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NEW JERSEY
(Liberty and prosperity)

CAPITAL: Trent
POPULATION: 8,717,925 (2006)
LAND AREA: 7,417 sq mi.
NICK NAME : Garden State
LARGEST CITIES : Newark - 280,666 (2005)
Jersey City - 239,614 (2005)
Paterson - 149,843 (2005)
Elizabeth - 125,809 (2005)
Trenton - 84,639 (2005)

WEBSITE: www.nj.gov

INTRODUCTION

New Jersey is conveniently located between New York and Philadelphia. It is known as the crossroads of the East. Products from over 15000 factories can be delivered overnight to 60 million people. Because of its key location New Jersey saw much fighting during the American Revolution.

THE LOGO COMPANY’S TOP 5 FACTS ABOUT NEW JERSEY

BUSINESS

According to the Fortune 500 annual ranking of America’s largest corporations there are 5 New Jersey companies in the top 100, Johnson & Johnson, Medco Health Solutions, Prudential Financial, Honeywell and Merck. Of these Johnson & Johnson and Merck also made the top 100 companies to work for in America.

Johnson & Johnson is America’s largest pharmaceutical companies. It is the owner and producer of several well known brands such as Band-Aid, Listerine, Baby Lotion and Benadryl.

POPULATION

The New Jersey peninsula has the highest population density in the US with an average of 1,134 people per square mile, which is 14 times the national average. It also has more Cubans in Union City (which is only one square mile) than in Havana, Cuba!

In New Jersey 90% of all residents live in an urban area. There are also 300,000 more females than males and over a quarter of the population do not speak English at home.

BASEBALL

While the origins of Baseball are constantly disputed with theories ranging from James Naismith in Springfield to Europeans in the early 1600’s there is no denying that the first organized game with rules not unlike the ones we have today took place on June 19th, 1846 between the Knickerbockers and the New York Nine at Hoboken, NJ.

On that day the New York Nine ran out winners 23-1 in 4 innings in front of a small crowd. Thanks to published illustrations of the day, the game soon became popular and a nationwide professional league was set up in 1871.

FRANK SINATRA

Frank Sinatra was born in 1915 in Hoboken, NJ, he appeared stillborn at first but then came to life under a cold tap. Because of this he
suffered a perforated eardrum. He is said to have sold over 500 million records between 1930 and 1990 and may be the 4th best selling musical artist of all time. He was known as a member of the “Rat Pack”, “The Voice” and “’Ol Blue Eyes”. He is said to be New Jersey’s most famous resident.

PARKWAY BRIDGE

New Jersey is unofficially divided into 2 geographical areas whose names change depending on who you talk to. There is “this” side of the Parkway Bridge and “that” side of the Parkway Bridge.

The bridge went through an $84 million upgrade recently which was welcome news for the 220,000 motorists who cross it each day.

REFERENCES:

State Flag – Fact Monster,
State Outline – Wikipedia
State Bird – www.statelib.lib.in.us
State Flower – www.usstatereports.com
Johnson&Johnson – Johnson&Johnson
Prudential Financial – Prudential Financial
Baseball – 1heckofaguy.com
Baseball Bat – Business Week
Frank Sinatra – The Sports Lodge
Parkway Bridge – dd-b.com
General facts from Fact Monster, US Census Bureau, Wikipedia