New Castle County
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the state's population of 989,948. The county seat is Wilmington, which is also the state's most populous city. New Castle County is included in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is named after William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle. New Castle County has the highest population and population density of any Delaware county, and it is the smallest county in the state by area. It has more people than the other two counties, Kent and Sussex, combined. It is also the most economically developed of the three.
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Cities and towns 13
- City of Delaware City pop. 1,879
- City of New Castle pop. 5,499
- City of Newark pop. 31,155
- City of Wilmington pop. 70,750
- Town of Bellefonte pop. 1,220
- Town of Elsmere pop. 6,157
- Town of Middletown pop. 24,164
- Town of Newport pop. 893
- Town of Odessa pop. 361
- Town of Townsend pop. 2,788
- Village of Arden pop. 428
- Village of Ardencroft pop. 227
- Village of Ardentown pop. 253
Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 101811
- FIPS state
- 10
- FIPS county
- 003
- FIPS place
- 99003
- Census record name
- COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE
- Mailing address
- 87 READS WAY, NEW CASTLE 19720