NEW JERSEY QUICK FACTS Name New Jersey is named after the island of Jersey the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel State Capital Trenton population 84,034 Date of Statehood December 18 1787 3rd state Population 8,958,013 11th-most populous state Area Total Land and Water 8,723 square miles 22,592 sq km 47th-largest state Largest City Newark population 280,579 Nickname The Garden State Motto Liberty and Prosperity State Bird Eastern Goldfinch 6 NEW JERSEY
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA State Flower Violet State Tree Red Oak State Bug Honeybee State Fruit Blueberry Highest Point High Point 1,803 feet 550 m Lowest Point Atlantic Ocean 0 feet 0 m Average July High Temperature 85 F 29 C Record High Temperature 110 F 43 C in Runyon on July 10 1936 Average January Low Temperature 22 F 6 C Record Low Temperature 34 F 37 C in River Vale on January 5 1904 Average Annual Precipitation 47 inches 119 cm Number of U S Senators 2 Number of U S Representatives 12 U S Presidents Born in New Jersey Stephen Grover Cleveland 1837-1908 NEW JERSEY U S Postal Service Abbreviation NJ QUICK FACTS 7
NEW JERSEY GEOGRAPHY New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state in the United States Its land and water area is just 8,723 square miles 22,592 sq km Despite its small size there are many kinds of terrain in New Jersey There are tall mountains rolling hills marshes beaches and rivers To the north and northeast of New Jersey is the state of New York The lower two-thirds of eastern New Jersey borders the Atlantic Ocean To the southwest of the state is northern Delaware New Jersey’s long western border is separated from Pennsylvania by the Delaware River New Jersey’s Mount Tammany is the southernmost peak of the Kittatinny Mountains Across the Delaware River is the state of Pennsylvania 8 NEW JERSEY
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA High Point Hudson River NEW YORK CONNECTICUT Paterson KITTATIN NY MTS 80 Newark Elizabeth 78 Jersey City Trenton 195 PENNSYLVANIA Delaware River NEW JERSEY ATLANTIC OCEAN 50 miles 50 km Atlantic City 9 DELAWARE New Jersey's total land and water area is 8,723 square miles 22,592 sq km It is the 47th largest state The state capital is Trenton GEOGRAPHY
