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The City of Newark, in New Castle County, is located in northern Delaware less than a mile south of the tripoint where Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania meet; and roughly halfway between Philadelphia, PA and Baltimore, MD. The city encompasses 9.3 square miles and is home to the University of Delaware, as well as a host of industrial and commercial business. For over fifty years, one of Newark's major sources of employment and revenue was the Chrysler Newark Assembly plant which closed in 2008 due to the recession. Newark’s population was 33,352 (2018) with 11,670 housing units, and the total number of college students in 2017 was 23,774. The median household income (MHI) is $57,391 compared to the statewide MHI of $64,805 (2018) with 25 percent of the population living below the federal poverty threshold, compared to the state’s 12.5 percent.