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Newark, NJ
317,303 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3451000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Newark ranked #277 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Newark and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Buffalo NY, Pittsburgh PA, Bridgeport CT, Elizabeth NJ, Jersey City NJ, Minneapolis MN, Worcester MA, Miami FL, Paterson NJ, Rochester NY, Allentown PA, Springfield MA, Cincinnati OH · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #277 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #326 | #270 | #258 | #330 | #283 | #326 | #336 | #338 | #332 | #335 | #330 | #334 | #331 | #328 | #313 | #169 | #313 | #318 | #277 | #303 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 274,218 | 273,210 | 273,282 | 273,789 | 275,843 | 277,175 | 277,574 | 277,594 | 278,121 | 278,936 | 279,636 | 280,681 | 281,237 | 281,752 | 282,011 | 310,665 | 307,456 | 306,333 | 309,225 | 317,303 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #270 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | -2.0 | -2.1 | -1.7 | -1.6 | -0.9 | — | -0.9 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.2 | -1.2 | -1.7 | -1.3 | -0.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #84 of 271 cities with data · 2nd of 10 in its peer group with data | 7.6 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 5.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #313 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 30.1% | 27.4% | 29.4% | 29.8% | 31.3% | 35.0% | 36.4% | 35.5% | 34.0% | 32.8% | 37.9% | 39.1% | 36.3% | 34.8% | 33.7% | — | 33.7% | 31.2% | 29.9% | 30.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #256 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 35.4 | 38.4 | 38.1 | 24.5 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 33.9 | 34.6 | 40.3 | 33.7 | — | 35.6 | 27.4 | 26.6 | 20.2 | 18.0 | 19.8 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 13.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #167 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 114.8 | 100.9 | 79.9 | 73.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 132,943 | 137,197 | 146,837 | 143,696 | 149,113 | 150,528 | 144,020 | 138,204 | 140,014 | 136,979 | 138,107 | 141,111 | 141,857 | 144,626 | 149,068 | 146,418 | 141,784 | 151,110 | 158,616 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #44 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -6.4 | +2.2 | +5.1 | -2.1 | +2.9 | -1.0 | -5.5 | -4.8 | -0.3 | -4.4 | -1.0 | -0.4 | -0.7 | +0.3 | +1.8 | +7.6 | -4.4 | -0.5 | +2.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 107,331 | 102,858 | 110,111 | 118,110 | 114,095 | 114,808 | 118,125 | 128,606 | 123,988 | — | 121,179 | 133,399 | 139,549 | 140,007 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #339 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21.2% | 22.6% | 19.0% | 15.3% | 15.2% | 12.0% | 11.7% | 7.9% | 9.5% | — | 15.3% | 9.2% | 9.6% | 11.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #277 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 12% | 13% | 16% | 7% | 7% | 13% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 7% | 1% | -24% | 14% | 30% | 15% | 8% | -7% | 6% | -3% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #51 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | $2,396 | $2,246 | $2,276 | $2,263 | $2,300 | $2,539 | $3,248 | $3,033 | $2,759 | $2,529 | $2,462 | $2,221 | $1,974 | $3,060 | $3,778 | $2,054 | $533 | $1,416 | $837 | $883 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Newark. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.