Jersey City, New Jersey | ||
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City | ||
City of Jersey City | ||
View of Jersey City from the Hudson River
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Nickname(s): "Wall Street West", "J.C.", "Chilltown" | ||
Motto: "Let Jersey Prosper" | ||
Location of Jersey City within Hudson County and the state of New Jersey |
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Census Bureau map of Jersey City, New Jersey |
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Coordinates: 40°42′50″N 74°04′16″W / 40.714°N 74.071°WCoordinates: 40°42′50″N 74°04′16″W / 40.714°N 74.071°W | ||
Country | United States | |
State | New Jersey | |
County | Hudson | |
Incorporated | February 22, 1838 | |
Government | ||
• Type | Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) | |
• Body | City Council | |
• Mayor | Steven Fulop (term ends June 30, 2017) | |
• Deputy Mayor | Vivian Brady-Phillips and Marcos Vigil | |
• Business Administrator | Robert Kakoleski | |
• Clerk | Robert Byrne | |
Area | ||
• Total | 21.080 sq mi (54.596 km2) | |
• Land | 14.794 sq mi (38.316 km2) | |
• Water | 6.286 sq mi (16.281 km2) 29.82% | |
Area rank | 133rd of 566 in state 1st of 12 in county |
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Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) | |
Population (2010 Census) | ||
• Total | 247,597 (75th) | |
• Estimate (2015) | 264,290 | |
• Rank | 2nd of 566 in state 1st of 12 in county |
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• Density | 16,736.6/sq mi (6,462.0/km2) | |
• Density rank | 10th of 566 in state 6th of 12 in county |
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Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | |
• Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) | |
ZIP codes | 07097, 07302-07308, 07310-07311 | |
Area code(s) | 201 | |
FIPS code | 3401736000 | |
GNIS feature ID | 0885264 | |
Website | www |
Jersey City is the second-most-populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey after Newark. It is the seat of Hudson County as well as the county's largest city. As of 2015, the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that Jersey City's population was 264,290, with the largest population increase of any municipality in New Jersey since 2010, an increase of about 6.7% from the 2010 United States Census, when the city's population was at 247,597, ranking the city the 75th-largest in the nation.
Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City is bounded on the east by the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay and on the west by the Hackensack River and Newark Bay. A port of entry, with 30.7 miles (49.4 km) of waterfront and significant rail connections, the city is an important transportation terminus and distribution and manufacturing center for the Port of New York and New Jersey. Financial and service industries as well as direct rapid transit access to Manhattan in New York City have played a prominent role in the redevelopment of the Jersey City waterfront and the creation of one of the nation's largest downtown central business districts.