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New Jersey

2:00 PM
77° Clear Sky
Sunset: 11:01 PM
Population
9,300,000
Route 1
66 miles

NJ is the most densely populated state and has the highest per-capita income of any state

“The Garden State”

NJ is where people like to try new things. Beyond Thomas Edison’s inventions of incandescent lights, the phonograph, and movies, NJ saw the first roller coaster, salt water taffy, drive-in movie theater, boardwalk, condensed soup, solid-body electric guitar, and Miss America.

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