City and State Information for New Jersey

Cities and Towns

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New Jersey Facts and Statistics

Capital	Trenton
Date entered the Union	Dec. 18, 1787 (3rd)
Land Area	7,417 sq mi. (19,210 sq km)
Population Density	1134.5 people per square mile
Record High Temperature (F)	110 (July 10, 1936)
Record High Temperature (C)	43
Record Low Temperature (F)	–34 (January 05, 1904)
Record Low Temperature (C)	–37
Average Elevation	250 feet
High Elevation	1,803 feet
Low Elevation	Sea level

Origin of the name New Jersey: From the Channel Isle of Jersey

State Symbols

A state's official symbols represent the composition and culture of the land and people who live and have lived here. Below are the symbols of New Jersey along with the year they became official.

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)