Facts
and FiguresTotal Area (Rank)
8,722 sq mi (47th). Population (Rank)
8,414,350 (9th). Capital Trenton. First
Explored by Giovanni da Verrazano in 1524. Ratified
Constitution (Rank) December 18, 1737 (3rd).
Official
Symbols of New Jersey The New Jersey
State Flag was adopted in 1896. The colors of the
flag, buff and dark blue, were the colors George
Washington chose for the flag of New Jersey's
army regiments during the Revolutionary War.