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New Jersey
Motto: "Liberty and prosperity"
Nicknames: "The Garden State" - "The Clam State" - "The Jersey Blue State" - "The Pathway of Revolution"
Capital: Trenton
Population: 8,638,396 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 10th in US State Population
Size: 150 miles long and 70 miles wide; covers 8,722 square miles - 47th largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Eastern Goldfinch
State Flower: Purple Violet
Sir John Berkley and Sir George Carteret received a royal charter for a colony in the new land and named this colony for the island of Jersey in the English Channel. Carteret had been born on the island of Jersey and had spent several years as its Lieutenant Governor.
New Jersey became a state on December 18, 1787. It was the 3rd state to be admitted to the Union.
People who live in or come from New Jersey are called "New Jerseyites" or "New Jerseyans."
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