New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; on the southwest by Delaware Bay and the state of Delaware. New Jersey is the fifth-smallest state based on land area and is the 11th-most populous.  New Jersey’s state capital is Trenton, while the state’s most populous city is Newark.

New Jersey was first inhabited by Native Americans for at least 2,800 years, with the Lenape being the dominant group when Europeans arrived in the early 17th century. Dutch and the Swedish colonists founded the first European settlements in the state. New Jersey was among the original Thirteen Colonies. It became the center of manufacturing and immigration and helped drive the nation’s Industrial Revolution, becaming the site of numerous technological and commercial innovations into the mid 20th century.

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