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Welcome to New Jersey
 Introduction
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The state is named after the island of Jersey in the English Channel. It is bordered on the New York, the Atlantic Ocean, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. New Jersey also known as the, Garden State, is broadly divided into three geographic regions: North Jersey, Central Jersey, and South Jersey. New Jersey’s per capita personal income in 2004 was $41,636, 4th in the U.S. and 126% of the national average of $33,041. Its median household income is the highest in the nation with $55,146. Nine of New Jersey's counties are in the wealthiest 100 of the country. Its agricultural outputs are nursery stock, horses, vegetables, fruits and nuts, seafood, and dairy products. New Jersey's economy has a large base of industry and chemical manufacturing. Additionally, New Jersey is home to the largest petroleum containment system outside of the Middle East.
 People
Total population (2007) 8,685,920
Total Births (2006) 108,939
Total Deaths (2006) 69,749
Total natural population increases (2006) 39,190
Total international migration (2006) 54,058
Total internal migration (2006) -72,547
Net migration (2006) -18,489
Total male population (2000) 4,082,813
Total female population (2000) 4,331,537
Total white population (2000) 6,104,705
Total black population (2000) 1,141,821
Total asian population (2000) 480,276
American Indian & Alaska Native population (2000) 19,492
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander popualtion (2000) 3,329
Hispanic population (2000) 1,117,191
Total population over 18 yrs (2000) 6,326,792
White population over 18 yrs (2000) 4,709,563
Black population over 18 yrs (2000) 798,988
American Indian & Alaska Native population over 18 yrs (2000) 13,815
Asian population over 18 yrs (2000) 355,806
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population over 18 yrs (2000) 2,404
Female median age (2000) 38
Male median age (2000) 36
Total number households (2000) 3,064,645
Average household size (2000) 2.68




 Geography
Capital Trenton
Largest City Newark
State's Total Area Ranking 47
Total Area 8 sq mi
Width 70 miles
Length 150 miles
Percent Water 0.15%
Latitude 38°55'N to 41°21'23"N
Longitude 73°53'39"W to 75°35'W
Highest Elevation High Point 1,803 ft (550 m)
Mean Elevation 246 ft
Lowest Elevation Atlantic Ocean 0 ft (0 m)
 Economics
GDP (2005) $431,079,000,000
GDP average annual growth rate percent 1997 to 2004 2.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting contribution to GDP (2005) $623,000,000
Mining contribution to GDP (2005) $262,000,000
Utilities contribution to GDP (2005) $7,917,000,000
Construction contribution to GDP (2005) $17,850,000,000
Durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $13,055,000,000
Non-durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $27,979,000,000
Wholesale trade contribution to GDP (2005) $34,985,000,000
Retail trade contribution to GDP (2005) $27,766,000,000
Transportation and warehousing contribution to GDP (2005) $12,836,000,000
Information contribution to GDP (2005) $20,268,000,000
Finance and insurance contribution to GDP (2005) $36,808,000,000
Real estate, rental, and leasing contribution to GDP (2005) $69,515,000,000
Professional and technical services contribution to GDP (2005) $35,770,000,000
Management of companies contribution to GDP (2005) $9,242,000,000
Administrative and waste services contribution to GDP (2005) $13,804,000,000
Educational services contribution to GDP (2005) $3,694,000,000
