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Population Patterns

Population Patterns

Category 2008 2007 2006 2005
Total Population 529,641 528,218 525,587 505,271
Distribution by gender        
Male 257,218 256,092 255,362 245,751
Female 272,423 272,126 270,225 259,520
Distribution by age        
Under 5 years 35,624 35,809 35,713 34,711
5 to 9 years 34,085 32,600 34,666 33,244
10 to 14 years 34,042 36,052 35,566 33,900
15 to 19 years 40,110 39,998 39,457 31,302
20 to 24 years 37,624 38,094 36,846 35,015
25 to 34 years 63,526 64,033 65,833 68,279
35 to 44 years 77,973 79,084 81,250 80,943
45 to 54 years 80,268 80,209 77,622 76,352
55 to 59 years 33,125 32,843 32,074 30,746
60 to 64 years 30,443 28,198 25,223 23,613
65 to 74 years 34,032 32,570 32,539 30,536
75 to 84 years 20,442 20,200 20,643 21,319
85 years and over 8,347 8,528 8,155 5,311
Median age (years) 37.8 37.1 36.8 37
Population 18 years and over 403,495 401,351 397220 382,201
Male 192,976 191,715 189,568 182,360
Female 210,519 209,636 207,652 199,841
Population 65 years and over 62,821 61,298 61337 57,166
Male 26,711 26,054 25,664 24,469
Female 36,110 35,244 35,673 32,697


New Castle County 2000-2030 Estimates and Projections
Category 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2000-2030 Change
Population 500,265 523,852 543,907 562,284 578,242 591,649 602,377 102,112
Households 188,935 197,482 206,692 216,312 224,945 232,469 238,287 49,352

Sources: Census Bureau, WILMAPCO