New Jersey
Capital: Trenton · Northeast · Garden State
State Statistics
| Population | 9.29M |
| GDP | $672.0B |
| Area | 22,591 km² |
| Capital | Trenton |
| Largest City | Newark |
| Political Lean | Unknown |
About New Jersey
New Jersey is America's most densely populated state and a study in contradictions — world-class pharmaceutical labs and top universities alongside industrial Superfund sites; Manhattan commuter suburbs worth millions alongside Camden and Trenton among the poorest cities in America; the Jersey Shore beach culture alongside Pine Barrens wilderness. The 'Armpit State' stereotype perpetuated by turnpike travelers misses that NJ has more millionaires per capita than any state, the most PhDs per capita, and has contributed more to American music, pharmaceuticals, and finance than nearly any other.
Major Cities
Newark
New Jersey's largest and most storied city, Newark has clawed its way back from the devastation of the 1967 uprising and decades of disinvestment to emerge as one of the most watched urban turnarou...
Jersey City
Separated from Lower Manhattan by the Hudson River but linked by PATH trains and ferries, Jersey City has transformed its mile-long waterfront into a gleaming canyon of luxury towers. Beneath the g...
Paterson
Founded by Alexander Hamilton as America's first planned industrial city, Paterson harnessed the power of the Great Falls of the Passaic River to drive the silk mills that earned it the nickname Si...
Notable Universities
| University | City | Type | Founded | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton University | Princeton | Private (Ivy League) | 1746 | 8K |
| Rutgers University | New Brunswick | Public Flagship | 1766 | 50K |
| Seton Hall University | South Orange | Private (Catholic) | 1856 | 10K |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) | Newark | Public Technology | 1881 | 12K |