New Castle, DE

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1050800, place: New Castle city, Delaware)

Total Population: 4,862
Male: 2,280 (46.89%)
Female: 2,582 (53.11%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 273 (5.61%)
5 to 9 years: 265 (5.45%)
10 to 14 years: 330 (6.79%)
15 to 19 years: 298 (6.13%)
20 to 24 years: 271 (5.57%)
25 to 34 years: 610 (12.55%)
35 to 44 years: 781 (16.06%)
45 to 54 years: 790 (16.25%)
55 to 59 years: 307 (6.31%)
60 to 64 years: 238 (4.9%)
65 to 74 years: 383 (7.88%)
75 to 84 years: 252 (5.18%)
85 years and over: 64 (1.32%)

Median age: 39.6 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 3,802 (78.2%)
21 years and over: 3,643 (74.93%)
62 years and over: 823 (16.93%)
65 years and over: 699 (14.38%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 3,802 (78.2%)
--Male: 1,754 (36.08%)
--Female: 2,048 (42.12%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 699 (14.38%)
--Male: 285 (5.86%)
--Female: 414 (8.52%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 4,821 (99.16%)
--White: 3,708 (76.26%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 117 (2.41%)
--Black or African American: 982 (20.2%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 12 (0.25%)
--Asian: 19 (0.39%)
----Asian Indian: 6 (0.12%)
----Chinese: 4 (0.08%)
----Filipino: 5 (0.1%)
----Japanese: 0 (0%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 4 (0.08%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 41 (0.84%)
Two or more Races: 41 (0.84%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 117 (2.41%)
--Mexican: 25 (0.51%)
--Puerto Rican: 62 (1.28%)
--Cuban: 3 (0.06%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 27 (0.56%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 4,745 (97.59%)
--White Alone: 3,708 (76.26%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 4,862 (100%)
--Householder: 2,012 (41.38%)
--Spouse: 948 (19.5%)
--Child: 1,328 (27.31%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 910 (18.72%)
--Other relatives: 307 (6.31%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 114 (2.34%)
--Nonrelatives: 267 (5.49%)
----Unmarried partner: 138 (2.84%)
Living in group quarters: 0 (0%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 2,012
Family households (families): 1,340 (66.6%)
----With own children under 18 years: 527 (26.19%)
--Married-couple families: 948 (47.12%)
----With own children under 18 years: 347 (17.25%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 299 (14.86%)
----With own children under 18 years: 140 (6.96%)
Nonfamily households: 672 (33.4%)
--Householder living alone: 558 (27.73%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 198 (9.84%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 605 (30.07%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 529 (26.29%)
Average household size: 2.42 people
Average family size: 2.93 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 2,199
Occupied housing units: 2,012 (91.5%)
Vacant housing units: 187 (8.5%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 8 (0.36%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.3%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 19.3%
Occupied housing units: 2,012 (91.5%)
Owner occupied housing units: 1,569 (71.35%)
Renter occupied housing units: 443 (20.15%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.49 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.16 people

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