Arkansas · Census place 0549010
Newark, Arkansas
Newark is a city in Independence County, Arkansas with an estimated 1,177 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 172nd largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,177
- #172 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- -0.3%
- -3 people
- Land area
- 1.7 sq mi
- Density
- 713 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Newark population, 2020 to 2024
Newark lost 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +1.
Newark covers 1.65 square miles of land, for 713 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Newark is less dense than the typical town.
What county Newark is in
All of Newark's residents live in Independence County, which had 38,345 residents in 2024. Newark holds 3.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Newark
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Newark by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72562. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Newark is
The Census internal point of Newark is at 35.707600, -91.443400. Little Rock, the capital, is 81.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Southside, AR (4,248 people), 10.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 85.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.707600, -91.443400
- DMS
- 35°42'27.36"N 91°26'36.24"W
- UTM
- 15N 640814.3E 3952634.4N
- Geohash
- 9yqgphkgy
- Plus code
- 867CPH54+2J
Daylight in Newark
At 35.71° N, Newark gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Newark
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Southside, 10.5 miles away, with 4,248 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Newark, AR?
1,177 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 3 (0.3%) from 1,180 in July 2020.
What county is Newark in?
Independence County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Newark?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72562.
How far is Newark from Little Rock?
81.7 miles (131.6 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Newark.
What is the nearest larger city to Newark?
Southside, AR, with 4,248 residents, 10.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.