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North Jersey, also known as Northern New Jersey, comprises the northern portions of the U.S. state of New Jersey between the upper Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean. As a distinct toponym , North Jersey is a colloquial one rather than an administrative one, reflecting geographical and perceived cultural and other differences between it and ...
New Jersey is a state located in the Northeastern United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, New Jersey is the 11th most populous state with 9,288,994 inhabitants but the fifth smallest by land area, spanning 7,354.76 square miles (19,048.7 km 2). [1]
New Jersey was governed by two groups of proprietors as two distinct provinces, East Jersey and West Jersey, between 1674 and 1702.New Jersey's first counties were created as administrative districts within each province, with East Jersey split in 1675 into Bergen, Essex, Middlesex and Monmouth counties, while West Jersey's initial counties of Burlington and Salem date to 1681.
As of 2014, the State of New Jersey recognizes and licenses 66 institutions of higher education (post-secondary) through its Commission on Higher Education.These institutions include four public research universities, seven state colleges and universities, fourteen private colleges and universities (two of which are classified as research universities), eighteen county colleges, fourteen ...
New Jersey is a state located in both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States, at the geographic hub of the heavily urbanized Northeast megalopolis.It is bordered to the northwest, north, and northeast by New York State; on its east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on its west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on its southwest by Delaware Bay and ...
Not only is New Jersey home to some of America’s ultra-rich, but many billionaires grew up in the Garden State. The United States was home to a record 813 billionaires as of the Forbes October ...
North Bergen is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 63,361, [9] [10] an increase of 2,588 (+4.3%) from the 2010 census count of 60,773, [18] [19] which in turn reflected an increase of 2,681 (+4.6%) from the 58,092 counted in the 2000 census. [20]
The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey crime family or the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, [2] Newark, West New York [4] and the surrounding areas.