New Jersey

New Jersey is the most densely populated U.S. state of the United States of America and has the U.S. postal abbreviation of NJ. It is also the fifth smallest state. The state is named after the island of Jersey in the English Channel. == History== Once inhabited by the tribes of the Lenape, the first Europeans to settle the region were the Netherlands in the early 1630's, who formed a settlement at present-day Jersey City, New Jersey. At the time, much of what is now New Jersey was claimed as part of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, which also included parts of present-day New York and had its capital at New Amsterdam, now known as New York City. Some of southwestern New Jersey was also settled by the Sweden in the mid-1600's as part of the Swedish colony of New Sweden, which included parts of Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania. These territories were taken by the Dutch in 1654 and incorporated into New Netherland. The entire region became a territory of Britain in 1664 when a British fleet under the command of Colonel Richard Nicolls sailed into what is today New York Harbor and took over the colony. They met minimal resistance, perhaps because of the unpopularity of the Dutch colonial governor, Peter Stuyvesant. The newly taken lands were divided by Charles II of England, who gave his brother, the Duke of York (later James II of England) the region between New England and Maryland as a proprietary colony (as opposed to a royal colony). James then granted the land between the Hudson River and the Delaware River (the land that would become New Jersey) to two friends who had been loyal through the English Civil War: George Carteret and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. During the English Civil War the Island of Jersey remained loyal to The English Crown and gave sanctuary to the King. It was from the Royal Square in St. Helier that Charles II of England was first proclaimed King of England in 1649, following the execution of his father, Charles I of England. In 1663 in recognition of his loyalty to the English Crown George Carteret, Jersey's Royalist Governor, was gifted a large tract of land in North America henceforth known as New Jersey. Settlement for the first ten years of English rule was in the Hudson River region and came primarily from New England. The first permanent English settlement was Elizabethtown, now Elizabeth, New Jersey. On March 18, 1673 Berkeley sold his half of New Jersey to Quakers in England (with William Penn acting as trustee for a time) who settled the Delaware Valley region as a Quaker colony. New Jersey was governed as two distinct provinces, West Jersey and East Jersey, for the 28 years between 1674 and 1702. In 1702 the two provinces were united under a royal, rather than a proprietary, governor. === Revolutionary War Era === New Jersey was one of the 13 colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. During the War for Independence, British and American armies crossed New Jersey several times. In December, 1776, the Continental Army under George Washington crossed the Delaware River and engaged Hessian troops in the Battle of Trenton. The river crossing has become an iconic moment in the early history of the United States of America, having been immortalized in Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's painting Washington Crossing the Delaware. This image was also chosen to represent the State of New Jersey on the obverse_and_reverse side of the 1999 State_Quarters released by the United States Mint. Slightly more than a week after victory at Trenton, on January 3, 1777, the American forces scored an important victory over the British under Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton. In the summer of 1783, the Continental Congress met in Nassau Hall at Princeton University, making Princeton the country's capital for four months. It was there that the Continental Congress learned of the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1783) which ended the war. On November 20, 1789 the state became the first in the newly-formed Union to ratify the United States Bill of Rights. Ironically, on February 15, 1804 New Jersey became the last northern state to abolish slavery by enacting legislation that slowly phased out slavery. However, by the close of the Civil War, several African-Americans in New Jersey were still in bondage and New Jersey initially refused to ratify the Constitutional Amendments banning Slavery and granting rights to America's black population. == Law and government == ''See: Governor of New Jersey; New Jersey Legislature'' The capital of New Jersey is Trenton, New Jersey. The governor of New Jersey is Richard Codey (Democrat), who took over as acting governor based on