Quick facts about New Jersey

• Location: See map on the right side of the page.
• Size⁽¹⁾: 7,417 square miles. New Jersey is the 46th largest state. The next larger state is Massachusetts and the next smaller state is Hawaii.
• Population⁽²⁾: 8,717,925 people. New Jersey is the 10th most populous state. The next more populous state is Georgia and the next less populous state is North Carolina.
• Population Density: 1,175.4 people per square mile. New Jersey is the most densely populated state. No other state is more densely populated. The next less densely populated state is Rhode Island.
• Bordering States: New Jersey shares a border with 3 states: New York; Pennsylvania and Delaware.
  • Interesting facts about New Jersey's border with Delaware
• Admission to the Union: December 18, 1787. New Jersey was the 3rd state admitted to the Union, after Pennsylvania and before Georgia.
• Capital: Trenton.
• Highest Point: 1,803 feet at High Point. See SummitPost's High Point page.
• Lowest Point: Sea Level at the Atlantic Ocean.
• Government website: State of New Jersey.
• Official Tourism website: New Jersey Tourism.
• Still not enough? See Wikipedia's New Jersey page.

Counties in New Jersey

1. Atlantic
2. Bergen: Largest county population in New Jersey (884,118 people in 2000 Census).
3. Burlington: Largest county in New Jersey (805 square miles).
4. Camden
5. Cape May
6. Cumberland
7. Essex
8. Gloucester
9. Hudson: Smallest county in New Jersey (47 square miles).
10. Hunterdon
11. Mercer
12. Middlesex
13. Monmouth: Worst Commutes in the USA
14. Morris
15. Ocean
16. Passaic
17. Salem: Smallest county population in New Jersey (65,285 people in 2000 Census).
18. Somerset
19. Sussex: High Point State Park
20. Union
21. Warren

(1) U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder: 2005 Population Estimates; Table GCT-T1.
(2) U.S. Census Bureau FedStats - MapStats: 2000 Land Area; United States.

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