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Capital: Trenton

State abbreviation/Postal code: N.J./NJ

Governor: Chris Christie, R (to Jan. 2014)

Senators: Frank R. Lautenberg, D (to Jan. 2015); Robert Menendez, D (to Jan. 2013)

U.S. Representatives: 13

Historical biographies of Congressional members

Secy. of State: Nina Mitchell Wells, D (to Jan. 2010)

Treasurer: Bradley Abelow (to Jan. 2010)

Atty. General: Stuart Rabner, D (to Jan. 2010)

Entered Union (rank): Dec. 18, 1787 (3)

Present constitution adopted: 1947

Motto: Liberty and prosperity

State symbols:

flower	purple violet (1913)
bird	eastern goldfinch (1935)
insect	honeybee (1974)
tree	red oak (1950)
animal	horse (1977)
colors	buff and blue (1965)
folk dance	square dance
dinosaur	hadrosaurus foulkii
fish	brook trout
shell	knobbed whelk
fruit	blueberry (2004)

Nickname: Garden State

Origin of name: From the Channel Isle of Jersey

10 largest cities (2005 est.): Newark, 280,666; Jersey City, 239,614; Paterson, 149,843; Elizabeth, 125,809; Trenton, 84,639; Camden, 80,010; Clifton, 79,922; Passaic, 68,338; East Orange, 68,190; Union City, 65,128

Land area: 7,417 sq mi. (19,210 sq km)

Geographic center: In Mercer Co., 5 mi. SE of Trenton

Number of counties: 21

Largest county by population and area: Bergen, 902,561 (2005); Burlington, 805 sq mi.

State forests: 11

State parks: 42

Residents: New Jerseyite, New Jerseyan

2005 resident population est.: 8,717,925

2000 resident census population (rank): 8,414,350 (9). Male: 4,082,813 (48.5%); Female: 4,331,537 (51.5%). White: 6,104,705 (72.6%); Black: 1,141,821 (13.6%); American Indian: 19,492 (0.2%); Asian: 480,276 (5.7%); Other race: 450,972 (5.4%); Two or more races: 213,755 (2.5%); Hispanic/Latino: 1,117,191 (13.3%). 2000 percent population 18 and over: 75.2; 65 and over: 13.2; median age: 36.7.

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