his role as State Senate President upon James McGreevey's resignation on November 15, 2004. The state's two United States Senate are Frank R. Lautenberg (Democrat) and Jon Corzine (Democrat). New Jersey has New Jersey Congressional District. Politically, New Jersey, like the rest of the northeastern United States, leans toward the Democratic Party (United States). It was, however, a Republican Party (United States) stronghold for years in the past, having given comfortable margins of victory to the Republican candidate in the close elections of 1948, 1968, and 1976. The state was a crucial swing state in the elections of 1960, 1968, and 1992. It was named as a possible swing again in the 2004 election, following the September 11, 2001 attacks terrorist attacks on nearby New York City and President George W. Bush's policies after those attacks. Since the early 1980s, however, the state has given large victories to Democrats in the 1990's, while in the 2004 presidential election it was a little more close, but still an easy victory (with Kerry defeating Bush by about 6%). The last elected Republican to hold a Senate seat from New Jersey was Clifford P. Case in 1979. (Nicholas Brady was appointed a U.S. Senator by Governor Thomas Kean in 1982 after Harrison A. Williams resigned the Senate seat following the Abscam investigations. Brady served eight months.) The state's Democratic strongholds include Mercer County around the cities of Trenton, New Jersey and Princeton, New Jersey; Essex County and Hudson County, the state's two most urban counties, around the state's two largest cities, Newark, New Jersey and Jersey City, New Jersey; as well as in Camden County and most of the other urban communities just outside of Philadelphia and New York City. More suburban New York bordering counties such as Union and Middlesex counties are also largely Democratic, as well as Atlantic City, New Jersey and the area around it. The more suburban northwestern and southeastern counties of the state are bastions of the Republican party: Republicans have strong backing along the coast in Ocean County and in the mountainous northwestern part of the state, especially Sussex County and Morris County and Warren County. Somerset and Hunterdon counties, more suburban counties in the region, are also more Republican, but recently, with new immigration coming to these counties from Northern New Jersey and New York, they are beginning to become more close. Most of the counties in New Jersey, however, are considered swing counties, but some go more one way than others. For an example, Bergen County, which is very Republican in the northern half of the county, is mostly liberal in the more populated parts, causing it to usually vote mostly Democratic (same with Passaic County, with a highly populated liberal south and a rural, conservative north), other "swing" counties like Cape May tend to go Republican, as they also have population in conservative areas. ===State Constitution=== The [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/lawsconstitution/constitution.asp constitution] was adopted in 1947. It provides for a bicameral Legislature consisting of a Senate of 40 members and an Assembly of 80 members. Each of the 40 legislative districts elects one Senator and two Assembly members. Assembly members are elected by the people for a two year term in all odd-numbered years; Senators are elected in the years ending in 1, 3, and 7 and thus serve either four or two year terms. The New Jersey Supreme Court [http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/supreme/index.htm] consists of a chief justice and six associate justices. All are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of a majority of the membership of the state senate. Justices serve an initial seven-year term, after which they can be reappointed to serve until age 70. == Geography == ''See: List of New Jersey counties''.
New Jersey is broadly divided into three geographic regions: they are North Jersey, Central Jersey, and South Jersey. North Jersey is within New York City's general sphere of influence, with many of its residents commuting into the city for work. Central Jersey is a largely suburb area, while South Jersey is within Philadelphia's general sphere of influence. Such geographic definitions are broad, however, and there is often dispute over where one region begins and another ends. High Point Sussex County, New Jersey is the highest elevation in the state. New Jersey is bordered on the north and northeast by New York, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania (the latter two across the Delaware River.) Prominent geographic features include: * Delaware Water Gap * New Jersey Meadowlands * The Palisades * Passaic River * Pine Barrens * Rancocas River * Raritan River * Sandy Hook (New Jersey) * South Mountain Reservation == Economy == [http://www.bea.gov/ The Bureau of Economic Analysis] estimates that New Jersey's total state product in 2003 was $397 billion. Per capital personal income in 2003 was $39,577, 3^rd in the United States of America. Its agricultural outputs are nursery stock, horses, vegetables, fruits and nuts, seafood, and dairy products. In particular, cranberry and eggplants are two of the state's largest crops. Its industrial outputs are pharmaceutical and chemical products, food processing, electric equipment, printing and publishing, and tourism. New Jersey's economy has a large base of industry and chemical manufacturing. Although the state is certainly not defined by these activities, their existence and visibility to those passing through the state along some of its major highways does contribute to many jokes about pollution and irony plays on the state's nickname, the "Garden State." == Demographics == According to the Census Bureau, as of 2003, the estimated population of New Jersey was 8,638,396, making the state slightly more populated than Georgia, which was ahead of New Jersey in 2002; New Jersey is again, as it had been before, the ninth most-populous U.S. state. New Jersey is also the most racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse state in the union. It has a larger percentage and a greater mix of non-whites as well as a greater mix of Caucasian backgrounds than any other state. It also has the second largest percentage of Jews, the second largest percentage of Muslims (trailing only New York in both), and one of the largest percentages of immigrants in the country (trailing only California and New York and just ahead of Illinois, Texas, and Florida). It is the most Italian-American state in the nation, having passed New York state for that title in the United States 2000 Census, and has one of the largest percentages of African-Americans, Hispanics, Arabs, and Asians in the country. The racial makeup of the state is: *66.0% Whites/Caucasian *13.6% African American/African American *13.3% Hispanic American *5.7% Asian American *0.2% American Indian *2.5% mixed race. The five largest ancestry groups in New Jersey are Italian-American (17.8%), Ireland (15.9%), African American (13.6%), German-American (12.6%), Polish-American (6.9%). Newark, New Jersey and Camden, New Jersey are two of the poorest cities in America, but New Jersey as a whole has the highest median household income in the nation, as well as the second highest per capita income, after Connecticut. This is largely due to the fact that so much of New Jersey is comprised of suburbs, most of them affluent, of New York City and Philadelphia. New Jersey is also the most densely populated state in the nation, and the first and only state that has had every one of its 21 counties deemed "urban", as opposed to rural. 6.7% of its population were reported as under 5, 24.8% under 18, and 13.2% were 65 or older. Females made up approximately 51.5% of the population. ===Religion=== The religious affiliations of the citizens of New Jersey are: *Roman Catholic – 46% *Protestant – 37% *Other Christian – 4% *Other Religions – 5% *Non-Religious – 6% The largest Protestant denominations in New Jersey are: Baptist (10% of the total state population), Methodist (7%), and Presbyterian and Lutheran (tied 3%). == New Jersey Culture == === Music === New Jersey has long been an important area for both rock and rap music, with many artists coming from the state, they include the musicans listed at the bottom. *Frank Sinatra was born December 12, 1915, the only child of working-class Italian-American immigrants, in a tenement at 415 Monroe St. in Hoboken, New Jersey. He sang with a neighborhood vocal group, the Hoboken Four, and appeared in neighborhood theater amateur shows. * Legendary jazz pianist and bandleader Count Basie was born in Red Bank, New Jersey in 1904. In the 1960s, he colaborated on several albums with fellow New Jersey native Frank Sinatra. *Musician Bruce Springsteen has sung of New Jersey life on his debut album, ''Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.'' and in many of his most popular songs, including "Atlantic City", "Born to Run", "Darlington County", "Freehold", "Jersey Girl" (written by Tom Waits), "Jungleland", "Spirit in the Night", and others. Fellow musician Jon Bon Jovi has also written many songs about New Jersey and even named one of his albums after it. *Asbury Park, home of The Stone Pony, where Springsteen and Bon Jovi frequented early in their careers, is still considered by many to be a mecca for up-and-coming musicians. *The Velvet Underground had their first performance as a band at Summit High School in Summit, New Jersey. Songs included "There