- State:DelawareCounty:New Castle CountyZips:19712,19880,19894,19897,19898,19735,19708,19850,19884,19721,19714,19715,19717,19732,19731,19808,19733,19710,19736,19899,19720,19805,19730,19702,19716,19718,19706,19807,19804,19734,19807,19703,19809,19707,19802,19806,19804,19810,19701,19709,19805,19702,19803,19808,19713,19711,19720,19801Coordinates:39.57832893719485, -75.63897844387539Area total:494.03 sq. mi., 1279.53 sq. km, 316177.92 acresArea land:426.32 sq. mi., 1104.16 sq. km, 272843.52 acresArea water:67.71 sq. mi., 175.37 sq. km, 43334.40 acresEstablished:1673Capital seat:
Wilmington
Address: 87 Reads Way
County Government Center
New Castle, DE 19720-1648
Governing Body: County Council with 13 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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New Castle County, Delaware, United States
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- Population:570,719; Population change: 5.99% (2010 - 2020)Population density:1339.72 persons per square mileHousehold income:$61,827Households:77,537Unemployment rate:7.70% per 298,640 county labor force
- Income taxes:5.95%GDP:$45.49 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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New Castle County's population of Delaware of 45,507 residents in 1930 has increased 5,22-fold to 237,378 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 51.32% female residents and 48.68% male residents live in as of 2020, 61.72% in New Castle County, Delaware are married and the remaining 38.28% are single population.
As of 2020, 61.72% in New Castle County, Delaware are married and the remaining 38.28% are single population.
- Housing units:233,747 residential units of which 93.94% share occupied residential units.
26.6 minutes is the average time that residents in New Castle County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
78.57% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 10.81% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 3.67% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.63% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in New Castle County, Delaware 66.78% are owner-occupied homes, another 27.73% are rented apartments, and the remaining 5.50% are vacant.
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The 41.73% of the population in New Castle County, Delaware who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 29.100%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 69.720%) of those eligible to vote in New Castle County, Delaware.
