New Jersey · Census place 3451000
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is a city in Essex County, New Jersey with an estimated 317,303 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 317,303
- #1 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +2.1%
- +6,638 people
- Land area
- 24.1 sq mi
- + 1.74 sq mi water
- Density
- 13,144 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Newark population, 2020 to 2024
Newark added 6,638 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +8,078. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 74th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Newark is 28.3 times that size.
Newark covers 24.14 square miles of land and 1.74 of water, for 13,144 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Newark is denser than the typical town.
What county Newark is in
All of Newark's residents live in Essex County, which had 881,527 residents in 2024. Newark holds 36.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Newark
9 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Newark by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 07102, 07103, 07104, 07105, 07106, 07107, 07108, 07112, 07114. 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 40.724200, -74.172600. Trenton, the capital, is 46.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New York, NY (8,478,072 people), 13.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elizabeth, NJ, 4.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 4 m (13 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.724200, -74.172600
- DMS
- 40°43'27.12"N 74°10'21.36"W
- UTM
- 18N 569875.2E 4508470.6N
- Geohash
- dr5r8jt5t
- Plus code
- 87G7PRFG+MX
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Daylight in Newark
At 40.72° N, Newark gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Newark daylight page.
Places near Newark
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Harrison, 1.7 miles away, with 22,182 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Newark, NJ?
317,303 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6,638 (2.1%) from 310,665 in July 2020.
What county is Newark in?
Essex County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Newark?
9 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 07102, 07103, 07104, 07105, 07106, 07107, 07108, 07112, 07114.
How far is Newark from Trenton?
46.4 miles (74.6 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Newark.
What is the nearest larger city to Newark?
New York, NY, with 8,478,072 residents, 13.0 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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