She Goes Again" and "Heroin". *Another popular Jerseyan in rock music today is Zakk Wylde of Jersey City, New Jersey, who is currently the guitarist with Ozzy Osbourne and is with another popular rock band, Black Label Society. Wylde is famous for his signature "Bulls-eye" Gibson Les Paul guitar. *Former Fugee Lauryn Hill, a South Orange resident, is hip-hop's best-selling solo female artist. Her 1998 debut album, ''The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,'' sold 10 million copies internationally. *Hip-hop's longest running radio show was founded by two Jerseyans, Special K (Kevin Bonners) and Teddy Ted (Ted Whiting) of Hackensack, who began on New York's WHBI in 1982 and now appear on WPAT-AM. *Other rap artists include Irvington's Queen Latifah, the first female rapper to succeed in music, film and TV, and the Grammy-winning Naughty By Nature of East Orange, who cut 1992's smash hit "O.P.P.". Redman, an influential underground figure and Newark native, has recently found commercial success through collaborations with Eminem and the Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man. *Musical artists Fountains of Wayne [http://www.fountainsofwayne.com/home/]are a group of New Jerseyians who took the name of a semi-famous lawn and garden store [http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/NJWAYfountains.html] on Route 46 in Wayne, New Jersey (also featured on an episode of The Sopranos). Another emerging New Jersey band is ''Seven and the Sun'' [http://launch.yahoo.com/ar-292720---Seven--The-Sun]. *Emo lately has found its home in New Jersey, particularly near New Brunswick, New Jersey. Such bands that fit into this category include My Chemical Romance, Midtown, Senses Fail, Saves The Day, Thursday, Hidden In Plain View, The Early November, Armor For Sleep, Outmarting Simon, Denver In Dallas, and many more. *Punk music is also an important alternative style in New Jersey, perhaps starting with the band that essentially invented hardcore, The Misfits from Lodi, New Jersey, in the 90's, The Bouncing Souls and Catch 22 were also prominent figures in New Jersey punk. *The DeLeo brothers of Stone Temple Pilots are both from New Jersey. The brothers, Dean and Robert, are the guitarist and bassist for the band. *The Bloodhound Gang produced a song called "The 10 Coolest Things About New Jersey," which consists of 10 seconds of complete silence. *Pete Yorn is another New Jersey artist. He has two albums out: ''musicforthemorningafter'' (2001) and ''Day I Forgot'' (2003). *Finally, in the future, New Jersey's garage bands have become more based in 00's alternative rock and classic rock revival, two styles to expect to hear more coming out of New Jersey. === TV and film === Motion pictures and televisions shows also have been set in New Jersey. The popular television drama ''The Sopranos'' depicts the life of a New Jersey organized crime family and is filmed on location at various places throughout the state. The 2004 Sundance Film Festival favorite ''Garden State'' (starring Zach Braff and Natalie Portman) was shot on location in Morris Township, New Jersey. Also, the popular animated series Megas XLR and Aqua Teen Hunger Force take place primarily in New Jersey. Director Kevin Smith sets many of his films in New Jersey, particularly his "New Jersey Trilogy" of ''Clerks (movie)'', ''Mallrats'' and ''Chasing Amy''. The 2004 movie, ''Jersey Girl (2004 movie)'', is also based in New Jersey. ''Clerks'' also had a short-lived animated series spin-off with the same name. It took place in the same locations as the movie. The 2004 stoner film ''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle'' took place in New Jersey. Several locations seen in the movie include Princeton University, Newark, New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, and a fictional White Castle (restaurant) in Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey. Although supposedly set in New York, the 2003 movie School Of Rock was filmed primarily in Edison, New Jersey and Mahwah, New Jersey, perhaps due to the significance these towns have on rock music, also, the actor who played Lawrence in school of rock is from New Jersey. === Urban legends=== Many believe in a creature called the Jersey Devil, an evil demon born to a human mother who terrorizes the population of the Pine Barrens. It is also known sometimes as the Leeds Devil. New Jersey is also home to several other urban legends, such as the ghost of Annie's Road in Totowa, Midgetville in Edgewater, Albino Village in Clifton, New Jersey, the haunted and demon-possessed Clinton Road in West Milford, and the Witch of Igoe Road in Marlboro. Camp NoBeBoSco in Blairstown Township, New Jersey was also the setting of the original Friday the 13th movie, which was