New Jersey Fast Facts

Date Admitted to the Union:

December 18, 1787 - New Jersey was the 3rd state.

Learn about the New Jersey Colony.

New Jersey State Capital:

Trenton

State Nickname:

Garden State

State Motto:

Liberty and Prosperity

New Jersey State Bird:

Eastern Goldfinch

New Jersey State Flower:

Purple Violet

New Jersey State Tree:

Red Oak

Cities With Population Over 100,000:

• Newark
• Jersey City
• Paterson
• Elizabeth

Ten Famous People From New Jersey :

• Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Astronaut
• Aaron Burr, Vice President under Thomas Jefferson
• Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States
• James Fenimore Cooper, Author
• Stephen Crane, Author
• Jerry Lewis, Comedian
• James Marshall, Found Gold at Sutter's Mill beginning the California Gold Rush
• Jack Nicholson, Actor
• Norman Schwarzkopf, General
• Frank Sinatra, Singer/Actor