New Jersey

state of the United States of America
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New Jersey is located in the United States. It was established on December 18, 1787, and its capital is Trenton[1].

It has an area of 23k and an elevation of 75. The population was 9.3M in 2020[2].

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: United States[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5]
  • Head of government: Phil Murphy[6], Mikie Sherrill[7]
  • Continent: North America[8]
  • Capital: Trenton[9]
  • Official language: English[10]
  • Shares border with: New York[11], Pennsylvania[12], Delaware[13]
  • Named after: Province of New Jersey[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bergen County[15], Essex County[16], Burlington County[17], Hudson County[18], Passaic County[19], Sussex County[20], Middlesex County[21], Mercer County[22], Cape May County[23], Camden County[24], Cumberland County[25], Atlantic County[26], Morris County[27], Somerset County[28]
  • Flag: flag of New Jersey[29]
  • Twinned administrative body: Fukui Prefecture[30], Santo Domingo[31]
  • Legislative body: New Jersey Legislature[32]
  • Executive body: Government of New Jersey[33]
  • Highest judicial authority: Supreme Court of New Jersey[34]
  • Part of: contiguous United States[35]
  • Commons category: New Jersey[36]
  • Has seal, badge, or sigil: coat of arms of New Jersey[37]
  • Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[38], UTC−05:00[39], UTC−04:00[40], America/New_York[41]
  • Foundational text: Constitution of New Jersey[42]
  • Archives at: NJ State Archives[43]
  • Inception: December 18, 1787[44], July 4, 1776[45]
  • Highest point: High Point[46]
  • Official website: https://nj.gov[47]
  • Topic's main category: Category:New Jersey[48]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for New Jersey include USS New Jersey[49], a fast battleship[50], in United States[51], founded in 2004[52]; it[53], an album[54]; Jersey barrier[55]; Jersey club[56], a music genre[57], founded in 2002[58]; and Jersey County[59], a county of Illinois[60], in United States[61], founded in 1839[62].

Why It Matters

New Jersey has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

Entities named for it include USS New Jersey[49], a fast battleship[50], in United States[51], founded in 2004[52]; it[53], an album[54]; Jersey barrier[55]; Jersey club[56], a music genre[57], founded in 2002[58]; and Jersey County[59], a county of Illinois[60], in United States[61], founded in 1839[62].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . nj.gov. Retrieved . nj.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [9] ↑ . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  8. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/New_Jersey
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/New_Jersey"
  2. 11w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 11491
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 11491, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167482767|NEW JERSEY (#167482767)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3tFm2N
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 78718
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 78718, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  5. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → new-jersey
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: new-jersey, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289952287|new jersey (#289952287)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  6. 18w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → State of New Jersey
    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'State of New Jersey'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Official name: State of New Jersey, Copying from Native label"
  7. 19w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    New york post topic id → new-jersey
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ New york post topic id: new-jersey"
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