New Castle County is located in northern Delaware. The County Seat is Wilmington and the largest city is Wilmington. The Official Web Site is located at http://nccde.org/. The 2014 population estimate is 552,778 and the 2010 census population was 538,477. The land area is 426.29 square miles and there are 1263.2 persons per square mile.
67.6% of the population is White, 24.7% is Black or African American, 9.2% is Hispanic or Latino, 5% is Asian, 0.4% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 2.3% is two or more races. 89.4% have a high school degree or higher, and 33.8% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $246,300, there are 200,739 households, an average of 2.62 persons per household. The per capita income is $32,406, the median household income is $64,537, and 10.7% of the persons in New Castle County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 43,660. Retail sales (in $1000) were $8,633,413, and sales per capita were $16,358. The percentage of black-owned firms is 10.1%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 26.5%.
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| New Castle County New Castle County official website. |
| Cemeteries & Burials New Castle County cemeteries, interments, inscriptions, and gravestone photographs. |
| Codes New Castle County, Delaware code of ordinances searchable by keyword. |
| Contractor Licenses New Castle County Land Use department database of licensed contractors. |
| Court Records | Civil Delaware State Courts statewide database of Court of Common Pleas, Superior Court, and Justice of the Peace civil court dockets, including civil actions, family, involuntary commit, personal injury, subrogation, debt, guardianship, tax case records, and more. |
| Crime Map New Castle interactive crime incident mapping by community or crime type. |
| Crime Reports Find New Castle County crime reports by location or date. |
| Historic Markers State of Delaware archives list of historic markers in New Castle County. |
| Marriage Licenses Information Information from the New Castle Clerk of the Peace on how to order certified copies of marriage or civil union licenses. |
| Permits New Castle County permit search. |
| Projects Find status on development plans, Board of Adjustment applications, RPTAC Applications and zoning verifications that are being or have been reviewed by New Castle County. |
| Property | GIS New Castle County GIS map interactive property search. Includes land use, zoning, property sales, civic info, political boundaries, and more. |
| Property | Parcel Search New Castle County parcel search database. |
| Recorded Documents Recorder of Deeds for New Castle Count recorded document search. |
| Tax Maps New Castle County Assessor tax maps in pdf format. |
| Unified Development Code New Castle County Unified Development Code online. |
| Wills New Castle County Register of Wills database of Wills on file. |
| Zoning Maps | PDF PDF files of New Castle County zoning maps. |
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