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New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is the most densely populated of all 50 U.S. states , and is situated at the center 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 km2 ), 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, it 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 every county is deemed urban by the U.S. Census Bureau with 13 counties included in the New York metropolitan area , seven counties in the Philadelphia metropolitan area , and Warren County , part of the heavily industrialized Lehigh Valley metropolitan area.
New Jersey was first inhabited by Paleo-Indians as early as 13,000 B.C.E., with the Lenape being the dominant Indigenous group when Europeans arrived in the early 17th century. Dutch and Swedish colonists founded the first European settlements in the state, with the British later seizing control of the region and establishing the Province of New Jersey , named after the largest of the Channel Islands . The colony's fertile lands and relative religious tolerance drew a large and diverse population. New Jersey was among the Thirteen Colonies that supported the American Revolution , hosting several pivotal battles and military commands in the American Revolutionary War . On December 18, 1787, New Jersey became the third state to ratify the United States Constitution , which granted it admission to the Union , and it was the first state to ratify the U.S. Bill of Rights on November 20, 1789. (Full article... )
Seton Hall University is a
private Roman Catholic university in
South Orange, New Jersey ,
United States . Founded in 1856 by Archbishop
James Roosevelt Bayley , Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Seton Hall is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in the
State of New Jersey . The university is known for its programs in
business ,
law ,
education ,
nursing , and
diplomacy .
Seton Hall is made up of eight different schools and colleges with an undergraduate enrollment of about 5,200 students and a graduate enrollment of about 4,400. Its School of Law , which is ranked by US News & World Report as one of the top 100 law schools in the nation, has an enrollment of about 1,200 students. For 2009, BusinessWeek's "Colleges with the Biggest Returns" ranked Seton Hall among the top 50 universities in the nation that open doors to the highest salaries. Seton Hall's Stillman School of Business is ranked 56 out of the top 100 undergraduate business schools and #1 in the state of New Jersey according to BusinessWeek.
The Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry was the first school of medicine in the State of New Jersey. The school was acquired by the state in 1965, and is now the New Jersey Medical School , part of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey .
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Peter Hayden Dinklage (; born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. Portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), Dinklage won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times. He also received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for the role. Dinklage has a common form of dwarfism known as achondroplasia and stands 4 ft 5 in (1.35 m) tall. He has used his celebrity status to raise social awareness of dwarfism.
Dinklage studied acting at
Bennington College , performing in a number of amateur stage productions. He made his film debut in the
black comedy film Living in Oblivion (1995), and had his breakthrough with a starring role in the 2003 comedy-drama
The Station Agent . His other films include
Elf (2003),
Lassie (2005),
Find Me Guilty (2006),
Penelope (2006),
Death at a Funeral (2007),
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008),
Death at a Funeral (2010),
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014),
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023). In 2018, he appeared as
Eitri in the
Marvel film
Avengers: Infinity War and
Hervé Villechaize in the
biopic film
My Dinner with Hervé . He also provided voice-acting for the video game
Destiny , and in 2023 voiced
Scourge in
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts . (
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Image 1 The
Hindenburg just moments after catching fire (1937) (from
History of New Jersey )
Image 2 New Jersey is named after the
English Channel island of
Jersey (from
History of New Jersey )
Image 3 New Brunswick , nicknamed the
Hub city and the
Healthcare City , is a focus city for academia,
healthcare , and culture in New Jersey. (from
New Jersey )
Image 4 A 1950s-style
diner in
Orange (from
New Jersey )
Image 6 Modern map which approximates the relative size and location of the settled areas of New Netherland and New Sweden. (from
History of New Jersey )
