<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Released in 1999 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Lists of United States state symbols </Td> </Tr> <P> New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States . It is a peninsula, bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and Delaware . New Jersey is the fourth - smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous and the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states . New Jersey lies entirely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia and is the third - wealthiest state by median household income as of 2016 . </P> <P> New Jersey was inhabited by Native Americans for more than 2,800 years, with historical tribes such as the Lenape along the coast . In the early 17th century, the Dutch and the Swedes made the first European settlements in the state . The English later seized control of the region, naming it the Province of New Jersey after the largest of the Channel Islands, Jersey, and granting it as a colony to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton . New Jersey was the site of several decisive battles during the American Revolutionary War in the 18th century . </P>

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