New Castle County, DE
Demographic and economic profile of New Castle County, DE, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
New Castle County, DE, anchors a workforce of roughly 588,000 residents with a 39.2% bachelor's attainment rate and median worker earnings of $49,061, supporting a GDP per capita of $98,972 that runs well above typical county figures. The county posted 3.2% population growth over five years, with a median household income of $91,166 and a median home value of $329,800 alongside median gross rent of $1,379 per month. At a 4.9% unemployment rate and 66.0% labor force participation, the county maintains a moderately engaged workforce, with 12.8% of residents foreign-born and a poverty rate of 10.2%.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
+3.2% since 2018
New Castle County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone313,334 (54.2%)
- Black or African American Alone147,685 (25.6%)
- Asian Alone35,810 (6.2%)
- Some Other Race Alone30,351 (5.3%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race27,761 (4.8%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races21,488 (3.7%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Spanish43,924
- 2.Other Indo-European12,328
- 3.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)6,964
- 4.Other Asian and Pacific Island5,941
- 5.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)3,797
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance76,679
- 2.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services36,277
- 3.Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing34,107
- 4.Retail Trade (Group)31,752
- 5.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services22,561
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations138,561
- 2.Sales & Office Occupations54,925
- 3.Service Occupations46,718
- 4.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations31,662
- 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations21,177
Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)
- 1.Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate (LQ 1.77×)34,402
- 2.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.16×)19,761
- 3.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.08×)73,267
- 4.Public Administration (LQ 1.02×)14,032
- 5.Professional, Scientific, & Management (LQ 1.02×)36,615
Housing
Education
Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.