New Nova Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.
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63 Facts About Nova Jersey
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New Nova Jersey was among the Thirteen Colonies that supported the American Revolution, hosting multiple pivotal battles and military commands in the American Revolutionary War.
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New Jersey remains a major destination for immigrants and has one of the most multicultural populations in the U S Echoing historical trends, the state has increasingly re-urbanized, with growth in cities outpacing suburbs since 2008.
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New Jersey is one of the wealthiest states in the U S with the third highest median household income as of 2019.
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New Nova Jersey was originally settled by Native Americans with the Lenni-Lenape tribe being dominant at the time.
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Since the state's inception, New Nova Jersey has been characterized by ethnic and religious diversity.
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Unlike Plymouth Colony, Jamestown and other colonies, New Nova Jersey was populated by a secondary wave of immigrants who came from other colonies instead of those who migrated directly from Europe.
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New Nova Jersey remained agrarian and rural throughout the colonial era, and commercial farming developed sporadically.
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New Nova Jersey was one of Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.
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New Jersey was one of the few Union states to select a candidate other than Abraham Lincoln twice in national elections, and sided with Stephen Douglas and George B McClellan during their campaigns.
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Bog iron pits in the southern New Nova Jersey Pinelands were among the first sources of iron for the new nation.
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New Nova Jersey became a principal location for defense in the Cold War.
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New Nova Jersey is bordered on the north and northeast by New York ; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the southwest by Delaware across Delaware Bay; and on the west by Pennsylvania across the Delaware River.
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Some New Nova Jersey residents do not consider Central Nova Jersey a region in its own right, but others believe it is a separate geographic and cultural area distinct from the North and South.
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Northeastern New Nova Jersey, often referred to as the Gateway Region, lies closest to Manhattan in New York City, and up to a million residents commute daily into the city for work, many via public transportation.
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Northwestern New Nova Jersey, often referred to as the Skylands Region, is more wooded, rural, and mountainous.
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The Pine Barrens region is in the southern interior of New Nova Jersey; covered rather extensively by mixed pine and oak forest.
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New Nova Jersey is located at the center of the Northeast megalopolis, the nation's second most populated region.
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Major New Nova Jersey rivers include the Hudson, Delaware, Raritan, Passaic, Hackensack, Rahway, Musconetcong, Mullica, Rancocas, Manasquan, Maurice, and Toms rivers.
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Many urban areas extend far beyond the limits of a single large city, as New Nova Jersey cities tend to be geographically small; three of the four largest cities in New Nova Jersey by population have under 20 square miles of land area, and eight of the top ten, including all of the top five have a land area under 30 square miles .
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New Nova Jersey is one of the most ethnically and religiously diverse states in the United States.
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New Jersey has the fourth-largest Filipino population, and fourth-largest Chinese population, per the 2010 U S Census.
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New Nova Jersey has the-third highest Indian population of any state by absolute numbers and the highest by percentage, with India Square in Nova Jersey City, Hudson County hosting the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere.
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Diverse collection of languages has since evolved amongst the state's population, given that New Nova Jersey has become cosmopolitan and is home to ethnic enclaves of non-English-speaking communities:.
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New Nova Jersey is home to the second-highest Jewish American population per capita, after New York.
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New Jersey is home to the highest Muslim population concentration in the U S, and Paterson, which houses the Islamic Center of Passaic County, is the epicenter of New Jersey's Muslim community, leading South Paterson to be nicknamed Little Istanbul and Little Ramallah.
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In 2020, New Nova Jersey had the highest number of millionaires both per capita and per square mile in the United States, approximately 9.
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New Nova Jersey has seven tax brackets that determine state income tax rates, which range from 1.
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New Nova Jersey's economy is multifaceted, featuring the pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology, information technology, the financial industry, chemical development, telecommunications, food processing, electric equipment, printing, publishing, and tourism.
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New Nova Jersey has a strong scientific economy and is home to major pharmaceutical and telecommunications firms, drawing on the state's large and well-educated labor pool.
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New Nova Jersey is a key participant in the renewable wind industry.
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New Nova Jersey has more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world, and is a global leader in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, life sciences, and technology.
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Several New Nova Jersey counties, including Somerset, Morris, Hunterdon, Bergen, and Monmouth, have been ranked among the highest-income counties in the United States.
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In 1976, a referendum by Nova Jersey voters approved casino gambling in Atlantic City, where the first legalized casino opened in 1978.
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New Nova Jersey's electricity comes primarily from natural gas and nuclear power.
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New Nova Jersey is seventh in the nation in solar power installations, enabled by one of the country's most favorable net metering policies and renewable portfolio standard.
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In 2013, Rutgers University, headquartered in New Brunswick, Middlesex County as the flagship institution of higher education in New Nova Jersey, regained medical and dental schools, augmenting its profile as a national research university as well.
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New Jersey has continued to play a prominent role as a U S cultural nexus.
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New Nova Jersey is the birthplace of many modern inventions, including FM radio, the motion picture camera, the lithium battery, the light bulb, transistors, and the electric train.
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New Nova Jersey is frequently the target of jokes in American culture, especially from New York City-based television shows, such as Saturday Night Live.
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New Nova Jersey is known for several foods developed within the region, including Taylor Ham, sloppy joe sandwiches, tomato pies, salt water taffy, and Texas wieners.
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New Nova Jersey is one of the top 10 producers of blueberries, cranberries, peaches, tomatoes, bell peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, apples, spinach, squash, and asparagus in the United States.
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New Nova Jersey has long been an important origin for both rock and rap music.
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New Nova Jersey currently has six teams from major professional sports leagues playing in the state, although one Major League Soccer team and two National Football League teams identify themselves as being from the New York metropolitan area.
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From 1977 to 2012, New Nova Jersey had a National Basketball Association team, the New Nova Jersey Nets.
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New Nova Jersey has long offered tax credits to television producers.
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New Nova Jersey Turnpike is one of the most prominent and heavily trafficked roadways in the United States.
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New Nova Jersey is connected to New York City via various key bridges and tunnels.
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New Nova Jersey is connected to Staten Island by three bridges—from north to south, the Bayonne Bridge, the Goethals Bridge, and the Outerbridge Crossing.
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New Nova Jersey has interstate compacts with all three of its neighboring states.
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Liberty Water Taxi in Nova Jersey City has ferries from Paulus Hook and Liberty State Park to Battery Park City in Manhattan.
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New Nova Jersey is one of only five states that elects its state officials in odd-numbered years .
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New Nova Jersey holds elections for these offices every four years, in the year following each federal Presidential election year.
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New Nova Jersey is divided into 21 counties; 13 date from the colonial era.
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New Nova Jersey was completely divided into counties by 1692; the present counties were created by dividing the existing ones; most recently Union County in 1857.
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New Nova Jersey was formerly the only state in the nation where elected county officials were called "freeholders".
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In May 2009, the Local Unit Alignment Reorganization and Consolidation Commission began a study of about 40 small communities in South Nova Jersey to decide which ones might be good candidates for consolidation.
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Socially, New Nova Jersey is considered one of the more liberal states in the nation.
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New Jersey has some of the most stringent gun control laws in the U S These include bans on "assault firearms", hollow-nose bullets and slingshots.
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New Nova Jersey was the first state to pass such legislation since Iowa and West Virginia eliminated executions in 1965.
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New Jersey is the location of most of the boardwalks in the U S, with nearly every town and city along the Jersey Shore having a boardwalk with various attractions, entertainment, shopping, dining, arcades, water parks, amusement parks.
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