Newark City, New Jersey Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020

Updated on February 22, 2026.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among Newark City, NJ voting-age population of 235,126 people, 47.30% of them (111,203 people) identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone, 21.09% of them (49,589 people) identified their ethnicity as Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone, and 9.03% of them (21,237 people) identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic - White Alone.

The first chart below shows the voting-age population by ethnicity and the second chart shows the percentage of the voting-age population for each ethnicity. You can also find this information in a table below.

You can see similar information for other New Jersey cities and places and also for the state of New Jersey.

Newark City, NJ Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
Non-Hispanic - Black Alone
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone
Non-Hispanic - White Alone
Hispanic - Two or More Races
Non-Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - White Alone
Non-Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone
Percentage of Newark City, NJ Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
Non-Hispanic - Black Alone
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone
Non-Hispanic - White Alone
Hispanic - Two or More Races
Non-Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - White Alone
Non-Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone
Newark City, NJ Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
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Ethnicity Voting-age Population % of Place Voting-age Population
Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone 111203 47.30
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone 49589 21.09
Non-Hispanic - White Alone 21237 9.03
Hispanic - Two Or More Races 19029 8.09
Non-Hispanic - Two Or More Races 9609 4.09
Hispanic - White Alone 9178 3.90
Non-Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone 5452 2.32
Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone 4188 1.78
Hispanic - Black or African American Alone 3643 1.55
Hispanic - American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 1277 0.54
Non-Hispanic - American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 436 0.19
Hispanic - Asian Alone 139 0.06
Hispanic - Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 100 0.04
Non-Hispanic - Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 46 0.02