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New Castle County, DE [10003] Demographic Characteristics & Trends
-- a component of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area [37980] -- click link to view metro S&O report

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This document brings together several 2017 vintage population estimates developed by the Census Bureau for this area developed and released separately in 2018. These official model-based estimates are developed and updated annually. The data presesentation here provides more comprehensive insights into demographic characteristics and trends for this area than available elsewhere. ProximityOne uses these data to develop Situation & Outlook (S&O) estimates and projections to 2060. See related table. Join us in weekly Data Analytics Lab web sessions to discuss organization and use of these and related data.

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Table 1. Population & Components of Change -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	538,831	542,282	546,120	549,486	552,465	555,587	557,851	559,793	20,962
Births	...	6,841	6,725	6,499	6,478	6,579	6,493	6,531	6,592
Deaths	...	4,403	4,253	4,366	4,319	4,497	4,649	4,718	4,458
Natural Increase	...	2,438	2,472	2,133	2,159	2,082	1,844	1,813	2,134
Net Migration	...	1,101	1,464	1,310	906	1,098	419	132	919
International	...	1,453	1,576	1,655	1,909	2,090	2,140	2,128	1,850
Domestic	...	-352	-112	-345	-1,003	-992	-1,721	-1,996	-932

Table 2. Population by Gender & Group Quarters Population -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	538,831	542,282	546,120	549,486	552,465	555,587	557,851	559,793	20,962
Male	260,761	262,256	264,289	265,910	267,547	269,296	270,294	271,246	10,485
Female	278,070	280,026	281,831	283,576	284,918	286,291	287,557	288,547	10,477
Group Quarters	...	17,466	17,780	17,752	17,610	17,465	17,409	17,412	299

Table 3. Population by Race/Origin -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	538,831	542,282	546,120	549,486	552,465	555,587	557,851	559,793	20,962
White alone	369,954	370,084	370,568	370,473	369,745	368,821	367,579	365,863	-4,091
Black alone	131,185	132,933	134,592	136,136	138,070	140,212	142,410	144,600	13,415
AIAN alone	2,174	2,190	2,173	2,235	2,268	2,266	2,283	2,390	216
Asian alone	24,076	25,167	26,426	27,831	29,122	30,606	31,558	32,523	8,447
NHOPI alone	280	305	324	333	357	354	353	364	84
Two+ Races	11,162	11,603	12,037	12,478	12,903	13,328	13,668	14,053	2,891
Hispanic (any race)	47,173	48,481	49,647	50,599	51,754	53,045	54,446	55,723	8,550

Table 4. Population by Age by Race/Origin -- 2017

Population	Total	White alone	Black alone	AIAN alone	Asian alone	NHOPI alone	Two+ Races	Hispanic (any race)
Total	559,793	365,863	144,600	2,390	32,523	364	14,053	55,723
Age 0-4	32,430	18,697	9,459	154	2,184	42	1,894	4,958
Age 5-9	33,539	19,014	10,180	173	2,061	37	2,074	5,499
Age 10-14	34,139	19,988	10,286	183	1,814	24	1,844	5,671
Age 15-19	37,584	23,419	10,670	184	1,796	23	1,492	5,057
Age 20-24	36,342	21,860	10,735	191	2,262	33	1,261	4,359
Age 25-29	43,446	27,520	11,354	207	3,254	19	1,092	4,680
Age 30-34	38,486	24,113	9,689	162	3,664	25	833	4,614
Age 35-39	36,127	22,536	9,574	185	3,036	44	752	4,676
Age 40-44	32,268	20,269	8,958	207	2,268	19	547	3,914
Age 45-49	36,842	23,844	10,141	152	2,142	27	536	3,374
Age 50-54	39,518	26,608	10,394	160	1,885	21	450	2,771
Age 55-59	39,720	28,013	9,642	124	1,551	18	372	1,997
Age 60-64	34,847	25,271	7,737	115	1,392	12	320	1,522
Age 65-69	28,084	20,750	5,929	68	1,122	7	208	1,012
Age 70-74	21,375	16,163	4,119	46	867	6	174	671
Age 75-79	14,432	11,047	2,599	33	659	1	93	433
Age 80-84	9,746	7,701	1,636	20	343	3	43	243
Age 85 up	10,868	9,050	1,498	26	223	3	68	272