Health care and social assistance contribution to GDP (2005) $30,661,000,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation contribution to GDP (2005) $3,805,000,000
Accomodation and food services contribution to GDP (2005) $10,888,000,000
Other services contribution to GDP (2005) $9,125,000,000
Government contribution to GDP (2005) $44,228,000,000
Total state tax (2005) $22,933,999
Total state tax per capita (2005) $2,631
Total employees state & local government (2005) 501,643
Firefighters (2005) 7,665
Government hospital employees (2005) 20,386
Government transit employees (2005) 11,187
Population with health insurance (2000) 7,363,137
Population without health insurance (2000) 1,029,474
 Other
State Flower Violet
State Bird American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
Violent crime (2005) 30,919
Violent crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 354.7
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter (2005) 417
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 4.8
Forcible rape (2005) 1,208
Forcible rape rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 13.9
Robbery (2005) 13,215
Robbery rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 151.6
Aggravated assault (2005) 16,079
Aggravated assault rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 184.4
Property crime (2005) 203,391
Property crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 2333.0
Burglary (2005) 38,980
Burglary rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 447.1
Larceny-theft (2005) 136,728
Larceny-theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 1568.4
Motor vehicle theft (2005) 27,683
Motor vehicle theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 317.5
 City List (Population 2000)
Absecon (7,638) Adelphia Allamuchy
Allendale (6,699) Allenhurst (718) Allentown (1,882)
Allenwood (935) Alloway (1,128) Alpine (2,183)
Andover (658) Annandale (1,276) Asbury Park (16,930)
Asbury Atco Atlantic City (40,517)
Atlantic Highlands (4,705) Audubon (9,182) Augusta
Avalon (2,143) Avenel (17,552) Avon By The Sea
Baptistown Barnegat Light (764) Barnegat (1,690)
Barrington (7,084) Basking Ridge Bayonne (61,842)
Bayville Beach Haven (1,278) Beachwood (10,375)
Bedminster Belford (1,340) Belle Mead
Belleville (35,928) Bellmawr (11,262) Belmar (6,045)
Belvidere (2,771) Bergenfield (26,247) Berkeley Heights (13,407)
Berlin (6,149) Bernardsville (7,345) Beverly (2,661)
Birmingham Blackwood (4,692) Blairstown
Blawenburg Bloomfield (47,683) Bloomingdale (7,610)
Bloomsbury (886) Bogota (8,249) Boonton (8,496)
Bordentown (3,969) Bound Brook (10,155) Bradley Beach (4,793)
Branchville (845) Brick Bridgeport
Bridgeton (22,771) Bridgewater Brielle (4,893)
Brigantine (12,594) Broadway Brookside
Browns Mills (11,257) Budd Lake (8,100) Buena (3,873)
Burlington (9,736) Butler (7,420) Buttzville
Caldwell (7,584) Califon (1,055) Camden (79,904)
Cape May Court House (4,704) Cape May Point (241) Cape May (4,034)
Carlstadt (5,917) Carteret (20,709) Cedar Brook
Cedar Grove (12,300) Cedar Knolls Cedarville (793)
Changewater Chatham (8,460) Chatsworth
Cherry Hill Chesterfield Chester (1,635)
Clark (14,597) Clarksboro Clayton (7,139)
Clementon (4,986) Cliffside Park (23,007) Cliffwood
Clifton (78,672) Clinton (2,632) Closter (8,383)
Collingswood (14,326) Cologne Colonia (17,811)
Colts Neck Columbia Columbus
Cookstown Cranbury (2,008) Cranford (22,578)
Cream Ridge Cresskill (7,746) Dayton (6,235)
Deal (1,070) Deepwater Deerfield Street
Delaware Delmont Demarest (4,845)
Dennisville Denville Dividing Creek
Dorchester Dorothy Dover (18,188)
Dumont (17,503) Dunellen (6,823) East Brunswick (46,756)
