Newark, Ohio

The 2000 Census showed that Newark had a population of 46,279 people^<1>. This represents 0.41% of the total population of Ohio, making it the state's 23rd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
20	Cuyahoga Falls	NE	89 mi [143.2 km]	51,090	3.48% increase
21	Mansfield	N	48 mi [77.2 km]	49,579	0.47% increase
22	Warren	NE	116 mi [186.7 km]	43,789	6.5% decrease
-23-	Newark			47,236	2.07% increase
24	Strongsville	N	92 mi [148.1 km]	42,617	2.83% decrease
25	Fairfield	SW	123 mi [197.9 km]	42,384	0.68% increase
26	Lima	NW	100 mi [160.9 km]	37,829	5.62% decrease

Newark had 20,625 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Newark has an area^<4> of 19.55 square miles [50.6 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Newark had a 2000 population density of 2,366 people per square mile [913 people/km²], making it the state's 161st most densely populated area.

Licking County

The city of Newark is located in Licking County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 146,071 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 46,279 people, Newark contained 31.68% of the Licking County total.

In addition, where the community of Newark has a population density of 2,366 people per square mile [913 people/km²], Licking County averages 212.8 people per square mile [82.2 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Licking County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Newark and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Newark. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Newark. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Newark, it also contains a comparison between Newark and the state of Ohio.

Click here for the Newark QuickFact (QF-3954040).

The following communities are nearby Newark and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Reynoldsburg	QF-3966390	W	22 mi [35.41 km]	33,657	4.95% increase
	Gahanna	QF-3929106	W	24 mi [38.62 km]	33,892	3.85% increase
	Lancaster	QF-3941720	S	25 mi [40.23 km]	36,976	4.64% increase
	Westerville	QF-3983342	W	26 mi [41.84 km]	36,231	2.59% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Newark.

A Census Quickfact is available for Licking County (QF-39089).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Licking County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Coshocton	QF-39031	NE	35,981	1.93% decrease
	Delaware	QF-39041	NW	165,026	47.73% increase
	Fairfield	QF-39045	S	142,223	15.23% increase
	Franklin	QF-39049	W	1,129,067	5.3% increase
	Knox	QF-39083	N	59,324	8.57% increase
	Muskingum	QF-39119	E	85,087	0.45% increase
	Perry	QF-39127	SE	35,241	3.31% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Newark:

Newark is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Newark.

The Commemorative Quarter for Ohio<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Newark. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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