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New Castle County, Delaware
ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2008  More information about this table...
Data Set: 2008 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates
Survey: American Community Survey

NOTE. Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, it is the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program that produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities and towns and estimates of housing units for states and counties.

For more information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.

ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates


Estimate


Margin of Error


Percent


Margin of Error

SEX AND AGE

Total population

529,641

*****

529,641

(X)

Male

257,218

+/-694

48.6%

+/-0.1

Female

272,423

+/-694

51.4%

+/-0.1

 

Under 5 years

35,624

+/-4

6.7%

+/-0.1

5 to 9 years

34,085

+/-2,348

6.4%

+/-0.4

10 to 14 years

34,042

+/-2,350

6.4%

+/-0.4

15 to 19 years

40,110

+/-544

7.6%

+/-0.1

20 to 24 years

37,624

+/-650

7.1%

+/-0.1

25 to 34 years

63,526

+/-523

12.0%

+/-0.1

35 to 44 years

77,973

+/-694

14.7%

+/-0.1

45 to 54 years

80,268

+/-760

15.2%

+/-0.1

55 to 59 years

33,125

+/-1,988

6.3%

+/-0.4

60 to 64 years

30,443

+/-2,197

5.7%

+/-0.4

65 to 74 years

34,032

+/-614

6.4%

+/-0.1

75 to 84 years

20,442

+/-1,138

3.9%

+/-0.2

85 years and over

8,347

+/-1,095

1.6%

+/-0.2

 

Median age (years)

37.8

+/-0.4

(X)

(X)

 

18 years and over

403,495

+/-262

76.2%

+/-0.1

21 years and over

376,965

+/-1,869

71.2%

+/-0.4

62 years and over

79,713

+/-1,580

15.1%

+/-0.3

65 years and over

62,821

+/-647

11.9%

+/-0.1

 

18 years and over

403,495

+/-262

403,495

(X)

Male

192,976

+/-423

47.8%

+/-0.1

Female

210,519

+/-310

52.2%

+/-0.1

 

65 years and over

62,821

+/-647

62,821

(X)

Male

26,711

+/-326

42.5%

+/-0.5

Female

36,110

+/-551

57.5%

+/-0.5

 

RACE

Total population

529,641

*****

529,641

(X)

One race

521,405

+/-2,005

98.4%

+/-0.4

Two or more races

8,236

+/-2,005

1.6%

+/-0.4

 

One race

521,405

+/-2,005

98.4%

+/-0.4

White

373,660

+/-2,822

70.5%

+/-0.5

Black or African American

119,720

+/-2,236

22.6%

+/-0.4

American Indian and Alaska Native

1,227

+/-584

0.2%

+/-0.1

Cherokee tribal grouping

N

N

N

N

Chippewa tribal grouping

N

N

N

N

Navajo tribal grouping

N

N

N

N

Sioux tribal grouping

N

N

N

N

Asian

20,181

+/-726

3.8%

+/-0.1

Asian Indian

7,655

+/-1,947

1.4%

+/-0.4

Chinese

4,881

+/-1,600

0.9%

+/-0.3

Filipino

2,384

+/-1,559

0.5%

+/-0.3

Japanese

368

+/-254

0.1%

+/-0.1

Korean

711

+/-321

0.1%

+/-0.1

Vietnamese

2,031

+/-1,458

0.4%

+/-0.3

Other Asian

2,151

+/-1,154

0.4%

+/-0.2

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

78

+/-133

0.0%

+/-0.1

Native Hawaiian

N

N

N

N

Guamanian or Chamorro

N

N

N

N

Samoan

N

N

N

N

Other Pacific Islander

N

N

N

N

Some other race

6,539

+/-2,674

1.2%

+/-0.5

Two or more races

8,236

+/-2,005

1.6%

+/-0.4

White and Black or African American

2,491

+/-859

0.5%

+/-0.2

White and American Indian and Alaska Native

1,025

+/-388

0.2%

+/-0.1

White and Asian

1,378

+/-609

0.3%

+/-0.1

Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native

1,327

+/-1,656

0.3%

+/-0.3

 

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races

Total population

529,641

*****

529,641

(X)

White

380,464

+/-3,441

71.8%

+/-0.6

Black or African American

124,979

+/-1,110

23.6%

+/-0.2

American Indian and Alaska Native

4,416

+/-1,672

0.8%

+/-0.3

Asian

22,109

+/-518

4.2%

+/-0.1

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

493

+/-494

0.1%

+/-0.1

Some other race

7,075

+/-2,685

1.3%

+/-0.5

 

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE

Total population

529,641

*****

529,641

(X)

Hispanic or Latino (of any race)

39,432

*****

7.4%

*****

Mexican

19,930

+/-3,125

3.8%

+/-0.6

Puerto Rican

12,048

+/-2,643

2.3%

+/-0.5

Cuban

1,117

+/-508

0.2%

+/-0.1

Other Hispanic or Latino

6,337

+/-1,810

1.2%

+/-0.3

Not Hispanic or Latino

490,209

*****

92.6%

*****

White alone

342,921

+/-350

64.7%

+/-0.1

Black or African American alone

117,733

+/-1,828

22.2%

+/-0.3

American Indian and Alaska Native alone

905

+/-378

0.2%

+/-0.1

Asian alone

20,068

+/-696

3.8%

+/-0.1

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone

78

+/-133

0.0%

+/-0.1

Some other race alone

881

+/-439

0.2%

+/-0.1

Two or more races

7,623

+/-1,975

1.4%

+/-0.4

Two races including Some other race

97

+/-117

0.0%

+/-0.1

Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races

7,526

+/-1,963

1.4%

+/-0.4

 

Total housing units

213,499

+/-818

(X)

(X)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

Notes:
·For more information on understanding race and Hispanic origin data, please see the Census 2000 Brief entitled, Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin, issued March 2001. (pdf format)
·The 2008 questions on Hispanic origin and race were changed from 2007 in order to make the ACS consistent with Census 2010 question wording. For a summary of questionnaire changes see http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACS%20Mail%20Questionnaire%20(2008).pdf. The change in estimates from 2007 to 2008 may be due to several factors including questionnaire changes, population controls, methodological changes, and therefore should be used with caution. For more information about changes in the estimates see http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic/reports.html.
·While the 2008 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the November 2007 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas; in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities. The 2008 Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) data generally reflect the November 2007 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas; in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in PRCS tables may differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities.
·Estimates of urban and rural population, housing units, and characteristics reflect boundaries of urban areas defined based on Census 2000 data. Boundaries for urban areas have not been updated since Census 2000. As a result, data for urban and rural areas from the ACS do not necessarily reflect the results of ongoing urbanization.

Explanation of Symbols:
1. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
3. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
6. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.
7. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
8. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.



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