Profile & Data
New Castle County is the northernmost county in the State of Delaware, home to 529,641 people (2008, Census Bureau est.). The county economy has a diverse character formed on the road from the arrival of the first Swedish settlers in the 1600s to its development as innovation center for bioengineering, chemistry and technology industries today.
Partnership between government and business has a good tradition, as favorable incorporation policies on the state level have made New Castle County the headquarters of multinational corporations across different industry sectors as well as many Fortune 500 companies. New Castle County is also one of the 11 counties in the Greater Philadelphia area pointing again to the key asset it offers for doing business - location in terms of proximity to major cities and metropolitan areas on the East Coast.
Use the quicklinks in the menu on the right to navigate through different data sets showing demographic and economic characteristics of New Castle County