The New Castle County Government is a Executive-Council form of municipal government.

The county is headed by a County Executive, who is elected to a maximum of two, consecutive four-year terms.

The Chief Administrative Officer, who is the County's second-in-command, is appointed by the County Executive and serves at his or her pleasure.

The county's legislative body is a thirteen-member County Council, consisting of twelve members elected by district and one Council President elected at large. New Castle County, Delaware is located on the eastern seaboard of the United States, is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Delaware Bay, as well as by the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. New Castle County consists of 437 square miles and a population of 526,000.

Additional information is available at the New Castle County Government website at: www.nccde.org. The Office of Human Resources is pleased to announce that the new online application system, NEOGOV, is now up and running! NEOGOV offers a very user-friendly online application interface.