Table 5. Population by Single Year of Age -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Age 0000	6,513	6,784	6,655	6,451	6,444	6,561	6,458	6,505	-8
Age 0101	6,451	6,545	6,888	6,657	6,504	6,506	6,644	6,386	-65
Age 0202	6,748	6,476	6,534	6,884	6,622	6,489	6,493	6,595	-153
Age 0303	6,754	6,740	6,533	6,625	6,818	6,649	6,489	6,480	-274
Age 0404	6,764	6,718	6,734	6,500	6,613	6,870	6,657	6,464	-300
Age 0505	6,754	6,753	6,695	6,748	6,530	6,646	6,870	6,674	-80
Age 0606	6,882	6,704	6,789	6,701	6,768	6,525	6,697	6,842	-40
Age 0707	6,837	6,842	6,716	6,735	6,740	6,769	6,561	6,694	-143
Age 0808	6,656	6,868	6,841	6,703	6,736	6,775	6,780	6,560	-96
Age 0909	6,868	6,625	6,895	6,838	6,689	6,750	6,749	6,769	-99
Age 1010	7,123	6,874	6,638	6,923	6,838	6,728	6,753	6,799	-324
Age 1111	6,912	7,160	6,856	6,716	6,867	6,845	6,735	6,738	-174
Age 1212	6,973	6,905	7,185	6,839	6,762	6,924	6,871	6,740	-233
Age 1313	6,926	6,966	6,879	7,171	6,828	6,764	6,943	6,883	-43
Age 1414	7,037	6,963	6,965	6,893	7,142	6,887	6,817	6,979	-58
Age 1515	7,300	7,056	7,051	7,084	6,985	7,250	6,966	6,918	-382
Age 1616	7,477	7,307	7,074	7,047	7,145	7,008	7,317	7,048	-429
Age 1717	7,744	7,557	7,374	6,998	7,070	7,157	7,075	7,320	-424
Age 1818	8,788	8,699	8,586	8,288	7,928	8,023	8,104	8,013	-775
Age 1919	9,312	9,057	8,958	8,785	8,501	8,175	8,224	8,285	-1,027
Age 2020	9,229	8,611	8,296	8,109	7,873	7,662	7,341	7,448	-1,781
Age 2121	8,760	8,573	7,927	7,482	7,262	7,122	6,948	6,620	-2,140
Age 2222	8,058	8,803	8,523	7,924	7,470	7,263	7,152	7,021	-1,037
Age 2323	7,323	8,236	9,041	8,830	8,232	7,732	7,517	7,487	164
Age 2424	7,322	7,509	8,390	9,176	9,101	8,549	8,065	7,766	444
Age 2525	7,352	7,530	7,645	8,557	9,155	9,145	8,616	8,140	788
Age 2626	7,075	7,480	7,628	7,802	8,532	9,154	9,118	8,606	1,531
Age 2727	7,337	7,171	7,578	7,735	7,859	8,577	9,226	9,030	1,693
Age 2828	7,320	7,360	7,194	7,651	7,770	7,869	8,543	9,093	1,773
Age 2929	7,283	7,362	7,431	7,337	7,745	7,904	7,900	8,577	1,294
Age 3030	7,555	7,263	7,433	7,479	7,460	7,734	7,878	7,959	404
Age 3131	7,095	7,666	7,358	7,533	7,523	7,492	7,762	7,853	758
Age 3232	6,877	7,115	7,675	7,366	7,540	7,512	7,441	7,761	884
Age 3333	6,698	6,874	7,209	7,654	7,342	7,504	7,520	7,421	723
Age 3434	6,406	6,706	6,862	7,175	7,644	7,305	7,375	7,492	1,086
Age 3535	6,710	6,398	6,680	6,858	7,242	7,584	7,309	7,336	626
Age 3636	6,507	6,682	6,345	6,673	6,831	7,255	7,513	7,231	724
Age 3737	6,700	6,530	6,651	6,384	6,707	6,895	7,244	7,455	755
Age 3838	7,043	6,649	6,496	6,637	6,365	6,696	6,870	7,192	149
Age 3939	7,781	7,106	6,652	6,554	6,629	6,413	6,645	6,913	-868
Age 4040	7,829	7,722	7,014	6,613	6,453	6,590	6,326	6,589	-1,240
Age 4141	7,481	7,835	7,674	7,009	6,604	6,465	6,537	6,275	-1,206
Age 4242	7,402	7,433	7,865	7,640	6,999	6,586	6,366	6,482	-920
