New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the U.S. state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania, and on the southwest by Delaware. New Jersey is the 4th least extensive, but the 11th most populous and the most densely populated of the 50 United States. New Jersey lies mostly within the sprawling metropolitan areas of New York City and Philadelphia. It is also the third wealthiest by 2009–2010 median household income.

The area 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. The British later seized control of the region, naming it the Province of New Jersey. It was granted as a colony to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. At this time, it was named after the largest of the British Channel Islands, Jersey, Carteret's birthplace. New Jersey was the site of several decisive battles during the American Revolutionary War.

New Jersey is bordered on the north and northeast by New York (parts of which are across the Hudson River, Upper New York Bay, the Kill Van Kull, Newark Bay, and the Arthur Kill); on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the southwest by Delaware across Delaware Bay; and on the west by Pennsylvania across the Delaware River.

Films and Shows

 * American Dragon: Jake Long
 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier
 * Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
 * So Random!
 * Gravity Falls

Actors and Crew born in New Jersey

 * Charlie Adler
 * Jason Alexander
 * Laura Benanti
 * Mary Birdsong
 * Taurean Blacque
 * Zach Braff
 * Roscoe Lee Browne
 * Salvatore Camarata
 * Joanna Cassidy
 * Danny DeVito
 * John DiMaggio
 * Peter Dinklage
 * Tate Donovan
 * Kirsten Dunst
 * Hallie Kate Eisenberg
 * Lola Falana
 * John Flitter
 * Lawrence Gabriel, Jr.
 * James Gandolfini
 * Janeane Garofalo
 * Willie Garson
 * Michael Giacchino
 * Elizabeth Gillies
 * David Hand
 * Jess Harnell
 * Whitney Houston
 * Linda Hunt
 * Kevin Jonas
 * Richard Kind
 * Nathan Lane
 * Frank Langella
 * Queen Latifah
 * Geoffrey Lewis
 * Jerry Lewis
 * Ray Liotta
 * Merrill De Maris
 * Heather McComb
 * Kate Micucci
 * Christina Milian
 * Beatrice Miller
 * Brit Morgan
 * Gary Morgan
 * Bebe Neuwirth
 * Jack Nicholson
 * Jeffrey Nordling
 * Liam O'Brien
 * Joe Pantoliano
 * Elizabeth Peña
 * Judd Pillot
 * Laura Prepon
 * Melissa Rauch
 * Ashley Rose Orr
 * Robert Ridgely
 * Kelly Ripa
 * Paul Rudd
 * Zoe Saldana
 * Laura San Giacomo
 * Paul Simon
 * Marty Sklar
 * Kevin Smith
 * Kevin Spacey
 * Lara Spencer
 * Mindy Sterling
 * Meryl Streep
 * Loretta Swit
 * Frank Tashlin
 * Ashley Tisdale
 * John Travolta
 * Judith Viorst
 * Patrick Warburton
 * Bert Wheeler
 * Jane Wyatt
 * Ian Ziering
 * Vanessa Zima
 * Yvonne Zima