partially based on real murders that have occurred near the campground, in the state's very rural northwest. Such horror stories were the inspiration behind the now nationally-famous ''Weird NJ'' magazine and website. === Miscellaneous=== The properties in the United States version of the board game Monopoly (game) are named after the streets of Atlantic City. == Transportation == [[Image:Njud.jpg|thumb|right|Current issue New Jersey license plate.]]The New Jersey Turnpike is one of the best-known and most-trafficked roadways in the USA. This toll road carries interstate traffic between Delaware and New York. Commonly referred to as simply "the Turnpike," it is also known for its numerous rest-areas named after prominent New Jerseyans as varied as inventor Thomas Edison; United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton; President of the United States Grover Cleveland; writers James Fenimore Cooper, Joyce Kilmer, and Walt Whitman; patriot Molly Pitcher; Red Cross advocate Clara Barton, and football coach Vince Lombardi. The Garden State Parkway, or just "the Parkway," carries more in-state traffic, and runs from the town of Montvale, New Jersey along New Jersey's northern border with New York to the southernmost tip of the state at Cape May, New Jersey. It is true that some New Jersey residents who live near the Parkway or the Turnpike (a majority of the state population) locate their hometowns according to their respective highway exits, though very few New Jerseyans living anywhere else in the state will do so. It also acts as the trunk that connects the New York metropolitan area to Atlantic City. Other expressways in New Jersey include the Atlantic City Expressway, Palisades Interstate Parkway, Interstate 76 (east), Interstate 78, and Interstate 80. The New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) operates extensive rail and bus service throughout the state. NJ Transit is a state-run corporation that began with the consolidation of several private bus companies in North Jersey. In the early 1980s, it acquired the commuter train operations of CONRAIL that connect towns in northern and central New Jersey to New York City. In 1989, NJ Transit began service between Atlantic City and Lindenwold, New Jersey, extending it to Philadelphia in the 1990s. New Jersey has interstate compacts with all three neighboring states. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Delaware River Port Authority (with Pennsylvania), and the Delaware River and Bay Authority (with Delaware) operate most of the major transportation routes into and out of New Jersey. Tolls for the bridges are charged in one direction - it's free to get into New Jersey, but you have to pay to get out. The Scudders Falls bridge on I-95 near Trenton is still free as of this writing. Newark Liberty International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the United States. Run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, who runs the other two major Airport in the New York City region: John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport, it is one of the main airports serving the New York City area. Continental Airlines is Newark's largest tenant, operating an entire terminal at Newark which they use as a Airline hub. United Airlines and FedEx operate cargo hubs. The airport has its own Newark Liberty International Airport (NJT station) on New Jersey Transit Northeast Corridor Line which is also served by Amtrak. ''See also: List of New Jersey State Highways'' == Important cities and towns == Major cities (and their populations): ''see also: List of Municipalities in New Jersey (by population)'' Large Cities (+ 100,000 pop.) *Newark, New Jersey: 273546 (Census Estimate 2003: 278,000) *Jersey City, New Jersey: 240055 (Census Estimate 2003: 242,000) *Paterson, New Jersey: 149222 (Census Estimate 2003: 152,000) *Elizabeth, New Jersey: 120568 (Census Estimate 2003: 124,000) *Edison, New Jersey 97687 (Census Estimate 2003: 101,000) *Woodbridge, New Jersey: 97203 (Census Estimate 2003: 108,000) Small Cities (60,000-99,999 pop.) *Dover Township, New Jersey: (Census Estimate 2003: 93,000) *Hamilton Township, New Jersey: 87109 *Toms River, New Jersey: 86327 *Trenton, New Jersey: 85403 *Camden, New Jersey: 79904 *Clifton, New Jersey: 78672 *Brick Township, New Jersey: 76119 *Cherry Hill, New Jersey: 69965 *East Orange, New Jersey: 69824 *Passaic, New Jersey: 67861 *Union City, New Jersey: 67088 *Middletown, New Jersey: 66327 *Gloucester, New Jersey: 64350 *Bayonne, New Jersey: 61842 *Irvington, New Jersey: 60695 *Old Bridge, New Jersey 60456 *Lakewood Township, New Jersey 60352 Wealth of cities by per capita income: ''see also: New Jersey locations by per capita income''

1 Mantoloking, New Jersey $114,017
2 Saddle River, New Jersey $85,934