Image 7 Michael Schleisser and the "Jersey man-eater" as seen in the
Bronx Home News (1916) (from
History of New Jersey )
Image 8 The design of the dome-capped
New Jersey State House in
Trenton differs from most other U.S. state houses in not resembling the
U.S. Capitol . (from
New Jersey )
Image 10 The Great Falls of the Passaic River (from
History of New Jersey )
Image 12 Old Queens at
Rutgers University , the largest state university system in New Jersey (from
New Jersey )
Image 14 Federal Courthouse in
Camden , which is connected to
Philadelphia via the
Benjamin Franklin Bridge in the background (from
New Jersey )
Image 15 George B. McClellan , was an American soldier,
Civil War Union general, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th
governor of New Jersey . (from
History of New Jersey )
Image 16 Nassau Hall at
Princeton University , an
Ivy League university and one of the world's most prominent research institutions, served briefly as the U.S. Capitol in the 18th century. (from
New Jersey )
Image 17 Cranberry harvest (from
New Jersey )
Image 18 A heat map showing median income distribution in New Jersey by county (from
New Jersey )
Image 19 A letter sent to
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle containing anthrax powder caused the deaths of two postal workers. (from
History of New Jersey )
Image 21 Results of the 1910 gubernatorial election in New Jersey. Wilson won the counties in blue. (from
History of New Jersey )
Image 22 Washington Rallying the Americans at the Battle of Princeton , a portrait by
William Ranney depicting
George Washington rallying
Continental Army troops at the
Battle of Princeton in January 1777 (from
New Jersey )
Image 24 The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys ,
1777 map by
William Faden (from
History of New Jersey )
Image 26 A fleet of naval forces being constructed in the Camden shipyards (1919) (from
History of New Jersey )
Image 27 The
Atlantic City boardwalk, as seen from
Caesars Atlantic City , opened in 1870, as the world's first
boardwalk . At
5+ 1 ⁄2 miles (8.9 km) long, it is also the world's longest and busiest boardwalk. New Jersey is home to the world's highest concentration of boardwalks.
Image 28 Paterson , sometimes known as Silk City, has become a prime destination for an internationally diverse pool of immigrants, with at least 52 distinct ethnic groups. (from
New Jersey )
Image 29 Map of New Jersey's major transportation networks and cities (from
New Jersey )
Image 32 Delaware Water Gap is shared between
Warren County and neighboring
Pennsylvania . (from
New Jersey )
Image 33 New Jersey population density as of 2020 (from
New Jersey )
Image 34 Map of the 107-mile-long (172 km)
Morris Canal across
North Jersey (from
New Jersey )
Image 35 The original provinces of West and East New Jersey are shown in yellow and green respectively. The Keith Line is shown in red, and the Coxe and Barclay Line is shown in orange. (from
History of New Jersey )
Image 36 Map of counties in New Jersey by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
Non-Hispanic White 30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Black or African American 40–50%
Hispanic or Latino 40–50%
(from
New Jersey )
Image 37 Military map by
William Faden with troop movements during the
Ten Crucial Days (from
History of New Jersey )
Image 39 A map of
New Netherland and
New Sweden in New Jersey during the
colonial era (from
New Jersey )
Image 40 Ethnic origins in New Jersey (from
New Jersey )
Image 41 At 69.6 mi (112.0 km) in length,
Raritan River is the longest river entirely within New Jersey, flowing from
Raritan Valley near
Clinton (above), eastward to
Raritan Bay and the
Atlantic Ocean . (from
New Jersey )
Image 42 Skyscrapers in
Jersey City , one of the most
ethnically diverse cities in the world (from
New Jersey )
Image 44 The
George Washington Bridge , connecting
Fort Lee (foreground) in
Bergen County across the
Hudson River to
New York City (background), is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge. (from
New Jersey )
Image 46 MetLife Stadium in
East Rutherford , one of only two
NFL stadiums shared by two teams, is home to the
New York Giants and
New York Jets . (from
New Jersey )
Image 47 Sunset on the beach at
Atlantic City , an
oceanfront resort and the nexus of New Jersey's
gambling industry (from
New Jersey )
Image 48 The
Jersey Shore extends inland from the
Atlantic Ocean into its many
inlets , including
Manasquan Inlet , looking westward at
sunset from the
jetty at
Manasquan . (from
New Jersey )
Image 49 Cape May–Lewes Ferry connects New Jersey and
Delaware across
Delaware Bay . (from
New Jersey )
Image 50 New Jersey's telephone
area codes (from
New Jersey )
Image 51 High-rise residential complexes in the borough of
Fort Lee (from
New Jersey )
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