Jury Pool Profile

New Castle County, Delaware

Democratic +33 (2024)

Population: 573,030
Median household income: $89,901
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 323,642 56.5%
Black or African American alone 144,850 25.3%
Asian alone 33,953 5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,177 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 218 0.0%
Some other race alone 26,823 4.7%
Two or more races 42,367 7.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 65,392 11.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.2

Under 18 122,553 21.4%
18–24 51,934 9.1%
25–44 154,705 27.0%
45–64 148,677 25.9%
65 and over 95,161 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; -0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP: $76.0B; 68.45% of state
Avg. annual pay: $80,334
Establishments: 27,696

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 82,328 27.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 57,144 18.8%
Professional & business services 46,316 15.2%
Financial activities 42,324 13.9%
Leisure & hospitality 28,961 9.5%
Construction 14,737 4.9%
Other services 7,946 2.6%
Information 2,443 0.8%
Public administration 1,119 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.5%
Median gross rent: $1,379
Owner-occupied: 152,742
Renter-occupied: 70,201

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 275,917 votes cast

Democratic 180,700 65.5%
Republican 90,868 32.9%
Other / third-party 4,349 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 43,924 8.1%
Other Indo-European 12,328 2.3%
Chinese 6,964 1.3%
Other 6,528 1.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 5,941 1.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 3,797 0.7%
Arabic 2,782 0.5%
Slavic languages 2,115 0.4%
Tagalog 1,904 0.4%
German 1,788 0.3%
Korean 1,038 0.2%
Vietnamese 948 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 222,943
Family households: 140,474; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 98,713
Single-mother households: 15,329
Veterans: 27,474; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 145,959 25.6%
Evangelical Protestant 45,785 8.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 32,880 5.8%
Mainline Protestant 32,713 5.7%
Black Protestant 9,864 1.7%
Orthodox 2,263 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 12.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: New Castle County Superior Court
Judges: 14 (Superior Court judges + commissioners; vintage 2026 courts.delaware.gov roster)
Court seats: Wilmington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Delaware statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 59; 13.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 57

NHTSA FARS 2023