3 Far Hills, New Jersey $81,535
4 Essex Fells, New Jersey $77,434
5 Alpine, New Jersey $76,995
6 Millburn, New Jersey $76,796
7 Rumson, New Jersey $73,692
8 Harding Township, New Jersey $72,689
9 Teterboro, New Jersey $72,613
10 Bernardsville, New Jersey $69,854

693 Newark, New Jersey $13,009
694 Laurel Lake, New Jersey $12,965
695 Passaic, New Jersey $12,874
696 Seabrook Farms, New Jersey $12,499
697 McGuire Air Force Base $12,364
698 New Hanover Township, New Jersey $12,140
699 Lakewood, New Jersey $11,802
700 Bridgeton, New Jersey $10,917
701 Fort Dix, New Jersey $10,543
702 Camden, New Jersey $9,815

== Education == Although some problems exist in certain inner city neighborhoods, New Jersey overall is considered to have one of the best public education systems in the United States. In addition, 54% of high school graduates continue on to college or university, tied with Massachusetts for the second highest rate in the nation (North Dakota holds first place at 59%. New Jersey also has the highest average scores for advanced placement testing in public schools in the nation. New Jersey is home to more scientists and engineers than any other state. [http://measuringup.highereducation.org/2002/compare.htm] === Colleges and universities === ''Institution Name, Location''

*Berkeley College, various campuses *Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, New Jersey *Caldwell College, Caldwell, New Jersey *Centenary College, Hackettstown, New Jersey *The College of New Jersey, Ewing Township, New Jersey *College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, New Jersey-Florham Park, New Jersey *Drew University, Madison, New Jersey *Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Park, New Jersey-Madison, New Jersey & Teaneck, New Jersey-Hackensack, New Jersey campuses *Felician College, Rutherford, New Jersey & Lodi, New Jersey campuses *Georgian Court College, Lakewood, New Jersey *Kean University, Union, New Jersey-Elizabeth, New Jersey *Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey *Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey *New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey *New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey *Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey *Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey

*Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, New Jersey *Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey *Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey *Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey **Rutgers, New Brunswick/Piscataway Campus **Rutgers, Camden Campus **Rutgers, Newark Campus *Saint Peter's College, Jersey City, New Jersey *Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey **Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey *Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey *Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, New Jersey *University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey *William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey

*New Jersey Devils, National Hockey League *New Jersey Nets, National Basketball Association *MetroStars, Major League Soccer *New Jersey Pride, Major League Lacrosse *National Football League **New York Giants **New York Jets

*minor league baseball **Atlantic City Surf **Camden Riversharks **New Jersey Cardinals (Augusta, New Jersey) **New Jersey Jackals (Montclair, New Jersey) **Newark Bears **Lakewood BlueClaws **Somerset Patriots (Bridgewater, New Jersey) **Trenton Thunder

== Miscellaneous Information == *State bird: Eastern Goldfinch
*State animal: Horse
*State flower: Violet (plant)
*State tree: Northern red oak
*State fish: Brook Trout *State dance: The Square Dance *List_of_U.S._state_mottos: Liberty and prosperity *License plate: Garden State The USS New Jersey, one of the most decorated vessels in the United States Navy, was named in honor of this state and is now a tourist attraction in Camden, New Jersey. == Related topics == *List of New Jersey-related topics *List of people from New Jersey == External links == * [http://www.state.nj.us Official New Jersey state web site] * [http://www.njslom.org/types.html Descriptions of NJ forms of government] (e.g., township, borough, etc.) from NJ State League of Municipalities * [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34000.html US Census Bureau] * [http://nationalatlas.gov/reference/pagegen_ak.pdf Map] (pdf) * [http://www.weirdnj.com/home/index.html Weird NJ] U.S. states New Jersey ga:New Jersey la:Nova Caeserea os:Нью-Джерси simple:New Jersey

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On Template:March 12 selected anniversaries (mayb be in HTML comment) -------- ----- Wondering how to edit this State Entry?
