6 2 9 7 , ▁- 8 8 . 5 8 0 7 6 7 ). ▁Illinois ▁Route ▁ 7 1 ▁passes ▁through ▁the ▁village , ▁leading ▁n ortheast ▁ ▁to ▁York ville , ▁the ▁county ▁seat , ▁and ▁south west ▁ ▁to ▁Ott awa . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁census , ▁New ark ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁all ▁land . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 8 8 7 ▁people , ▁ 3 1 6 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 2 4 2 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁village . ▁Its ▁current ▁population ▁is ▁estimated ▁to ▁be ▁around ▁ 1 0 0 0 . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 7 8 2 . 8 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 3 0 3 . 1 / km ²). ▁There ▁were ▁ 3 2 9 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 2 9 0 . 3 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 1 1 2 . 4 / km ²). ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁village ▁was ▁ 9 8 . 4 2 % ▁White , ▁ 0 . 2 3 % ▁Asian , ▁ 0 . 9 0 % ▁from ▁other ▁races , ▁and ▁ 0 . 4 5 % ▁from ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁races . ▁His pan ic ▁or ▁Lat ino ▁of ▁any ▁race ▁were ▁ 2 . 1 4 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 3 1