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| State of New Jersey | |||||
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| Nickname(s): The Garden State[1] | |||||
| Motto(s): Liberty and prosperity | |||||
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| Offeecial leid | Nane | ||||
| Spoken leids | Inglis (anerlie) 72.6% Spainyie 13.6% Ithers 13.8%[2] |
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| Demonym | New Jerseyan,[3] New Jerseyite[4] | ||||
| Caipital | Trenton | ||||
| Lairgest ceety | Newark | ||||
| Aurie | Ranked 47t | ||||
| • Tot | 8,721 sq mi (22,608 km2) |
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| • Width | 70 miles (112 km) | ||||
| • Lenth | 170 miles (273 km) | ||||
| • % watter | 14.9 | ||||
| • Latitude | 38° 56′ N tae 41° 21′ N | ||||
| • Longitude | 73° 54′ W tae 75° 34′ W | ||||
| Population | Ranked 11t | ||||
| • Tot | 8,821,155 (2011 est)[5] | ||||
| • Density | 1189/sq mi (459/km2) Ranked 1st |
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| • Median hoosehauld income | $70,378 (2nt) | ||||
| Elevation | |||||
| • Heichest pynt | High Point[6][7] 1,803 ft (549.6 m) |
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| • Mean | 250 ft (80 m) | ||||
| • Lawest pynt | Atlantic Ocean[6] sea level |
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| Afore statehuid | Province of New Jersey | ||||
| Admission to Union | 18 December 1787 (3rd) | ||||
| Govrenor | Chris Christie (R) | ||||
| Lieutenant Governor | Kim Guadagno (R) | ||||
| Legislatur | New Jersey Legislature | ||||
| • Upper hoose | Senate | ||||
| • Lawer hoose | General Assembly | ||||
| U.S. Senators | Frank Lautenberg (D) Bob Menendez (D) |
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| U.S. Hoose delegation | 7 Democrats, 6 Republicans (leet) | ||||
| Time zone | Eastren: UTC -5/-4 | ||||
| ISO 3166 | US-NJ | ||||
| Abbreviations | NJ, N.J. | ||||
| Wabsteid | www |
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New Jersey (
i/nuː ˈdʒɜrzi/) is a state in the Northeastren an Middle Atlantic regions o the Unitit States. It is bordered on the north an east bi the U.S. state o New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the wast bi Pennsylvania, an on the soothwast bi Delaware. New Jersey is the 4t least extensive, but the 11t maist populous an the maist densely populatit o the 50 United States. New Jersey lies maistly athin the sprawlin metropolitan auries o New York Ceety an Philadelphia. It is the third walthiest bi 2009–2010 median hoosehauld income an aw.[8]
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- ↑ The Garden State and Other New Jersey State Nicknames, Robert Lupp, New Jersey Reference Services, New Jersey State Library, October 12, 1994
- ↑ . MLA Data Center – Languages http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results; – Languages. Retrieved June 4, 2012. Missin or empty
|title=(help)[whit? clarification needit] - ↑ "Preliminary-cloth.indd" (PDF). Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ↑ "New jerseyite | Definition of New jerseyite at Dictionary.com:". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
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- ↑ Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
- ↑ "Median Household Income by State – 2-Year Averages". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
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| Precedit bi Pennsylvania |
Leet o U.S. states bi date o statehuid Ratified Constitution on 18 December 1787 (3rd) |
Succeedit bi Georgie |
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