The WikiProject U.S. States standards might help. Moved this from the article to here: :The background color of the flag shown on this page is too dark. The state colors chosen by George Washington for the colony's troops were light brown (buff) and blue. - User:Zoe ---- Could you provide a citation for the New Jersey per capita income passing that of Connecticut? While more recent figures may differ, the 2000 census results are pretty static after a certain point. -- User:JohnOwens 22:09 Apr 24, 2003 (UTC) I'm from NJ myself, and it was a big deal when the census came out. It was all over our newspapers because we have a reputation for being a poor, dirty, scummy, urban state that no one wants to visit, so of course we're all proud to brag that we're the richest state in the country now. It wasn't by much; only like $1,000 more than Connecticut. I used to know exactly how to find the census statistics on their web site, but it changed and I'm having trouble finding it. I'm looking for an exact number. I'll update the page when I find it. ---- I have added to the History section. Before it had a reference to Berkeley selling his half, but no real explanation of who he was or how he got into the picture. So I have added the Charles to James to C&B and a teensy bit about the motivations and why it could be sold around like that. I realize that this section is getting larger and is rather tipped toward the 1600s but there is as yet no History of New Jersey article. I could start one, but it would have a similar tip. I am reluctant to start a History of....called "...Colonial New Jersey" or "...Proprietary New Jersey" or "...New Jersey (colonial)" Any guidance? User:ArloBee 14:39 17 May 2003 (UTC) :With the size of the section as it is, I think it should stay in this article for now. I think it should be significantly larger before being split off. If (or when) it does become a separate article, History of New Jersey sounds like the best title. Even if it is concentrated in one era, it's better to leave the possibility of expansion rather than limiting the range of the article too much. If it becomes very large at some point, it could be split further then. It's quite common to have articles that concentrate too much on one aspect of a subject, but that is getting fixed over time -- User:Sannse 14:55 17 May 2003 (UTC) ::Thanks, Sannse! User:ArloBee 13:04 19 May 2003 (UTC) :::Would it be too complicated to embed HTML comments with recommended/desired sub-section headings? It might be complicated for non-HTML literate, but neater than a collection of stubs, and would provide jumping-off points for people. Just an idea. --User:Ishu 13:06 23 Jul 2003 (UTC) ---- The list of small towns is a wikipedia:Stub, in my view, and is at least as relevant as the smaller colleges, or (four) minor league baseball teams. As the list grows, we can move it to List of cities in New Jersey as for other states such as List of cities in Maryland and List of cities in Texas. The presence of the links on the main page encourages people to add to the list, and to modify pages for the towns with links. What's wikier than that? -- User:Ishu 22:18, 13 Aug 2003 (UTC) *If you wanted to list all the towns in New Jersey you could do that on a seperate page, all you would need to do is write a script to go through all the county articles for New Jersey and then you'd have your very large list. The other state pages don't list such pointless things. The difference between colleges and baseball teams and towns is that there are hundreds of towns in New Jersey while only a few colleges and baseball teams, and they are already listed completely. I'm going to remove "Cherry Hill, Haddonfield, Murray Hill, and Voorhees" again unless someone comes up with a good reason for their inclusion User:M123 08:51, 14 Aug 2003 (UTC) --- Some words that we New Jerseans pronounce differently: (Words in parenthesis are phoenetic spellings) Chocolate --> "chawk-lit" Dog --> "Dawg" New Jersey --> "New Jer-zee" (The only people that say "Joy-zee" are from New "Yawk") Water --> "Wuh-ter" Because --> "Bee-cawze" Bagel --> "Bay-gull" (while the south Jerseans say "Beg-ull") Paul --> "Pawl" Rutherford: "Ruddiferd". Only Rutherfordians say it that way, though. I have never heard "wuh-ter", although I have heard "oil" pronounced "earl". Others will testify that "earl" extends out of NJ to Stat'Nisland and beyond. Please excuse, for they just had a lobotomy. Most of those words are only pronounced that way in North Jersey. == Misrepresenting the state flag == I was wondering how to also edit the state flag. The small version is closer to the actual representation - but it's still not right and then the enlarged version is very wrong. This is an article about how the state flag is often misrepresented and includes an ACTUAL photo so people can see the actual flag...