City profile · Large City
Newark, New Jersey
Reviewed Oct 13, 2026Who leads Newark, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Ras Baraka
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 311,549
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 13, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 13, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcenewarknj.gov/161/Office-of-the-Mayor ↗
- Official leadership pagenewarknj.gov/161/Office-of-the-Mayor ↗
- City websitenewarknj.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Ras Baraka CurrentMayor · added Jul 2, 2026 · verified Oct 13, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 311,549
- Median household income
- $46,460
- Median age
- 34.7
- Land area
- 24.14 sq mi
- Population density
- 12,905.9 per sq mi
- County
- Essex County
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$1.1B
- City hall phone
- (973) 733-4311
- Official website
- newarknj.gov ↗
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