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New Castle County
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county in Delaware, United States
New Castle County is the northernmost and most populous county in Delaware, located in the United States. It is the state's economic and political center, home to the capital city of Dover and a significant portion of Delaware's population and industry.
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- Named after
- New Castle
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Delaware
- Capital
- Wilmington
- Population
- 556779
- Area
- 1278
- Shares border with
- Cecil County
- Official website
- www.co.new-castle.de.us
- Image
- Habs new castle county court house.jpg
- Households
- 209431
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- Commons category
- New Castle County, Delaware
- category of associated people
- Category:People from New Castle County, Delaware
- topic's main category
- Category:New Castle County, Delaware
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in New Castle County, Delaware
- inception
- 1664-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 13.8
- native label
- New Castle County
- social media followers
- 11738
- different from
- New Castle
- per capita income
- 38965
- topic has template
- Template:New Castle County, Delaware
- street address
- 800 North French Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
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Encyclopedic overview
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). 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 (c. 1593–1676). 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.
History
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