NJNew Jersey
Nobody has planted a flag here. It has been available since the map opened.
Claim it for
$15
The place
One of the original 13 · ratified 1787 · Eastern time
New Jersey is the densest state and one of the most misread, a place of shore towns, farmland that earned it the Garden State name, and the industrial corridor that everybody drives through and judges. It has the largest diner culture in the country and a serious argument about what to call the pork product in a breakfast sandwich, split along a line you can draw on a map. Go for the Pine Barrens, a million acres of forest an hour from Manhattan, and the shore after Labor Day.
The name of that sandwich meat splits the state along a line you can draw on a map.
Eat
Pork roll, or Taylor ham
Drink
Carton Brewing
Listen
Bruce Springsteen
Bird
Eastern goldfinch
Flower
Common blue violet
Tree
Northern red oak
Grows
Blueberries, Cranberries, Peaches
The actual state · 2025
- Population
- 9,548,215
- Land area
- 7,355 mi²
- GDP per head
- $92,915
- Median household
- $104,202
- Joined
- One of the original 13
- Civil War
- Union
Largest cities
- 1Newark317K
- 2Jersey City303K
- 3Paterson160K
- 4Elizabeth140K
- 5Trenton91K
Race
- White66.8%
- Black15.8%
- Asian11.6%
Hispanic or Latino24.0%
Counted across all races, so it overlaps the figures above.
No history yet
This one is still on the board. $15 and it is yours, and then it is somebody else's problem to take it back.