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New Jersey: State of the United States of America

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Geography

New Jersey is located at 40°10'1"N 74°29'60"W (40.1670600, -74.4998700). It has 3 neighbors: Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania.

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The largest city of New Jersey is Newark with a population of 282,011. Other cities include, Jersey City population 262,075, Paterson population 145,233, Elizabeth population 129,216 and Elizabethport population 124,969. See all New Jersey cities & populated places.

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New Jersey Quick Facts

Population :	8,882,190
Country :	United States of America
State :	New Jersey (United States)
Head of government :	Governor of New Jersey
Twitter username :	NJGov
Area :	22591.4 km²
Water as percent of area :	15.69%
Land as percent of area :	84.31%
Continent :	North America
Legislative body :	New Jersey Legislature
Named for :	Province of New Jersey
Official language :	English
Altitude :	246 feet / 75 meters
Capital :	Trenton
Establishment :	December 12, 1787 (233 years ago)
Time Zone :	America/New_York, Eastern Time Zone, UTC−05:00
Local time :	01:59:04 (24th June 2021)
Weather :	78℉ Sunny 7-days weather

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Thomas Kean , 16 January, 1990 1982-01-19T00:00:00Z
William Pennington , 27 October, 1843 1837-10-27T00:00:00Z
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Jim McGreevey , 15 November, 2004 2002-01-15T00:00:00Z
Robert B. Meyner , 16 January, 1962 1954-01-19T00:00:00Z
George Brinton McClellan , 18 January, 1881 1878-01-15T00:00:00Z
Joseph Bloomfield , 29 October, 1812 1803-10-29T00:00:00Z
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Fukui Prefecture (1990 )
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New Jersey has 3 neighbours.

Delaware state of the United States of America
New York state of the United States of America
Pennsylvania state in the northeastern United States

Atlantic County
Passaic County
Bergen County
Warren County
Somerset County
Middlesex County
Mercer County
Burlington County
Salem County
Hunterdon County
Monmouth County
Cape May County
Essex County
Sussex County
Ocean County
Hudson County
Cumberland County
Camden County
Gloucester County
Morris County
Union County

Demographics

Year	Population	% Change	Method
1790	184,139	-	census
1800	211,149	12.79%	census
1810	245,562	14.01%	census
1820	277,575	11.53%	census
1830	320,823	13.48%	census
1840	373,306	14.06%	census
1850	489,555	23.75%	census
1860	672,035	27.15%	census
1870	906,096	25.83%	census
1880	1,131,116	19.89%	census
1890	1,444,933	21.72%	census
1900	1,884,000	23.31%	estimation process
1901	1,889,000	0.26%	census
1902	1,917,000	1.46%	census
1903	1,969,000	2.64%	census
1907	2,314,000	14.91%	census
1908	2,403,000	3.7%	census
1910	2,537,167	5.29%	census
1913	2,729,000	7.03%	census
1920	3,155,900	13.53%	census
1930	4,041,334	21.91%	census
1940	4,160,165	2.86%	census
1950	4,835,329	13.96%	census
1960	6,066,782	20.3%	census
1970	7,168,164	15.36%	census
1980	7,364,823	2.67%	census
1990	7,730,188	4.73%	census
2000	8,414,350	8.13%	census
2010	8,791,894	4.29%	census
2011	8,828,117	0.41%	estimation process
2012	8,844,942	0.19%	estimation process
2013	8,856,972	0.14%	estimation process
2014	8,864,525	0.09%	estimation process
2015	8,867,949	0.04%	estimation process
2016	8,870,827	0.03%	estimation process
2017	8,885,525	0.17%	estimation process
2018	8,886,025	0.01%	estimation process
2019	8,882,190	-0.04%	estimation process

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People born in New Jersey (200)

People born in New Jersey, including British-actress Lauren Cohan, psychologist & scholar Robert Sternberg, Animator, union organizer Bill Littlejohn, you can see a list of people who born in New Jersey.

Patrick McDonnell (American illustrator)
Zack Hemsey (composer)
Jack Antonoff (American singer, musician, songwriter and record producer)
John J. Mooney (chemical engineer and inventor)
Jason Lutes (cartoonist)
Joseph Nye (American political scientist)
Melody Gardot (American pop and jazz singer)
Deanna Russo (American television actress)
Liza Weil (American actress)
Patti Scialfa (American singer)
Holly Black (American children's fiction writer)
Martha M. Place (first woman to die in the electric chair and murder)
Al Aronowitz (American rock journalist)
George Papp (artist)
Bradley Steven Perry (actor)
Will Bradley (American trombonist)
Charles Arthur Musès (American mathematician, cyberneticist, editor)
Stephen P. Synnott (American astronomer)

Largest Cities in New Jersey (more)

Cities, Towns, Villages, Neighborhoods & Other Populated Places in New Jersey.

City Name	Title	County	Population
New Jersey	State of the United States of America		8,882,190
Somerset	Community in Franklin Township, New Jersey	Somerset	965,424
Newark	Most populous city in the state of New Jersey, United States; county seat of Essex County, New Jersey	Essex	282,011
Jersey City	City in New Jersey, United States	Hudson	262,075
Paterson	City in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey	Passaic	145,233
Elizabeth	City in and county seat of Union County, New Jersey, United States	Union	129,216
Elizabethport	City in and county seat of Union County, New Jersey, United States	Union	124,969
Lakewood	Township in Ocean County, New Jersey	Ocean	106,300
Woodbridge	Census-designated place in New Jersey, United States	Middlesex	100,145
Edison	Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States	Middlesex	99,758
Menlo Park	Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States	Middlesex	97,687
Toms River	Township of New Jersey	Ocean	94,108
Hamilton	Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States	Monmouth	87,065
Clifton	City in Passaic County, New Jersey	Passaic	85,052
Trenton	Capital of New Jersey, United States and seat of Mercer County, New Jersey, United States	Mercer	83,203
Brick	Most populous city in the state of New Jersey, United States; county seat of Essex County, New Jersey	Ocean	76,100

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New Jersey Counties (more)

Towns, Neighborhoods & Other Populated

County Name	Population
Bergen County	932,202
Middlesex County	825,062
Essex County	798,975
Hudson County	672,391
Monmouth County	618,795
Ocean County	607,186
Union County	556,341
Camden County	506,471
Passaic County	501,826
Morris County	491,845
Burlington County	445,349
Mercer County	367,430
Somerset County	328,934
Gloucester County	291,636
Atlantic County	263,670
Cumberland County	149,527