State Slogan: Come See For Yourself
Nickname: Garden State
State Flower: Common Meadow Violet
Motto: Liberty and prosperity
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The state is named after the island of Jersey in the English Channel. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania. Parts of New Jersey lie within the metropolitan areas of New York and Philadelphia. |