New Castle County, DE

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US Senator

Tom Carper

Democratic Party

US Senator

Chris Coons

Democratic Party

US Representative

Lisa Blunt Rochester

Democratic Party

2022 Median Property Value

$312,000

13.2% 1-year growth

About

In N/A, New Castle County, DE had a population of N/A people with a median age of N/A and a median household income of N/A. Between N/A and N/A the population of New Castle County, DE N/A from N/A to N/A, a N/A% N/A and its median household income N/A from N/A to N/A, a N/A% N/A.

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None of the households in New Castle County, DE reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

The largest universities in New Castle County, DE are University of Delaware (6,477 degrees awarded in 2022), Wilmington University (3,732 degrees), and Goldey-Beacom College (360 degrees).

In 2022, the median property value in New Castle County, DE was $312,000, and the homeownership rate was 68.2%.

New Castle County, DE borders Kent County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Chester County, PA, and Delaware County, PA.

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Economy

The economy of New Castle County, DE employs N/A people. The largest industries in New Castle County, DE are , and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($94,954), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($88,403), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($82,023).

Employment

Occupations

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From N/A to N/A, employment in New Castle County, DE stayed at a rate of NaNM%, from N/A employees to N/A employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in New Castle County, DE, are Management Occupations (33,490 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (32,154 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (24,301 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of New Castle County, DE.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Delaware (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in New Castle County, DE, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of New Castle County, DE, though some of these residents may live in New Castle County, DE and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

2.43%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 472k people employed in Delaware. This represents a 2.43% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14.1%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Delaware.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

1,896
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
952
Retail Trade
928
Finance and Insurance

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$3.84M
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
$3.45M
Finance and Insurance
$3.29M
Health Care and Social Assistance

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in New Castle County, DE went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 67.8% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (30.7%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.03%).

Tom Carper and Chris Coons are the senators currently representing the state of Delaware. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

New Castle County, DE is currently represented by Lisa Blunt Rochester in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Joseph R Biden Jr. (67.8%)
Democratic Party
Donald J. Trump (30.7%)
Republican Party
Jo Jorgensen (1.03%)
Libertarian Party

The following chart shows the popular vote results in New Castle County, DE for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Delaware

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Tom Carper

Senator from Delaware

Assumed office on January 3, 2001

Chris Coons

Senator from Delaware

Assumed office on November 15, 2010
Elected to the seat to succeed Ted Kaufman, who had been appointed to the seat following the resignation of Joe Biden, who had become Vice President of the United States.

Tom Carper and Chris Coons are the senators currently representing Delaware.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Delaware over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from New Castle County, DE

Lisa Blunt Rochester

Delaware at-large Representative

Democratic Party

New Castle County, DE is currently represented by Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic Party).

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the member for New Castle County, DE have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Most students graduating from Universities in New Castle County, DE are White (6,709 and 65.2%), followed by Black or African American (1,534 and 14.9%), Hispanic or Latino (879 and 8.54%), and Asian (500 and 4.86%).

The largest universities in New Castle County, DE by number of degrees awarded are University of Delaware (6,477 and NaNM%), Wilmington University (3,732 and NaNM%), and Goldey-Beacom College (360 and NaNM%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University

Measure

In 2022 in New Castle County, DE, the percentage of applicants admitted was 73.4%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 19%. The number of students enrolled in 2022 was 40,194 (40.3% men and 59.7% women).

The line chart shows the evolution of the percentage of applicants admitted, admitted who enrolled or the number of students enrolled according to the option selected in the upper button.

Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2022 there were 40,194 students enrolled in New Castle County, DE, 40.3% men and 59.7% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 22,600 records, of which 61.3% were women and 38.7% men.

Completions

Concentrations

In 2022, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in New Castle County, DE was N/A with N/A degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in New Castle County, DE according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

University of Delaware
6,477 degrees awarded
Wilmington University
3,732 degrees awarded
Goldey-Beacom College
360 degrees awarded

In 2022, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was University of Delaware with 6,477 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

University

In 2022, 4,083 men were awarded degrees from institutions in New Castle County, DE, which is 0.569 times less than the 7,170 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2022 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 6,709 degrees mean that there were 4.37 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 1,534 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Private not-for-profit, 2-year ($27,780) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2022.

Public, 4-year or above ($2,040) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2022.

Private not-for-profit, 2-year ($3,200) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in New Castle County, DE was $312,000 in 2022, which is 1.11 times larger than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $275,600 to $312,000, a 13.2% increase. The homeownership rate in New Castle County, DE is 68.2%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

Housing

Property

$312,000

Median Property Value 2022

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Median Property Taxes

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The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In New Castle County, DE the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in New Castle County, DE compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

The following map shows all of the tracts in New Castle County, DE colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

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Median Household Income

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Number of Households

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The following chart displays the households in New Castle County, DE distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for New Castle County, DE is from Delaware.

0.457

2022 Wage GINI in Delaware

0.465

2021 Wage GINI in Delaware

In 2022, the income inequality in Delaware was 0.457 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.73% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Delaware was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Delaware in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Delaware across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

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The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

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Average Travel Time

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The chart below shows how the median household income in New Castle County, DE compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

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The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in New Castle County, DE is White, followed by Black and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Children in Poverty

In 2023, 14.8% of the children was living in poverty in New Castle County, DE. From 2014 to 2023, the indicator declined 0.4%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the children living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

N/A% of the population of New Castle County, DE has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48% were men and 52% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.2% under 18 years, 21.8% between 18 and 34 years, 39% between 35 and 64 years, and 16.1% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48% were men and 52% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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Employer Coverage

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Medicaid

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in New Castle County, DE changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.