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- Year of Admission: 1787
- Order of Admission: 3rd
- Date of Current State Constitution: 1948
- Capital: Trenton
- Population: 8,053,000 (1995)
- Land Area: 7,419 sq. mi.
- Population Density: 1,070.9 people per sq. mi.
- Nickname: Garden State
- Motto: Liberty And prosperity
- Government Configuration: Bicameral
- Houses: 2
- Number of State Senators: 40
- Number of State Assembly Members: 80
- Number of Representatives In U.S. Congress: 13
- Main Industries: Trade, manufacturing
- Major Natural Resources: fertile soil, stone (especially granite and traprock), sand, gravel