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New Castle County Facts

Census Statistics

	New Castle County	Delaware
Population, 2003 estimate	515,074	817,491
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.0%	4.3%
Population, 2000	500,265	783,600
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	13.2%	17.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.7%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.9%	24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.6%	13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.4%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	73.1%	74.6%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	20.2%	19.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	2.2%	2.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.6%	1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	5.3%	4.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	70.7%	72.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	55.3%	56.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	6.6%	5.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	10.7%	9.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	85.5%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	29.5%	25.0%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	77,673	131,794
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	24.3	24.0?
Housing units, 2002	203,226	352,031
Homeownership rate, 2000	70.1%	72.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	24.0%	18.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$136,000	$130,400?
Households, 2000	188,935	298,736
Persons per household, 2000	2.56	2.54
Median household income, 1999	$52,419	$47,381
Per capita money income, 1999	$25,413	$23,305
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	8.4%	9.2%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	16,386	24,074
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	291,416	389,376
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	3.3%	3.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	24,525	41,082
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	8,734,968	13,397,302
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	5,367,036	8,236,970
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$11,217	$11,206
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	9.7%	9.4%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.0%	24.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	2,255	6,331
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	2,523,520	4,765,915
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	426	1,954
Persons per square mile, 2000	1,173.6	401.1
Metropolitan Area	Wilmington-Newark, D	?
FIPS Code	003	10

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