Newark

About Newark

Newark ( NEW-ərk, locally NOORK) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 311,549. The Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 323,808 for 2025, making it the 61st-most populous municipality in the nation.

Settled in 1666 by Puritans from New Haven Colony, Newark is one of the oldest cities in the United States. Its location at the mouth of the Passaic River, where it flows into Newark Bay, has made the city's waterfront an integral part of the Port of New York and New Jersey. Port Newark–Elizabeth is the primary container shipping terminal of the busiest seaport on the U.S. East Coast. Newark Liberty International Airport was the first municipal commercial airport in the United States and has become one of the busiest.

Several companies are headquartered in Newark, including Prudential, PSEG, Panasonic Corporation of North America, Audible.com, IDT Corporation, Manischewitz, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and Mars Snacking. Higher education institutions in the city include the Newark campus of Rutgers University, which includes law and medical schools and the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies; University Hospital; the New Jersey Institute of Technology; and Seton Hall University's law school. Newark is home to numerous governmental offices, largely concentrated at Government Center and the Essex County Government Complex. Cultural venues include the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark Symphony Hall, the Prudential Center, The Newark Museum of Art, and the New Jersey Historical Society. Branch Brook Park is the oldest county park in the United States and is home to the nation's largest collection of ornamental cherry trees, numbering over 5,000.

Newark is divided into five political wards (East, West, South, North and Central). The majority of black residents reside in the South, Central, and West Wards of the city, while the North and East Wards are mostly populated by Latinos. Ras Baraka has served as Mayor of Newark since 2014.

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Newark weather: 7-day forecast

Source: National Weather Service (NOAA).

Live webcams in Newark

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Living in Newark

Median household income

$52,060

Median home value

$373,700

Median rent

$1,392/mo

Median age

34.7

Map of Newark

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Newark Street View

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Newark, NJ population

Newark had 311,549 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Newark at a glance

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (Gazetteer, ZCTA), USGS GNIS, Wikidata.

Towns near Newark

• Harrison1.7 mi NE
• East Newark2.0 mi N
• Irvington3.1 mi W
• Kearny3.2 mi NE
• East Orange3.5 mi NW
• Hillside3.5 mi SW
• Ampere North3.7 mi N
• Silver Lake3.9 mi N
• Elizabeth4.1 mi S
• City of Orange4.5 mi NW
• Kean University4.5 mi SW
• Watsessing4.6 mi N

Straight-line distance between town centers.

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