Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety32#2,108/3,096
Economy79#657/3,143
Housing25#2,362/3,140
Health82#556/3,144
Healthcare94#198/3,143
Environment45#1,713/3,108
Education69#984/3,144
Infrastructure94#192/3,144
Community62#1,193/3,144
Leisure & amenities86#437/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where New Castle County, Delaware ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

New business applications · high48.3 /1k
100/100Delaware 56.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Average weekly wage · high$1,615
97/100Delaware $1,455United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Public transit commuters · high2.6%
96/100Delaware 1.8%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
96/100Delaware 26 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Flu vaccinations · high54.0%
96/100Delaware 53.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.0 /10k
93/100Delaware 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
9/100Delaware 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Drug overdose deaths · high27.5 /100k
13/100Delaware 26.3 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Time spent in the emergency room · high192 min
13/100Delaware 210 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Property crime rate · high1,644 /100k
14/100Delaware 1,559 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Violent crime rate · high360 /100k
17/100Delaware 347 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Home price to income ratio · high3.9×
21/100Delaware 4.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 46% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+46 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
7 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Homicide rateImproving
13.1 /100k (2021) → 5.4 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−59%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
32.4 /1k (2020) → 48.3 /1k (2025)
+49%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
54.0 /100k (2021) → 27.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−49%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
21.6% (Dec 2021) → 29.6% (Aug 2026)
+8 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, New Castle County, Delaware improved on 15 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 12 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Firearm deaths−32%15.2 /100k → 10.4 /100k
Arts & recreation+27%4.8 /10k → 6.1 /10k
Restaurants+13%7.8 /10k → 8.8 /10k
Commute−0.9 min26.2 min → 25.3 min
Homicides−50%10.9 /100k → 5.4 /100k

Declined3

Transit use−1.2 points3.8% → 2.6%
Uninsured+0.8 points6.8% → 7.6%
Price / income+0.3×3.5× → 3.9×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of New Castle County, Delaware between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.8 /10k2020	6.1 /10k2025	+27%	Improved	79%
Average commute time	26.2 min2015-2019	25.3 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Improved	77%
Average weekly wage	$1,3392020	$1,6152025	+21%	Improved	27%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%2015-2019	39.7%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Improved	64%
Broadband subscriptions	86.6%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Improved	20%
Child poverty rate	13.4%2019	13.5%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Distance to an airport	25 mi2020	25 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	44.1 /100k2020	27.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−38%	Improved	62%
Effective property tax rate	0.76%2015-2019	0.72%2020-2024	−0 points	Little change	26%
Firearm deaths	15.2 /100k2020	10.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−32%	Improved	89%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+16%	Within the margin of error	83%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.8 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+9.2%	Within the margin of error	64%
High school diploma or higher	91.6%2015-2019	92.6%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	57%
Homicide rate	10.9 /100k2020	5.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−50%	Improved	73%
Income adjusted for local prices	$54,4222019	$67,8752024	+25%	Improved	12%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4582015-2019	0.4522020-2024	−0.006	Within the margin of error	65%
Median household income	$76,0762019	$89,7502024	+18%	Improved	17%
New business applications	32.4 /1k2020	48.3 /1k2025	+49%	Improved	56%
Pharmacies	2.7 /10k2020	2.6 /10k2025	−6%	Within the margin of error	48%
Poverty rate	10.4%2019	10.3%2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Property crime rate	2,159 /100k2020	1,644 /100k2025	−24%	Improved	31%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−4.4%	Within the margin of error	27%
Public transit commuters	3.8%2015-2019	2.6%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Declined	16%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent-burdened households	46.8%2015-2019	47.8%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Restaurants and bars	7.8 /10k2020	8.8 /10k2025	+13%	Improved	77%
Students per teacher	14.2×2019	14.1×2024	−0.0×	Little change	26%
Suicide rate	12.4 /100k2020	10.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−16%	Within the margin of error	83%
Traffic deaths	10.3 /100k2015-2019	11.6 /100k2020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	39%
Unemployment rate	7.5%2020	4.7%2025	−2.8 points	Improved	56%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.8%2019	7.6%2024	+0.8 points	Declined	12%
Violent crime rate	489 /100k2020	360 /100k2025	−26%	Improved	64%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like New Castle County, Delaware five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of New Castle County, Delaware in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, New Castle County, Delaware itself moved +1.1 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

577,961 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−0.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

577,961 residents

New Castle County, Delaware
Delaware share

White52%302,505
Black25%143,725
Hispanic or Latino12%68,181

Education

402,879 residents (±101)

New Castle County, Delaware
Delaware share

No high school diploma7.4%29,897
High school or GED27%107,506
Some college18%74,182

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

224,173 households (±971)

New Castle County, Delaware
Delaware share

Under $25k12%25,809
$25k–50k15%33,409
$50k–75k15%33,551
$75k–100k13%29,156
$100k–150k19%43,036
$150k–200k11%25,646
$200k or more15%33,566

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+6.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

224,173 households (±971)

