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City in New Jersey

Newark, NJ

Essex County

City in Essex County, and largest city in New Jersey, United States.

Population
317,303 (2024)
Density
13,143 / sq mi
Land area
24.1 sq mi
Water area
1.7 sq mi
Elevation
10 ft
Founded
1666
Coordinates
40.7242, -74.1726

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Photos of Newark

  • Newark Police HQ jeh

    Jim.henderson · Public domain

  • USPS and DNJ Newark colonnade jeh

    Jim.henderson · Public domain

  • Rodino Building Newark jeh

    Jim.henderson · Public domain

  • Flooding in Newark, NJ, Irene 2011

    Behnam Esfahbod · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Garden State Equality May 2011 protest (5694198108)

    Mike from United States of A… · CC BY 2.0

  • Garden State Equality May 2011 protest (5694200900)

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  • Garden State Equality May 2011 protest (5694192700)

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  • View from Lincoln Park towards brownstones and mansions

    Mdmhaefner · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Climate

July average high
87°F
January average low
26°F
Annual rainfall
46.6 in
Annual snowfall
31.5 in
  1. 40° 26° Jan 3.4"
  2. 43° 27° Feb 3.0"
  3. 51° 34° Mar 4.1"
  4. 63° 44° Apr 3.9"
  5. 73° 54° May 4.0"
  6. 82° 64° Jun 4.3"
  7. 87° 69° Jul 4.7"
  8. 85° 68° Aug 4.2"
  9. 78° 61° Sep 3.8"
  10. 66° 49° Oct 3.8"
  11. 55° 39° Nov 3.3"
  12. 45° 31° Dec 4.1"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Newark Liberty Intl Ap (5 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Newark ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$48,416
Median rent
$1,330 / mo
Median home value
$337,800
Median age
34.8
Unemployment
10.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher
17.4%
Poverty rate
24.7%
Renter-occupied homes
75.9%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
85
Students enrolled
59,713
Students per teacher
15.3 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
80.9%
Charter schools
18.8%
School districts serving the city
22

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Districts: Newark Public School District, Essex County Schools Of Technology, Discovery Charter School, Marion P. Thomas Charter School, New Horizons Community Charter School

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
35.9%
No leisure-time physical activity
39.1%
Adults with diabetes
15.5%
Adults who smoke
18.1%
Frequent mental distress
19.4%
Sleeping under 7 hours
45.3%
Adults without health insurance
23.5%
Routine checkup in past year
75.7%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
93.9%
Share of city that is parkland
6.0%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
13.9

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
81.4%
Households with no internet
15.2%
Average commute
33.2 min
Work from home
6.1%
Commute by transit
18.6%
Commute on foot
4.9%
Commute by bike
0.3%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Essex County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 6 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Heat wave: relatively high
  • Riverine flooding: relatively high
  • Strong wind: very high
  • Winter weather: very high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 07102
  • 07103
  • 07104
  • 07105
  • 07106
  • 07107
  • 07108
  • 07112
  • 07114