New Jersey , US

State of the United States of America

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The state has a total area of 8,722.59 square miles (22591.4 km²).

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New Jersey Quick Facts

Population :	8,882,190
Country :	United States of America
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
Local time :	11:24:58 (11th April 2021)
Weather :	70℉ Rain Showers Likely 7-days weather

Richard Codey , 17 January, 2006 2004-11-15T00:00:00Z
James Fairman Fielder , 28 October, 1913 1913-03-01T00:00:00Z
William Sanford Pennington , 19 June, 1815 1813-10-29T00:00:00Z
Foster McGowan Voorhees , 21 January, 1902 1899-01-17T00:00:00Z
Charles Smith Olden , 20 January, 1863 1860-01-17T00:00:00Z
Leon Abbett , 18 January, 1887 1884-01-15T00:00:00Z
Thomas Kean , 16 January, 1990 1982-01-19T00:00:00Z
William Pennington , 27 October, 1843 1837-10-27T00:00:00Z
Elias P. Seeley , 25 October, 1833 1833-02-27T00:00:00Z
Joel Parker , 19 January, 1875 1872-01-16T00:00:00Z
William Livingston , 25 July, 1790 1776-08-31T00:00:00Z
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
William A. Newell , 17 January, 1860 1857-01-20T00:00:00Z
Phil Murphy , 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
Joseph Bloomfield , 28 October, 1802 1801-10-31T00:00:00Z
Aaron Ogden , 29 October, 1813 1812-10-29T00:00:00Z
Rodman M. Price , 20 January, 1857 1854-01-17T00:00:00Z
Leon Abbett , 17 January, 1893 1890-01-21T00:00:00Z
Walter Evans Edge , 21 January, 1947 1944-01-18T00:00:00Z
John Farmer , 8 January, 2002 2002-01-08T00:00:00Z
Edward C. Stokes , 21 January, 1908 1905-01-17T00:00:00Z
Theodore Fitz Randolph , 16 January, 1872 1869-01-19T00:00:00Z
Mahlon Dickerson , 1 February, 1817 1815-10-26T00:00:00Z
Foster McGowan Voorhees , 18 October, 1898 1898-01-31T00:00:00Z
Marcus Lawrence Ward Sr. , 19 January, 1869 1866-01-16T00:00:00Z
Horace Griggs Prall , 15 January, 1935 1935-01-08T00:00:00Z
John Lambert , 29 October, 1803 1802-10-28T00:00:00Z
Jon Corzine , 19 January, 2010 2006-01-17T00:00:00Z
Isaac Halstead Williamson , 30 October, 1829 1817-02-06T00:00:00Z
Christine Todd Whitman , 31 January, 2001 1994-01-18T00:00:00Z
Elisha Lawrence , 29 October, 1790 1790-07-25T00:00:00Z
Joseph D. Bedle , 15 January, 1878 1875-01-19T00:00:00Z
David Ogden Watkins , 17 January, 1899 1898-10-18T00:00:00Z
George Sebastian Silzer , 19 January, 1926 1923-01-15T00:00:00Z
James Fairman Fielder , 16 January, 1917 1914-01-20T00:00:00Z
Robert Stockton Green , 21 January, 1890 1887-01-18T00:00:00Z
William T. Cahill , 15 January, 1974 1970-01-20T00:00:00Z
Harold Giles Hoffman , 18 January, 1938 1935-01-15T00:00:00Z
Peter Dumont Vroom , 26 October, 1832 1829-11-06T00:00:00Z
Joel Parker , 16 January, 1866 1863-01-20T00:00:00Z
Peter Dumont Vroom , 3 November, 1836 1833-10-25T00:00:00Z
Samuel L. Southard , 27 February, 1833 1832-10-27T00:00:00Z
Donald DiFrancesco , 8 January, 2002 2001-01-31T00:00:00Z
William Kennedy , 26 October, 1815 1815-06-19T00:00:00Z
Richard Codey , 15 January, 2002 2002-01-12T00:00:00Z
George Franklin Fort , 17 January, 1854 1851-01-21T00:00:00Z
Clifford Ross Powell , 8 January, 1935 1935-01-03T00:00:00Z
Clarence Edwards Case , 20 January, 1920 1920-01-13T00:00:00Z
Richard J. Hughes , 20 January, 1970 1962-01-16T00:00:00Z
Morgan Foster Larson , 19 January, 1932 1929-01-15T00:00:00Z
A. Harry Moore , 21 January, 1941 1938-01-18T00:00:00Z
Chris Christie , 16 January, 2018 2010-01-19T00:00:00Z
William Paterson , 30 March, 1793 1790-10-29T00:00:00Z
John Orus Bennett III , 12 January, 2002 2002-01-08T00:00:00Z
Leon Rutherford Taylor , 20 January, 1914 1913-10-28T00:00:00Z
Daniel Haines , 21 January, 1845 1843-10-27T00:00:00Z
John W. Griggs , 31 January, 1898 1896-01-21T00:00:00Z
Brendan Byrne , 19 January, 1982 1974-01-15T00:00:00Z
Franklin Murphy , 17 January, 1905 1902-01-21T00:00:00Z
John Franklin Fort , 17 January, 1911 1908-01-21T00:00:00Z
Woodrow Wilson , 1 March, 1913 1911-01-17T00:00:00Z
Richard Howell , 31 October, 1801 1793-06-03T00:00:00Z
Alfred Eastlack Driscoll , 19 January, 1954 1947-01-21T00:00:00Z
Philemon Dickerson , 27 October, 1837 1836-11-03T00:00:00Z
A. Harry Moore , 15 January, 1929 1926-01-19T00:00:00Z
Charles Creighton Stratton , 18 January, 1848 1845-01-21T00:00:00Z
George Theodore Werts , 21 January, 1896 1893-01-17T00:00:00Z
William Nelson Runyon , 13 January, 1920 1919-05-16T00:00:00Z
Charles Edison , 18 January, 1944 1941-01-21T00:00:00Z
Edward Irving Edwards , 15 January, 1923 1920-01-20T00:00:00Z
James Florio , 18 January, 1994 1990-01-16T00:00:00Z
Daniel Haines , 21 January, 1851 1848-01-18T00:00:00Z
Walter Evans Edge , 16 May, 1919 1917-01-16T00:00:00Z
Thomas Henderson , 3 June, 1793 1793-03-30T00:00:00Z
A. Harry Moore , 3 January, 1935 1932-01-19T00:00:00Z
George C. Ludlow , 15 January, 1884 1881-01-18T00:00:00Z

