Newark, NJ Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (male): 138,028

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2017: $1,063.

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Newark: 118.3 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (breakdown): (16.5% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 30.7% for Black residents, 27.9% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 30.9% for American Indian residents, 28.3% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 29.5% for other race residents, 36.9% for two or more races residents)

Sex Offenders: According to our research of New Jersey and other state lists, there were 557 registered sex offenders living in Newark, New Jersey as of January 18, 2021. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Newark is 506 to 1.>

Land Area: 23.8 square miles.

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Newark was settled in 1666 by Connecticut Puritans led by Robert Treat from the New Haven Colony. It was conceived as a theocratic assembly of the faithful, though this did not last for long as new settlers came with different ideas. On October 31, 1693, it was organized as a New Jersey township based on the Newark Tract, which was first purchased on July 11, 1667. Newark was granted a Royal charter on April 27, 1713. It was incorporated on February 21, 1798 by the New Jersey Legislature's Township Act of 1798, as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships. During its time as a township, portions were taken to form Springfield Township (April 14, 1794), Caldwell Township (February 16, 1798; now known as Fairfield Township), Orange Township (November 27, 1806), Bloomfield Township (March 23, 1812) and Clinton Township (April 14, 1834, remainder reabsorbed by Newark on March 5, 1902). Newark was reincorporated as a city on April 11, 1836, replacing Newark Township, based on the results of a referendum passed on March 18, 1836. The previously independent Vailsburg borough was annexed by Newark on January 1, 1905. In 1926, South Orange Township changed its name to Maplewood. As a result of this, a portion of Maplewood known as Ivy Hill was re-annexed to Newark's Vailsburg.