East Hanover East Orange (69,824) East Rutherford (8,716)
Eatontown (14,008) Edgewater (7,677) Edison (97,687)
Egg Harbor City (4,545) Egg Harbor Township Elizabeth (120,568)
Elmer (1,384) Elmwood Park (18,925) Elwood
Emerson (7,197) Englewood Cliffs (5,322) Englewood (26,203)
Englishtown (1,764) Essex Fells (2,162) Estell Manor (1,585)
Ewan Fair Haven (5,937) Fair Lawn (31,637)
Fairfield (7,063) Fairton (2,253) Fairview (13,255)
Fanwood (7,174) Far Hills (859) Farmingdale (1,587)
Flagtown Flanders Flemington (4,200)
Florence Florham Park (8,857) Fords (15,032)
Forked River (4,914) Fort Dix (7,464) Fort Lee (35,461)
Fort Monmouth Fortescue Franklin Lakes (10,422)
Franklin Park Franklin (5,160) Franklinville
Freehold (10,976) Frenchtown (1,488) Garfield (29,786)
Garwood (4,153) Gibbsboro (2,435) Gibbstown (3,758)
Gillette Gladstone Glassboro (19,068)
Glasser Glen Gardner (1,902) Glen Ridge (7,271)
Glen Rock (11,546) Glendora (4,907) Glenwood
Gloucester City (11,484) Goshen Great Meadows
Green Creek Green Village Greendell
Greenwich Grenloch Hackensack (42,677)
Hackettstown (10,403) Haddon Heights (7,547) Haddonfield (11,659)
Hainesport Haledon (8,252) Hamburg (3,105)
Hammonton (12,604) Hampton (1,546) Hancocks Bridge
Harrington Park (4,740) Harrison (14,424) Harrisonville
Hasbrouck Heights (11,662) Haskell Haworth (3,390)
Hawthorne (18,218) Hazlet Heislerville
Helmetta (1,825) Hewitt Hibernia
High Bridge (3,776) Highland Lakes Highland Park (13,999)
Highlands (5,097) Hightstown (5,216) Hillsborough
Hillsdale (10,087) Hillside (21,747) Ho Ho Kus
Hoboken (38,577) Holmdel Hopatcong (15,888)
Hope Hopewell (2,035) Howell
Imlaystown Ironia Irvington (60,695)
Iselin (16,698) Island Heights (1,751) Jackson
Jersey City (240,055) Jobstown Johnsonburg
Juliustown Keansburg (10,732) Kearny (40,513)
Keasbey Kendall Park (9,006) Kenilworth (7,675)
Kenvil Keyport (7,568) Kingston (1,292)
Lafayette Lake Hiawatha Lake Hopatcong
Lakehurst (2,522) Lakewood (36,065) Lambertville (3,868)
Landing Landisville Lanoka Harbor
Lavallette (2,665) Lawnside (2,692) Layton
Lebanon (1,065) Ledgewood Leeds Point
Leesburg Leonardo (2,823) Leonia (8,914)
Liberty Corner Lincoln Park (10,930) Lincroft (6,255)
Linden (39,394) Linwood (7,172) Little Falls (10,855)
Little Ferry (10,800) Little Silver (6,170) Little York
Livingston (27,391) Lodi (23,971) Long Branch (31,340)
Long Valley (1,818) Longport (1,054) Lumberton
Lyndhurst (19,383) Lyons Madison (16,530)
Magnolia (4,409) Mahwah Malaga
Manahawkin (2,004) Manasquan (6,310) Manchester Township
Mantoloking (423) Mantua Manville (10,343)
Maple Shade Maplewood (23,868) Margate City (8,193)
Marlboro Marlton (10,260) Marmora
Martinsville Matawan (8,910) Mauricetown
Mays Landing (2,321) Maywood (9,523) Mc Afee
Medford Mendham (5,097) Merchantville (3,801)
Metuchen (12,840) Mickleton Middlesex (13,717)
Middletown Middleville Midland Park (6,947)
Milford (1,195) Millburn (19,765) Millington
Millstone Township Milltown (7,000) Millville (26,847)
Milmay Mine Hill Minotola
Mizpah Monmouth Beach (3,595) Monmouth Junction (2,721)
Monroe Township Monroeville Montague
Montclair (38,977) Montvale (7,034) Montville
Moonachie (2,754) Moorestown Morganville (11,255)
Morris Plains (5,236) Morristown (18,544) Mount Arlington (4,663)
Mount Ephraim (4,495) Mount Freedom Mount Holly
Mount Laurel Mount Royal Mount Tabor
Mountain Lakes (4,256) Mountainside (6,602) Mullica Hill (1,658)
National Park (3,205) Navesink (1,962) Neptune
Neshanic Station Netcong (2,580) New Brunswick (48,573)
New Egypt (2,519) New Gretna New Lisbon
New Milford (16,400) New Providence (11,907) New Vernon
