 22.5% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $246,300 | $235,800
Households, 2009-2013 | 200,739 | 335,707
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.62 | 2.63
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $32,406 | $29,819
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $64,537 | $59,878
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 10.7% | 11.7%
Business QuickFacts | New Castle County | Delaware
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 15,262 | 23,861
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 253,752 | 363,688
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 0.9% | 1.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 32,533 | 56,186
Total number of firms, 2007 | 43,660 | 74,573
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 10.1% | 8.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | S
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.1% | 4.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.1% | 2.1%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.5% | 26.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 20,268,769 | 25,679,939
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 5,727,401
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 8,633,413 | 14,202,083
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $16,358 | $16,421
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 999,186 | 1,910,770
Building permits, 2012 | 1,222 | 4,091
Geography QuickFacts | New Castle County | Delaware
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 426.29 | [NAME]
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,263.2 | 460.8
FIPS Code | 3 | 10
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts