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People QuickFacts | New Castle County | Delaware
Population, 2012 estimate | 546,076 | 917,092
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 538,479 | 897,934
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.4% | 2.1%
Population, 2010 | 538,479 | 897,934
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.1% | 6.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 22.8% | 22.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 12.5% | 14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.5% | 51.5%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 68.5% | 71.7%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 24.3% | 21.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 4.5% | 3.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.1% | 2.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 9.0% | 8.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 61.3% | 65.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 84.8% | 85.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.9% | 8.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 14.3% | 12.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.9% | 87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 32.7% | 28.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 38,920 | 77,593
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.6 | 24.6
Housing units, 2011 | 218,418 | 409,757
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 70.5% | 73.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 22.7% | 17.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $254,400 | $244,100
Households, 2007-2011 | 199,922 | 332,837
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.6 | 2.6
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $31,988 | $29,659
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $64,158 | $59,317
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.7% | 11.2%
Business QuickFacts | New Castle County | Delaware
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 15,655 | 24,290
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 255,149 | 359,007
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -9.6 | -4.8
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 31,427 | 53,854
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, 2011 | 695 | 2,954
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