† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupNewarkCaliforniaUnited States
Chinese15.1%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian13.3%2.3%1.4%
Filipino7.4%3.3%0.9%
Vietnamese2.7%1.7%0.6%
Korean1.7%1.2%0.4%
Japanese1.0%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.9%0.3%—
Pakistani0.6%——
Mexican18.8%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.6%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan1.5%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.8%0.6%1.8%
Nicaraguan0.6%0.3%—
Spaniard0.5%0.3%—
Spanish0.5%0.3%—
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
German4.2%6.8%12.5%
English4.0%6.3%9.5%
Irish3.9%5.9%9.4%
Italian2.2%3.4%4.8%
American1.3%2.8%5.3%
French0.9%1.3%1.6%
Portuguese0.9%——
Polish0.8%0.9%2.2%
African American†2.8%4.4%9.9%
Aztec2.6%0.3%—
Maya1.7%——
Fijian1.7%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Newark
California
United States
Median age
37.9
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
6.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.1%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Newark
California
United States
Median household income
$169,064
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.3%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
48.1%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Newark
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
57.3%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
18.1%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
11.2%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
13.3%
3.5%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
6.4%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Newark
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Newark, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+37.3%
2008
+47.5%
2012
+50.5%
2016
+52.7%
2020
+49.0%
2024
+35.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
65.4%Harris11,284
30.4%Trump5,234
4.2%
D+35.1
R+13.9
D+36.6
17,242
D
73.6%Biden14,750
24.7%Trump4,942
1.7%
D+49.0
R+3.7
D+44.5
20,036
D
73.6%Clinton11,565
20.9%Trump3,290
5.5%
D+52.7
D+2.1
D+50.6
15,712
D
73.7%Obama10,636
23.1%Romney3,342
3.2%
D+50.5
D+3.0
D+46.7
14,438
D
73.6%Obama10,833
26.1%McCain3,837
0.3%
D+47.5
D+10.3
D+40.3
14,714
D
67.8%Kerry9,387
30.6%Bush4,230
1.6%
D+37.3
—
D+39.7
13,836
Newark sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 13.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.1 points.
A population of 46,903, a 19% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $169,064 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Union City and Santa Clara.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Newark, California voted Democratic by 35.1 points (D+35.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 17,242 votes cast, 11,284 went Democratic and 5,234 went Republican.
How many people live in Newark, California?
Newark, California has a population of 46,903 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Newark, California?
Median household income in Newark, California is $169,064 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Newark, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Newark, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