New Castle County, Delaware
Delaware share

Own69%154,724
Rent31%69,449

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.1 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

67,046 households (±2,017)

New Castle County, Delaware
Delaware share

Under $7508.2%5,494
$750–1,0007.4%4,993
$1,000–1,50038%25,793

Home values

154,724 homes (±1,974)

New Castle County, Delaware
Delaware share

Under $150k9.0%13,963
$150k–250k17%26,944
$250k–400k35%54,029

Age of homes

236,079 homes (±136)

New Castle County, Delaware
Delaware share

2010 or later8.8%20,695
2000–200911%26,244
1980–199924%57,567

Size of homes

236,079 homes (±136)

New Castle County, Delaware
Delaware share

Studio2.0%4,763
1 bedroom9.5%22,447
2 bedrooms21%48,904

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

287,629 workers (±2,383)

New Castle County, Delaware
Delaware share

Drive alone69%197,235
Carpool7.3%20,887
Public transit2.6%7,465
Walk2.2%6,465
Bike0.3%†754
Work from home18%50,493
Other1.5%4,330

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+13.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

237,136 workers (±2,640)

New Castle County, Delaware
Delaware share

Under 15 min23%54,974
15–29 min45%105,712
30–44 min18%43,781

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

New Castle County has 17,855 employer establishments, 307 for every 10,000 residents (1.24× the US rate of 248; 1.07× Delaware's), with 306,745 paid employees at an average annual pay of $81,219. The Census Bureau also counts 55,018 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 17,855; 55,018 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 307; US 248 · Delaware 287
Paid employees: 306,745
Average annual pay: $81,219; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of New Castle County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,213	20.9	1.00×About typical	17,633	$71,552	2,336
Restaurants and other eating places	1,096	18.9	1.03×About typical	21,666	$22,697	257
Specialty trade contractors	924	15.9	1.03×About typical	11,380	$72,979	2,090
Computer systems design and related services	890	15.3	3.54×More than typical	7,804	$132,387	1,742
Lessors of real estate	704	12.1	0.98×About typical	3,076	$72,782	7,189
Management, scientific and technical consulting	651	11.2	1.67×More than typical	4,536	$103,001	2,355
Limited-service restaurants	513	8.8	1.10×About typical	8,278	$19,564	123
Services to buildings and dwellings	462	8	1.18×About typical	4,118	$38,969	1,797
Full-service restaurants	448	7.7	1.00×About typical	11,706	$25,471	102
Construction of buildings	400	6.9	0.91×About typical	2,448	$83,536	809
Legal services	376	6.5	1.20×About typical	6,200	$154,078	373
Offices of other health practitioners	373	6.4	1.06×About typical	3,129	$52,335	1,141

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 581,067 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $91.8M on contracts performed in New Castle County, Delaware: $156 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $91.8M; −44% vs FY2025
Per resident: $156; US $1,995
Sole-source: 18%; US 30%
Single offer: 21%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$24.5M27%
Drug Enforcement Administration$9.3M10%
Defense Logistics Agency$7.8M8.4%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$7.1M7.7%
National Institutes of Health$6.1M6.6%
Department of the Navy$5.5M6.0%
Department of the Air Force$4.6M5.0%
Public Buildings Service$4.4M4.8%

Top recipients

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$12.9M14%
BLUELINE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC$8.5M9.3%
EDUCATION & TRAINING RESOURCES LLC$6.9M7.5%
MGI, INC.$5.7M6.2%
THE CHEMOURS CO FC LLC$4.5M4.9%

Spending by fiscal year

201.7MFY2017
227.8MFY2018
246.8MFY2019
569.7MFY2020
178.9MFY2021
-41.5MFY2022
174.4MFY2023
159M

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$16.3M18%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$13.4M15%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$10.4M11%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$10M11%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$7M7.6%

Largest awards

OPERATION OF WILMINGTON JOB CORP CENTER, OUTREACH/ADMISSIONS, CAREER TRANSITION SERVICES$36.7M
EDUCATION & TRAINING RESOURCES LLC· New Castle County, DE· Education & social services· Dec 31, 2020 – Jul 30, 2026· 1605JE21C0004
EHRM INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES CONSTRUCTION- WILMINGTON$18.9M
FDCD II JOINT VENTURE, LLC· New Castle County, DE· Construction & real property· Sep 23, 2025 – Jul 7, 2026· 36C77625C0125
ADVANCING THIN FILM MODULATORS (ATOM)$17.7M
PHASE SENSITIVE INNOVATIONS INC· New Castle County, DE· Research & development· Sep 1, 2021 – May 21, 2026· FA865021C5029
TO CONSTRUCT A NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR THE WILMINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.9B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for New Castle County, Delaware: $6,583 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.9B; −3.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,583; US $12,957
Loan face value: $175.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.3B60%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$267.3M6.9%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$223.7M5.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$173.6M4.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$93M2.4%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$72.2M1.9%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$52.5M1.4%
20.823 · Port Infrastructure Development Program$50M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION, DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF$159.9M4.1%
DOVER, DE
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$149.2M3.9%
NEWARK, DE
DIAMOND STATE PORT CORPORATION$50M1.3%
WILMINGTON, DE
WILIMINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY$39.3M1.0%
WILMINGTON, DE
CITY OF WILMINGTON$20.9M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.9B74%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$255.6M6.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$176.9M4.6%
Department of Transportation
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$107.4M2.8%
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health

