People QuickFacts Newark Delaware Population, 2011 estimate 31,618 907,135 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 31,454 897,934 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.5% 1.0% Population, 2010 31,454 897,934 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 2.8% 6.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 10.7% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 9.4% 14.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 53.3% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 82.4% 68.9% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 6.7% 21.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 7.1% 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.3% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 4.8% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 79.4% 65.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 58.4% 85.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 10.2% 8.2% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 16.9% 12.2% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 94.6% 87.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 52.1% 27.7% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 19.1 24.1  Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 56.6% 73.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 35.4% 17.7% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $293,500 $242,300 Households, 2006-2010 9,542 331,639 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.50 2.58 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $23,561 $29,007 Median household income 2006-2010 $53,118 $57,599 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 26.0% 11.0%     Business QuickFacts Newark Delaware Total number of firms, 2007 2,508 74,573 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 8.7% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.0% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.6% 2.1% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.8% 26.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 3,070,018 25,679,939 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 349,493 5,727,401 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 894,934 14,202,083 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $29,721 $16,421 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 138,633 1,910,770     Geography QuickFacts Newark Delaware Land area in square miles, 2010 9.19 1,948.54 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,424.5 460.8 FIPS Code 50670 10 Counties New Castle County (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