Newark (273,546) Newfield (1,616) Newfoundland
Newport Newton (8,244) Newtonville
Normandy Beach Norma North Arlington (15,181)
North Bergen North Brunswick Northfield (7,725)
Northvale (4,460) Norwood (5,751) Nutley (27,362)
Oak Ridge Oakhurst (4,152) Oakland (12,466)
Oaklyn (4,188) Ocean City (15,378) Ocean Gate (2,076)
Ocean Grove (4,256) Ocean View Oceanport (5,807)
Oceanville Ogdensburg (2,638) Old Bridge (22,833)
Oldwick Oradell (8,047) Orange (32,868)
Oxford (2,283) Palisades Park (17,073) Palmyra (7,091)
Paramus (25,737) Park Ridge (8,708) Parlin
Parsippany Passaic (67,861) Paterson (149,222)
Paulsboro (6,160) Peapack Pedricktown
Pemberton (1,210) Pennington (2,696) Penns Grove (4,886)
Pennsauken (35,737) Pennsville (11,657) Pequannock
Perrineville Perth Amboy (47,303) Phillipsburg (15,166)
Picatinny Arsenal Pine Beach (1,950) Pine Brook
Piscataway Pitman (9,331) Pittstown
Plainfield (47,829) Plainsboro Pleasantville (19,012)
Pluckemin Point Pleasant Beach (5,314) Pomona (4,019)
Pompton Lakes (10,640) Pompton Plains Port Elizabeth
Port Monmouth (3,742) Port Murray Port Norris (1,507)
Port Reading (3,829) Port Republic (1,037) Pottersville
Princeton Junction (2,382) Princeton (14,203) Quakertown
Quinton Rahway (26,500) Ramsey (14,351)
Rancocas Randolph Raritan (6,338)
Readington Red Bank (11,844) Richland
Richwood Ridgefield Park (12,873) Ridgefield (10,830)
Ridgewood (24,936) Ringoes Ringwood (12,396)
Rio Grande (2,444) River Edge (10,946) Riverdale (2,498)
Riverside Riverton (2,759) Rochelle Park (5,528)
Rockaway (6,473) Rocky Hill (662) Roebling
Roosevelt (933) Roseland (5,298) Roselle Park (13,281)
Roselle (21,274) Rosemont Rosenhayn (1,099)
Rumson (7,137) Runnemede (8,533) Rutherford (18,110)
Saddle Brook (13,155) Saddle River (3,201) Salem (5,857)
Sayreville (40,377) Schooleys Mountain Scotch Plains (22,732)
Sea Girt (2,148) Sea Isle City (2,835) Seaside Heights (3,155)
Seaside Park (2,263) Secaucus (15,931) Sergeantsville
Sewaren (2,780) Sewell Shiloh (534)
Short Hills Shrewsbury (3,590) Sicklerville
Skillman Somerdale (5,192) Somers Point (11,614)
Somerset (23,040) Somerville (12,423) South Amboy (7,913)
South Bound Brook (4,492) South Dennis South Hackensack
South Orange (16,964) South Plainfield (21,810) South River (15,322)
South Seaville Sparta Spotswood (7,880)
Spring Lake (3,567) Springfield (14,429) Stanhope (3,584)
Stanton Stewartsville Stillwater
Stirling Stockholm Stockton (560)
Stone Harbor (1,128) Stratford (7,271) Strathmere (175)
Succasunna Summit (21,131) Sussex (2,145)
Swartswood Swedesboro (2,055) Teaneck (39,260)
Tenafly (13,806) Tennent Teterboro (18)
Thorofare Three Bridges Titusville
Toms River (86,327) Totowa (9,892) Towaco
Township Of Washington Tranquility Trenton (85,403)
Tuckahoe Tuckerton (3,517) Union City (67,088)
Union (54,405) Vauxhall Ventnor City (12,910)
Vernon Verona (13,533) Vienna
Villas (9,064) Vincentown Vineland (56,271)
Voorhees Waldwick (9,622) Wallington (11,583)
Wallpack Center Wanaque (10,266) Waretown (1,582)
Warren Washington (6,712) Watchung (5,613)
Waterford Works Wayne (54,069) Weehawken
Wenonah (2,317) West Berlin West Creek
West Long Branch (8,258) West Milford (26,410) West New York (45,768)
West Orange (44,943) Westfield (29,644) Westville (4,500)
Westwood (10,999) Wharton (6,298) Whippany
Whitehouse Station Whitehouse Whitesboro
Wickatunk Wildwood (5,436) Williamstown (11,812)
Willingboro Windsor Winslow
Wood Ridge Woodbine (2,716) Woodbridge (18,309)
Woodbury Heights (2,988) Woodbury (10,307) Woodcliff Lake (5,745)
Woodstown (3,136) Wrightstown (748) Wyckoff (16,508)
Zarephath