Assistance by fiscal year

3.4BFY2021
3.1BFY2022
3.5BFY2023
3.6BFY2024
4BFY2025
3.9BFY2026

County aggregates

85%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How New Castle County, Delaware compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

New Castle County, Delaware
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Castle County, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
FY2017	$362	$1,436
FY2018	$408	$1,552
FY2019	$441	$1,654
FY2020	$998	$1,880
FY2021	$313	$1,810
FY2022	-$72.04	$1,917
FY2023	$300	$2,079
FY2024	$271	$2,047
FY2025	$278	$2,165
FY2026	$156 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Castle County, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
FY2017	$8.30	$93.28
FY2018	$23.16	$105
FY2019	$36.17	$128
FY2020	$72.89	$145
FY2021	$28.89	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Castle County, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
FY2021	$1,291	$5,748
FY2022	$531	$5,221
FY2023	$1,246	$5,364
FY2024	$1,147	$5,501
FY2025	$1,215	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Castle County, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
FY2021	$239	$298
FY2022	$195	$357
FY2023	$355	$301
FY2024	$251	$319
FY2025	$235	$360
FY2026	$395

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Castle County, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
FY2021	$227	$239
FY2022	$211	$185
FY2023	$383	$229
FY2024	$250	$229
FY2025	$220	$249
FY2026	$206

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Castle County, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
FY2021	$172	$2,304
FY2022	$76.30	$2,197
FY2023	$106	$2,274
FY2024	$177	$2,267
FY2025	$144	$2,397
FY2026	$168

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Castle County, Delaware and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
FY2021	$1,155	$1,186
FY2022	$373	$465
FY2023	$55.92	$76.52
FY2024	$108	$120
FY2025	$104	$148
FY2026	$79.80

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

New Castle County, Delaware
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, New Castle County, Delaware and the United States, by year
Calendar years	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
2014	2.7%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Jumps not compared

FY2020, Federal contracts: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/10003

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

New Castle County, Delaware is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Sarah McBrideD-DE · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area New Castle County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD73Central county

Cities and towns in New Castle County

Places whose residents live mostly in New Castle County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/10003

Calendar years	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
2014	+0.1%	−4.2%
2015	+1.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.7%	+3.3%
2018	+6.4%	+6.8%
2019	+9.3%	+10.5%
2020	+16.0%	+19.4%
2021	+19.0%	+26.1%
2022	+25.2%	+30.6%
2023	+28.5%	+35.0%
2024	+33.9%	+41.0%
2025	+39.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
2014	−5.5%	−5.5%
2015	−2.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.0%	+4.1%
2018	+10.2%	+8.9%
2019	+10.9%	+13.5%
2020	+14.7%	+20.8%
2021	+21.9%	+32.1%
2022	+32.1%	+35.4%
2023	+29.9%	+42.9%
2024	+36.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
2014	3.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
2014	−3.9%	−6.9%
2015	−1.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.6%	+4.7%
2018	+3.4%	+7.5%
2019	+13.1%	+14.0%
2020	+11.7%	+16.9%
2021	+10.2%	+21.0%
2022	+27.0%	+29.7%
2023	+29.1%	+34.9%
2024	+33.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
2014	−11.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+6.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+15.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+24.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+37.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+45.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+50.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+55.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
2014	5.4%	6.2%
2015	4.7%	5.3%
2016	4.5%	4.9%
2017	4.4%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.5%	3.7%
2020	7.5%	8.1%
2021	5.5%	5.4%
2022	4.1%	3.7%
2023	3.8%	3.6%
2024	3.9%	4.0%
2025	4.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
2014	12.3%	15.5%
2015	12.1%	14.7%
2016	11.3%	14.0%
2017	13.4%	13.4%
2018	11.6%	13.1%
2019	10.4%	12.3%
2020	10.1%	11.9%
2021	11.4%	12.8%
2022	10.1%	12.6%
2023	10.9%	12.5%
2024	10.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
2015	−1.0% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.7% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.3% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.3% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+16.9% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+34.5% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+43.6% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+51.9% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+58.8% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+63.7% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
2014	8.6%	13.5%
2015	6.1%	10.9%
2016	5.7%	10.0%
2017	5.6%	10.2%
2018	5.9%	10.4%
2019	6.8%	10.8%
2020	7.0%	10.4%
2021	5.9%	10.2%
2022	6.2%	9.5%
2023	7.1%	9.5%
2024	7.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	New Castle County, Delaware	United States
2014	20.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	20.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	21.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	24.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	27.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	27.4/1k	10.6/1k
2020	32.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	47.9/1k	16.2/1k
2022	46.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	53.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	50.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	48.3/1k	16.6/1k

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