People QuickFacts	New Castle	Delaware
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	5,320	908,137
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	5,285	897,934
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.7%	1.1%
 	Population, 2010    	5,285	897,934
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.1%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	18.7%	22.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	16.4%	14.4%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	54.3%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	67.3%	68.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	27.2%	21.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.2%	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.0%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.6%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	5.4%	8.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	64.7%	65.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	88.2%	85.8%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	7.1%	8.3%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	7.5%	12.3%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	87.3%	87.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	33.5%	28.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	515	77,593
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	26.1	24.6 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	2,497	405,885
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	64.6%	73.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	27.7%	17.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$225,800	$244,100
 	Households, 2007-2011    	2,357	332,837
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.24	2.60
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$33,203	$29,659
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$56,146	$59,317
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	9.3%	11.2%

   	Business QuickFacts	New Castle	Delaware
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	711	74,573
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	19.8%	8.7%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	4.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	2.1%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	11.3%	26.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	338,536	25,679,939
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	246,686	5,727,401
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	694,515	14,202,083
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$139,545	$16,421
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	30,019	1,910,770

   	Geography QuickFacts	New Castle	Delaware
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	3.40	1,948.54
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,554.9	460.8
 	FIPS Code    	50800	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