New+Jersey

New Jersey

Senators: JORLANDO F8 (I), GMONIZ D3 (D)

Representatives: SLAWRIE F1 (D), MSPENCE F1 (R), MBLACK F4 (D), TTYSON D1 (D), MKATONA D7 (D)

1: New Jersey was admitted as a state in 1783 and was the thrid state in the union.(JORLANDO) 2: Inventor Thomas Edison Lived and Worked in New Jersey and the city of Edison was named after him.(JORLANDO) 3: New Jersey has adopted Three constitution since becoming a state in 1783 with the most recent constitution being the 1947 one. The 1947 constitution has been amended at least 30 times!(JORLANDO)
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 * 1) About 73% of New Jerseys residents are white, with a mix of English, Irish, Italian, German, and Eastern European descent. About 14% are African American, about 6% are Asian Americans, and less than 1% are Native American. With the rest of the population made up of a mix of immigrants from different countries. MSpence
 * 2) Even though it's small New Jersey ranks 10th with population in the United States with about 8.7 million residents. MSpence

1. Covering an area of 8,215 square miles, New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state in the Union in area SLAWRIE 2. The state contains several large cities with populations of more than 100,000 people each, including Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, and Elizabeth. The state capital, Trenton, has slightly more than 85,000 residents SLAWRIE 3. New Jersey's labor force comprises about 4 million people, with almost 30% of them working in service industries, close to 25% in the trade sector, nearly 15% in government jobs, and over 10% in manufacturing SLAWRIE

1. Most of the land is used for manufacturing and trade, the rest is used for crops and farming. TTYSON 2. New Jersey has 13 memebers in the House of Representatives, and 2 senate members, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez. TTYSON 3. New Jersey is home to Atlantic City, where the names for the board game monopoly came from. TTYSON

1.New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. with an average of 1,030 people per sqaure mile and is 13 times the national average! Gmoniz 2.New Jersey has the highest urban population in the U.S. with 90% living in an urbanized area. Gmoniz 3.New Jersey is the car theft capitol of the world with more cars stolen in Newark then any other city in the world including New York city and Los Angeles. Gmoniz

1. New Jersey is the blueberry capital of the world m(katona) 2. The state dinosaur is the hadrosaurus (mkatona) 3. 13% of the population is over 65 years old (mkatona) 4. There are 13 state representitives (mkatona) 5. The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey. (mkatona) 6. New Jersey has the tallest water tower in the world (mkatona) 7. Fair Haven is believed to have been seasonally inhabited by native Indians prior to the coming of European settlers in the 1660's 8. Parsippany has been named Tree City USA for 24 consecutive years. 9. New Jersey has 108 toxic waste dumps, which is the most in any one state in the nation. 10. New Jersey has a spoon museum featuring over 5,400 spoons from every state and almost every country.

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New Jersey's flag was adopted in 1896. The shield in the flag's center, containing three plows, is the state coat of arms. The women who flank the shield symbolize liberty and agriculture. On the banner below the shield is printed the state motto, "Liberty and Prosperity." (mblack) New Jersey's economy was quite strong throughout the 1990s, having experienced substantial growth for much of the 20th century. Recently, however, the state economy (like the national economy) has weakened, forcing the state government to implement spending cutbacks. (mblack) Northern New Jersey's proximity to the cultural institutions of New York City has hindered the region's development of its own venues, although Newark houses several fine museums specializing in art, history, and science. The Garden State Arts Center in Monmouth County offers a fine cultural venue in the southern portion of New Jersey. (mblack)