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New Jersey

Garden State · Capital: Trenton

Garden State. Capital: Trenton. The Channel Isle of Jersey

Entered the Union · Dec. 18, 1787
Population
9,288,994
Capital
Trenton
Nickname
Garden State
Median Income
$76,475
Median Age
39years

Basic Information

Garden State
9,288,994
Population · 2020
Natives are known as New Jerseyan.
NJ
Postal Abbreviation
Natives: New Jerseyan
39yrs
Median Age
Driving age 18 · majority 18
$76,475
Median Household Income

State Symbols

Nickname
Garden State
Motto
“Liberty and Prosperity”
State Song
“Does not have an official state song, both houses of the legislature passed "I'm From New Jersey" in 1972 but it was never singed into law. I'm from New Jersey was written by Red Mascara. Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen is the other unoffical state song

Origins

Capital
Trenton
Entered the Union
Dec. 18, 1787 (3)
Origin of the Name
The Channel Isle of Jersey

Economy

Industry & enterprise
Agriculture
horseschickenseggs dairy nursery productsasparaguseggplantlettuceblueberriescranberries
Mining
curshed stonesand and gravel
Manufacturing
chemicalsclothingdetergenentsfood processingpharmaceuticals. New Jersey Geography

Geography

The lay of the land
8,723sq mi
Total Area
Land 7,354 · water 1,369 sq mi.
High Point (1,803 ft.)
Highest Point
Atlantic Ocean (sea level)
Lowest Point
111°F
Highest Temp
111˚ F (7/10/1936)
The Landscape
Along the east, New Jersey is flanked by the Atlantic Ocean. It is separated from New York, in particular the boroughs of the Bronx and Manhattan in New York City by the Hudson River, and from Staten Island by the Kill van Kull and the Arthur Kill. Liberty Island is an exclave of State of New York in New Jersey waters in Upper New York Bay. Ellis Island, also in the Upper Bay, and Shooter's Island, in Newark Bay, each have sections belonging to either of the two states.

Cities

Largest cities by population

Largest Cities

History

1524 — today

Famous People

Born or made in New Jersey
Edwin AldrinWilliam J. BrennanAaron BurrPhilip RothAntonin ScaliaH. Norman SchwarzkopfFrank SinatraBruce SpringsteenBruce WillisNew Jersey National Sites

National Sites

Parks & landmarks
01

Great Egg Harbor River

Established by Congress in 1992, nearly all of this 129-mile river system rests within the Pinelands National Reserve. This National Park Service unit is unusual in that local jurisdictions continue to administer the lands.

02

Morristown National Historic Park

Morristown National Historical Park commemorates the sites of General Washington and the Continental army’s winter encampment of December 1779 to June 1780, where they survived through what would be the coldest winter on record.

03

New Jersey Pinelands

New Jersey Pinelands was established by Congress in 1876 as the country’s first National Reserve. It includes portions of seven southern New Jersey counties, and encompasses over one-million acres of farms, forests and wetlands. It contains 56 communities, from hamlets to suburbs, with over 700,000 permanent residents.

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