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Population (year 2000): 273,546. Estimated
population in July 2005: 280,666 (+2.6% change)
Males: 132,701 (48.5%), Females: 140,845 (51.5%)
Essex County
Zip codes: .
Median resident age: 30.8 years
Median household income: $26,913 (year 2000)
Median house value: $119,000 (year 2000)
Races in Newark:
- Black (53.5%)
- Hispanic (29.5%)
- White Non-Hispanic (14.2%)
- Other race (14.0%)
- Two or more races (4.4%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Asian Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Portuguese (5.8%), Italian (2.6%),
Subsaharan African (2.6%), West Indian (2.3%), United States
(1.8%).
Elevation: 95 feet
Land area: 23.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Newark
- High school or higher: 57.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
- Unemployed: 16.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Newark city
- Never married: 43.9%
- Now married: 35.4%
- Separated: 5.8%
- Widowed: 7.5%
- Divorced: 7.4%
24.1% Foreign born (15.4% Latin America, 6.1%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -1,537 (-0.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Newark:
- COLUMBUS HOSPITAL (495 NORTH 13TH ST)
- MOUNT CARMEL GUILD (1160 RAYMOND BLVD)
- NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER (201 LYONS
AVE)
- ST JAMES HOSPITAL (155 JEFFERSON ST)
- ST MICHAELS MEDICAL CENTER (268 DR MARTIN
LUTHER KING BLVD)
- UMDNJ UNIVERSITY HOSPITL (150 BERGEN ST)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Newark:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 4 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- TETERBORO (about 13 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 14 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Newark:
- NEWARK NR 1 (about 3 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID: 3N4)
- LINDEN (about 9 miles; LINDEN, NJ; ID: LDJ)
- ESSEX COUNTY (about 11 miles; CALDWELL, NJ; ID: CDW)
Amtrak stations:
- NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (). Services: ticket
office, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones.
- NEWARK (RAYMOND PLAZA WEST). Services: ticket
office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting
area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar,
ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking,
call for car rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus
service, public transit connection.
Colleges/Universities in Newark:
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK (Full-time
enrollment: 6,878; Location: NEWARK CAMPUS; Public;
Website: www.rutgers.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (FT
enrollment: 6,565; Location: UNIVERSITY HTS; Public;
Website: www.njit.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 5,893;
Location: 303 UNIVERSITY AVE; Public; Website:
www.essex.edu)
- UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW
JERSEY (FT enrollment: 4,134; Location: 65 BERGEN ST
RM 1441; Public; Website: www.UMDNJ.EDU; Offers Doctor's
degree)
- WORLDWIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC-NEWARK OFFICE
(FT enrollment: 95; Location: 5 COMMERCE ST; Private,
for-profit; Website: worlwideeducational.com)
- CAREERWORKS INC (Location: 601 BROAD ST;
Private, for-profit)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Newark:
- SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 6 miles; SOUTH ORANGE,
NJ; Full-time enrollment: 7,509)
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 7 miles; UNION, NJ; FT
enrollment: 8,627)
- NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; JERSEY
CITY, NJ; FT enrollment: 5,582)
- MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; UPPER
MONTCLAIR, NJ; FT enrollment: 10,226)
- HUDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 9 miles;
JERSEY CITY, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,630)
- SAINT PETERS COLLEGE (about 9 miles; JERSEY CITY,
NJ; FT enrollment: 2,643)
- CUNY COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND (about 10 miles;
STATEN ISLAND, NY; FT enrollment: 8,135)
Biggest public high schools in Newark:
- BARRINGER (Students: 1,960; Location: 90
PARKER ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- EAST SIDE (Students: 1,489; Location: 238 VAN
BUREN ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WEST SIDE HIGH (Students: 1,404; Location:
403 SOUTH ORANGE AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- MALCOLM X SHABAZZ HIGH (Students: 1,298;
Location: 80 JOHNSON AVE.; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WEEQUAHIC (Students: 1,026; Location: 279
CHANCELLOR AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- CENTRAL (Students: 896; Location: 100 SUMMER
ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- ESSEX CTY V N 13TH ST NWK (Students: 715;
Location: 300 N 13TH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WEST MARKET STREET CENTER (Students: 712;
Location: 91 WEST MARKET STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
- TECHNOLOGY HIGH (Students: 602; Location: 223
BROADWAY; Grades: 09 - 12)
- SCIENCE HIGH (Students: 573; Location: 40
RECTOR ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Newark:
- ST. BENEDICT PREP (Students: 530; Location:
520 MARTIN LUTHER KING BLVD; Grades: 7 - 12; Boys only)
- OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL H S (Students: 310;
Location: 243 WOODSIDE AVENUE; Grades: 9 - 12)
- ST VINCENT ACADEMY (Students: 304; Location:
228 WEST MARKET STREET; Grades: 9 - 12; Girls only)
- CHAD SCIENCE ACADEMY (Students: 301;
Location: 370 S 7TH ST; Grades: 7 - 12)
- JERSEY PREPARATORY SCHOOL (Students: 45;
Location: 31 CENTRAL AVENUE; Grades: 9 - 12)
- INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 44;
Location: 179 VAN BUREN STREET; Grades: 9 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Newark:
- ANN STREET (Students: 1,067; Location: 30 ANN
ST; Grades: KG - 08)
- MT VERNON (Students: 959; Location: 142 MOUNT
VERNON PL; Grades: PK - 07)
- GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (Students: 930;
Location: 333 CLINTON PL; Grades: PK - 08)
- LUIS MUNOZ MARIN MIDDLE (Students: 924;
Location: 663 BROADWAY; Grades: 05 - 08)
- ABINGTON AVE (Students: 906; Location: 209
ABINGTON AVE; Grades: PK - 08)
- DR WILLIAM H HORTON (Students: 877; Location:
291 N 7TH ST; Grades: KG - 08)
- OLIVER ST (Students: 844; Location: 104
OLIVER ST; Grades: PK - 08)
- FIRST AVENUE (Students: 818; Location: 284
FIRST AVE; Grades: KG - 08)
- PESHINE AVE (Students: 813; Location: 433
PESHINE AVE; Grades: PK - 08)
- WILSON AVE (Students: 808; Location: 19
WILSON AVE; Grades: PK - 08)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Newark:
- SACRED HEART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
825; Location: 24 HAZELWOOD AVENUE; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST MICHAEL SCHOOL (Students: 641; Location:
27-29 CRITTENDEN ST; Grades: KG - 8)
- THE CHAD SCHOOL (Students: 435; Location: 308
S 9TH ST; Grades: PK - 6)
- BLESSED SACRAMENT SCHOOL (Students: 403;
Location: 600 CLINTON AVE; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST LUCY FILIPPINI ACADEMY (Students: 337;
Location: 142 JEFFERSON ST; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST CASIMIR ACADEMY (Students: 300; Location:
366 EAST KINNEY STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- ACADEMY OF ST. BENEDICT (Students: 294;
Location: 124 NIAGARA; Grades: PK - 8)
- QUEEN OF ANGELS ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 283;
Location: 44 IRVINE TURNER BLVD; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST ROSE OF LIMA SCHOOL (Students: 282;
Location: 540 ORANGE STREET; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST ROCCO SCHOOL (Students: 272; Location: 21
ASHLAND STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
Library in Newark:
- NEWARK PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$12,429,753; Location: 5 WASHINGTON STREET; 1,557,577
books; 11,704 audio materials; 13,842 video materials;
1,630 serial subscriptions)
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