New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is the most densely-populated state in the United States, and is located at the heart of the Northeast megalopolis. New Jersey is bordered on its north and east 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 Delaware. At 7,354 square miles (19,050 km), New Jersey is the fifth-smallest state in land area, but with close to 9.3 million residents as of the 2020 United States census, its highest decennial count ever, ranks 11th in population. The state capital is Trenton, and the state’s most populous city is Newark. New Jersey is the only U.S. State in which all counties are deemed urban by U.S. Census Bureau. 13 counties are part of the New York metro area, seven counties are in the Philadelphia metro area, and Warren County is a part of the heavily-industrialized Lehigh Valley metropolitan region.