Newark has been nicknamed "Little Portugal" due to its large number of Portuguese-speaking and Portuguese-descended people.
Today, most Lusophone immigrants arrive from Brazil and Portuguese-speaking Africa, especially Cape Verde and Mozambique.
Of the 128,445 people (1.39% of the population) whose origins lied in the three aforementioned countries, 22.95% lived in Essex county.
[4] Augusto Amador, of Portuguese ancestry, was a member of the Municipal Council of Newark representing East Ward for 24 years.
[5] Ferry Street is the major thorofare in the Ironbound, which begins a Peter Francisco Park near Newark Penn Station.