Age 4343	7,604	7,367	7,382	7,879	7,645	6,923	6,543	6,357	-1,247
Age 4444	7,790	7,625	7,326	7,396	7,938	7,651	6,880	6,565	-1,225
Age 4545	8,139	7,764	7,604	7,291	7,368	7,879	7,582	6,789	-1,350
Age 4646	8,299	8,106	7,749	7,607	7,311	7,406	7,844	7,542	-757
Age 4747	8,364	8,283	8,120	7,726	7,584	7,309	7,361	7,844	-520
Age 4848	8,393	8,343	8,278	8,143	7,725	7,557	7,303	7,358	-1,035
Age 4949	8,273	8,365	8,334	8,229	8,125	7,702	7,561	7,309	-964
Age 5050	8,318	8,196	8,297	8,294	8,178	8,077	7,642	7,508	-810
Age 5151	8,153	8,287	8,219	8,338	8,311	8,198	8,122	7,675	-478
Age 5252	8,188	8,073	8,315	8,167	8,242	8,236	8,099	8,047	-141
Age 5353	8,076	8,168	8,031	8,311	8,182	8,235	8,225	8,130	54
Age 5454	7,749	8,025	8,151	8,009	8,240	8,139	8,163	8,158	409
Age 5555	7,466	7,694	7,989	8,106	8,016	8,167	8,130	8,095	629
Age 5656	6,992	7,456	7,671	7,956	8,040	7,923	8,127	8,067	1,075
Age 5757	6,905	6,886	7,393	7,578	7,849	7,966	7,801	7,996	1,091
Age 5858	6,554	6,839	6,900	7,340	7,558	7,785	7,929	7,722	1,168
Age 5959	6,366	6,496	6,806	6,829	7,291	7,452	7,691	7,840	1,474
Age 6060	6,103	6,323	6,433	6,738	6,775	7,223	7,374	7,622	1,519
Age 6161	5,922	6,011	6,255	6,348	6,663	6,710	7,142	7,276	1,354
Age 6262	5,920	5,889	5,978	6,172	6,305	6,561	6,641	7,050	1,130
Age 6363	6,265	5,819	5,776	5,893	6,039	6,240	6,481	6,518	253
Age 6464	4,516	6,169	5,721	5,669	5,818	5,936	6,169	6,381	1,865
Age 6565	4,404	4,442	6,051	5,658	5,604	5,707	5,836	6,064	1,660
Age 6666	4,330	4,361	4,373	5,989	5,587	5,582	5,642	5,748	1,418
Age 6767	4,474	4,258	4,317	4,319	5,886	5,515	5,484	5,569	1,095
Age 6868	3,941	4,409	4,190	4,259	4,248	5,785	5,416	5,368	1,427
Age 6969	3,610	3,892	4,335	4,129	4,172	4,191	5,671	5,335	1,725
Age 7070	3,267	3,519	3,823	4,274	4,051	4,093	4,110	5,583	2,316
Age 7171	3,166	3,173	3,429	3,744	4,193	3,970	4,012	4,053	887
Age 7272	3,078	3,105	3,117	3,384	3,701	4,142	3,906	3,942	864
Age 7373	2,764	2,973	3,019	3,037	3,326	3,637	4,037	3,811	1,047
Age 7474	2,692	2,686	2,923	2,960	3,015	3,251	3,591	3,986	1,294
Age 7575	2,673	2,627	2,612	2,846	2,871	2,942	3,185	3,509	836
Age 7676	2,406	2,599	2,552	2,534	2,747	2,767	2,850	3,102	696
Age 7777	2,345	2,319	2,528	2,465	2,438	2,655	2,661	2,749	404
Age 7878	2,317	2,263	2,239	2,467	2,420	2,367	2,583	2,592	275
Age 7979	2,313	2,204	2,158	2,150	2,360	2,322	2,259	2,480	167
Age 8080	2,209	2,199	2,123	2,092	2,087	2,282	2,240	2,174	-35
Age 8181	2,005	2,072	2,086	2,015	1,999	1,976	2,152	2,129	124
Age 8282	1,903	1,875	1,952	1,951	1,913	1,879	1,844	2,032	129
Age 8383	1,788	1,770	1,777	1,865	1,835	1,813	1,782	1,748	-40
Age 8484	1,588	1,671	1,633	1,665	1,751	1,714	1,706	1,663	75
Age 8585	9,241	9,468	9,742	9,900	10,190	10,413	10,659	10,868	1,627
Age 0517	91,489	90,580	89,958	89,396	89,100	89,028	89,134	88,964	-2,525