Newark, Delaware

Newark population, 2020 to 2024

Newark lost 92 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +191. Among 11 Delaware places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +3.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Delaware has 13,326 people, so Newark is 2.3 times that size.

Newark covers 9.47 square miles of land, for 3,221 people per square mile of land. The median Delaware place of 5,000+ has 1,762, so Newark is denser than the typical town.

What county Newark is in

All of Newark's residents live in New Castle County, which had 588,093 residents in 2024. Newark holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newark

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Newark by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 19711, 19713, 19716, 19717. 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 39.677600, -75.757500. Dover, the capital, is 38.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wilmington, DE (73,176 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 40.3 miles away.

Daylight in Newark

At 39.68° N, Newark gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 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 Delaware, measured between internal points. The closest is Elsmere, 9.6 miles away, with 6,234 people.