Editing New Castle, Pennsylvania (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1840= 611
|1850= 1614
|1860= 1882
|1870= 6164
|1880= 8418
|1890= 11600
|1900= 28339
|1910= 36280
|1920= 44938
|1930= 48674
|1940= 47638
|1950= 48834
|1960= 44790
|1970= 38559
|1980= 33621
|1990= 28334
|2000= 26309
|2010= 23273
|2020= 21926
|footnote=<ref name="Census1960">{{cite web |title=Number of Inhabitants: Pennsylvania |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/17216604v1p40ch02.pdf |work=18th Census of the United States |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=November 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-40.pdf |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=November 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name="CensusPopEst">{{cite web |title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 |url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=November 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html |archive-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web |url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108 |title=Census Population API |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}

As of the 2010 census,<ref name="GR2" /> there were 23,273 people, 9,765 households, and 5,793 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 2,725.2 people per square mile. There were 11,304 housing units at an average density of 1,323.7 per square mile. 1,539 housing units were vacant. The racial makeup of the city was 83.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 12.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.4% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.6% of the population.

There were 9,765 households, out of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 18.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.7% were non-families. 28.4% of all households contained individuals under 18, and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.3 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.1% under the age of 20, 5.9% from 20 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.8 years old. For every 100 females, there were 85.3 males.

As of 2017 [[American Community Survey]] estimates, the median income for a household in the city was $31,044, and the median income for a family was $42,807. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $13,730. About 23.3% of families and 27.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 40.8% of those under age 18 and 15.4% of those age 65 or over.