Fukui Prefecture (1990 )
Santo Domingo

New Jersey has 3 neighbors .

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

Year	Population	Method
1790	184,139	census
1800	211,149	census
1810	245,562	census
1820	277,575	census
1830	320,823	census
1840	373,306	census
1850	489,555	census
1860	672,035	census
1870	906,096	census
1880	1,131,116	census
1890	1,444,933	census
1900	1,884,000	estimation process
1901	1,889,000	census
1902	1,917,000	census
1903	1,969,000	census
1907	2,314,000	census
1908	2,403,000	census
1910	2,537,167	census
1913	2,729,000	census
1920	3,155,900	census
1930	4,041,334	census
1940	4,160,165	census
1950	4,835,329	census
1960	6,066,782	census
1970	7,168,164	census
1980	7,364,823	census
1990	7,730,188	census
2000	8,414,350	census
2010	8,791,894	census
2011	8,828,117	estimation process
2012	8,844,942	estimation process
2013	8,856,972	estimation process
2014	8,864,525	estimation process
2015	8,867,949	estimation process
2016	8,870,827	estimation process
2017	8,885,525	estimation process
2018	8,886,025	estimation process
2019	8,882,190	estimation process

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People born in New Jersey (200)

Many people were born here, 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
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
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
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
Camden	City in Camden County, New Jersey, United States	Camden	73,562
Cherry Hill	Township in Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States	Camden	71,245
Passaic	City in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States	Passaic	69,703

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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