New Jersey
Became a state: December 18, 1787 (3rd state)
Area: 8,729 sq mi (ranked 47th in size)
Population: 1,235,786 (ranked 41st in population)
Capital: Trenton
Largest City: Newark (population 310,145)
Bordering States: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Origin of state name: New Jersey was named by James, Duke of York (the brother of King Charles II of England), who was given New Jersey by his brother. James later gave New Jersey to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. James named the colony New Jersey to honor Carteret, who had been the Governor of Jersey, a British island in the English Channel.
State Nickname: The Garden State
State Bird: Eastern Goldenfinch
State Flower: Purple Violet
State Tree: Red Oak
Trivia: New Jersey is the birth place of many superstar entertainers including Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Jack Nicholson, Jon Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Count Basie, Sandra Dee, Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas, Donald Fagen Ed Harris, Jerry Lewis, Ricky Nelson, Shaquille O’Neal, Kelly Ripa, Meryl Streep, John Travolta, Frankie Valli and many others.
Abbreviation: NJ
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