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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, 2012 | 6.1% | 6.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 22.7% | 22.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 12.9% | 15.3%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.5% | 51.5%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 68.0% | 71.4%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 24.6% | 22.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 0.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 4.8% | 3.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.2% | 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 9.1% | 8.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 60.7% | 64.6%
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, 2011 | 15,448 | 24,132
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 251,479 | 359,602
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -1.4% | 0.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 32,237 | 55,418
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