Newark

Brick City

  • Motto: Perseverance & Industry (Perseverantia et Industria)

  • Flora: Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)

  • Fauna: Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

  • Food: Taylor Ham

⭐ Newark, NK

  • Population: 2,163,927

  • Founded: 1666

  • Former State: New Jersey

  • Counties: Essex, Hudson, Union

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If Newark was admitted as a state today, it would be the 36th largest by population, between Mississippi and New Mexico.