Ohio · Census place 3954040
Newark, Ohio
Newark is a city in Licking County, Ohio with an estimated 51,424 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 16th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 51,424
- #16 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- +2.8%
- +1,383 people
- Land area
- 21.0 sq mi
- + 0.48 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,451 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Newark population, 2020 to 2024
Newark added 1,383 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +262. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 39th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Newark is 3.7 times that size.
Newark covers 20.98 square miles of land and 0.48 of water, for 2,451 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Newark is denser than the typical town.
What county Newark is in
All of Newark's residents live in Licking County, which had 184,898 residents in 2024. Newark holds 27.8% 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: 43055. 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 40.071500, -82.424200. Columbus, the capital, is 31.4 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbus, OH (933,263 people), 30.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.071500, -82.424200
- DMS
- 40°04'17.40"N 82°25'27.12"W
- UTM
- 17N 378555.4E 4436664.8N
- Geohash
- dpj7uqu92
- Plus code
- 86GV3HCG+J8
Daylight in Newark
At 40.07° N, Newark gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 42 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 Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Heath, 3.6 miles away, with 10,822 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Newark, OH?
51,424 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,383 (2.8%) from 50,041 in July 2020.
What county is Newark in?
Licking 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: 43055.
How far is Newark from Columbus?
31.4 miles (50.6 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Newark.
What is the nearest larger city to Newark?
Columbus, OH, with 933,263 residents, 30.3 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.