[http://www.aboutnewjersey.com/AboutNewJersey/Facts/stateSymbolsFlag.htm AboutNewJersey.com - State Symbols and Flag] It would be nice if people actually presented the New Jersey flag properly. There are two ways the goddesses are represented on flag though - sometimes wearing a white gown and the other wearing a blue gown. The blue gown seems to be the most prevalent on the flag. ::that's all because you're a giant suburb, no one cares about you anymore than they care about long island ::Well, somebody has no idea what NJ's actually like, it seems. Smooth work, troll. --User:Xanzzibar 18:26, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC) :forgetaboutit, next time he's in newark, i'll take him for a ride for a to the east site. tony wants to talk to him. :D User:Project2501a 20:39, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC) :::Well, New Jersey is about 1000 times better than Long Island and has the major advantage of not being populated by Long Islanders. And if we look at recent TV, The Sopranos is actually a great show, while the untruly titled Everybody Loves Raymond was about as good as being stuck on a Long Island Rail Road train full of Long Islanders for a few hours. --User:Spotteddogsdotorg 22:32, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC) == Borders == If someone has time, we might want to address the border disputes of New Jersey with New York. The northern border was not settled for some time and there have been numerous disputes over Hudson River islands. This page might be a useful starting point: [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/his/bk1/ch1/pt3.html] --User:ChrisRuvolo 01:15, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC) == Important Cites and Towns == Maybe it's just me, but I think the list of "important" cities and towns is getting out of control. Half the cities on the list aren't really "important", and someone seems to add another every week or two. Can we establish some basic guidelines for this? A more appropriate list, I think, would include Atlantic City, Camden, Jersey City, Newark, Princeton, and Trenton, plus maybe a couple others. --User:Xanzzibar 15:19, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC) == moved from article == "Of the fifty american states, New Jersey is the worst in terms of economy and crime. New Jersey has experienced a steady decrease in population since 1832, and it is also ranked by the American Communist Party has number 1 in the nation for most communist members, with 300,000. " Moved from article, maybe it could be included later in the article, but I wouldn't put it in. User:Kmccoy User_talk:Kmccoy 03:14, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC) *Note: The person who wrote that remark should burn and die. None of that is right and it is highly offensive (I am from New Jersey). == Religion == At least 5% of the population of New Jersey is Jewish (in fact, New Jersey is second only to New York in proportion of Jews), but Judaism is not mentioned in the Religion section. I would change it, but I don't know where to find accurate data on this. :The racial, ethnic and religion statistics have been monkeyed with so much that I don't trust them. Lets delete them until we get verifiable information. Thoughts? --User:ChrisRuvolo 21:14, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Education == I deleted the "highest IQ" remark, because it is almost assuredly based on suspect information. User:Thunderbunny 03:22, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC) *New Jersey is tied with Massachusetts for the 2nd highest average IQ in the nation, look on google, it will tell you. == State Song == There is no state song for New Jersey and the state says so - see [http://www.state.nj.us/faqs/facts.html http://www.state.nj.us/faqs/facts.html]. So "I'm From New Jersey" supporters sorry, but it has no legal status. --User:Spotteddogsdotorg 02:49, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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