Newark, California

Newark population, 2020 to 2024

Newark lost 1,262 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -534. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 315th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Newark is 1.2 times that size.

Newark covers 13.92 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,323 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Newark is less dense than the typical town.

What county Newark is in

All of Newark's residents live in Alameda County, which had 1,649,060 residents in 2024. Newark holds 2.8% 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: 94560. 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 37.504300, -122.031900. Sacramento, the capital, is 79.7 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fremont, CA (228,192 people), 5.0 miles away.

Daylight in Newark

At 37.50° N, Newark gets about 14 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 11 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 California, measured between internal points. The closest is Fremont, 5.0 miles away, with 228,192 people.