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New Jersey long eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania. Parts of New Jersey lie within the sprawling metropolitan areas of New York and Philadelphia. Trenton is the capital of New Jersey. Newark is the largest city. Most of New Jersey has a temperate climate, with very warm or hot, humid summers and somewhat cold winters. Southern areas of the state, including Cape May and Cumberland counties, are now considered to be in the humid subtropical climate zone.

New Jersey is one of the foremost research centers in the world. Important manufactured items are pharmaceuticals, instruments, machinery, electrical goods, and apparel. Many large oil refineries are located in northern New Jersey. The state ranks high in the production of almost all garden vegetables, as well as cranberries, blueberries, and peaches. Poultry, dairy products, and seafood are also top commodities. Tourism is the second-largest industry in New Jersey. The state has numerous resort areas on 127 mi of Atlantic coastline. A 2006 real estate survey has estimated the population of New Jersey at 8,685,920.

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Bloomfield

Leonard Klein
Schweppe-Burgdorff ERA
Phone: 973-509-3965

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For the most professional, personal and problem free real estate experience, talk to me. Client satisfaction is my number 1 goal. NJAR Circle of Excellence Award 2006, 2005, 2003. President's Club 2006, 2005. ERA Beyond Excellence Award 2006, 2005. USAA Agent of the Year 2004, 2002.

Brigantine

Cherry Hill

    Marilyn Geiger
    The Geiger Group
    Phone: 856-751-7378 ext. 129

    Cherry Hill Real Estate
    Cherry Hill real estate, Connecting Sellers With Buyers of Residential Real Estate for Collingswood, Haddonfield, Haddon Heights, Moorestown, Mount Laurel, Evesham/Marlton, Voorhees, and Camden County.

Clinton

    Terrence Kilgallen
    Weichert Realtors
    Phone: 908-735-8140

    Clinton Real Estate
    Search Real estate listings in Clinton New Jersey, Stewartsville, Pittstown, High Bridge, Milford, Whitehouse Station, Frenchtown, Annandale, and Hunterdon County.

Flanders

Freehold

    Barbara Conti
    Century 21 Action Plus realty
    Phone: 732-410-2779

    Web Site
    Serving Momouth County, Freehold, Freehold Boro, Howell, Farmingdale, Colts Neck, Manalpan, Marlboro, Millstone.

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Hillsborough

    David Sweeney
    Keller Williams, Centurion Realty
    Phone: 866-771-2300

    Hillsborough Real Estate
    Real Estate and homes for sale in Hillsborough, Montgomery, Branchburg, Bridgewater, Somerville, Franklin, Belle Mead, Manville, and Somerset County. Find buyer/seller tips, community information and more.

Hillsdale

Susan Laskin
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Phone: 201-615-5353

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One of the premier agents in Bergen County... distinguished by unsurpassed expertise and service...

Jefferson Twp

    Judi Kubes
    ERA Fieldcrest Realtors
    Phone: 973-697-1111  ext. 111
    E-mail: jkubes@optonline.net
    Web Site
    Serving: Jefferson Twp, West Milford, Sparta, Hardyston, and Vernon areas. Customer service is #1!!!

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Livingston

    Barbara Margulis
    Burgdorff, Realtors ERA
    Phone: 973-535-4478
    E-mail: barbara-margulis@burgdorff.com
    Web Site
    A Multi-Million $$ producer for 18 years... Serving the areas of: Suburban Essex County - Livingston, Millburn/Short Hills, W. Orange, S. Orange etc... West Essex - Caldwell, N. Caldwell, W. Caldwell, Roseland, Essex Fells etc... Morris County.

Maplewood

Nancy Sussmann
Schweppe Burgdorff
Phone: 973-233-2347

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As a former New Yorker who loves her suburban lifestyle, I’m dedicated to helping you find your dream home in suburban Essex County the easiest, fastest, most stress-free way!

Mendham

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Moorestown

    Margaret Toudy
    RE/MAX Main St - New Jersey
    Phone: 856-866-2525 ext. 316

    Moorestown Real Estate
    Real estate and homes in Moorestown, Marlton, Mount Laurel, Medford, Lumberton, Cherry Hill, Voorhees, Cinnaminson, and Burlington County. Find community links and free reports!

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Phillipsburg

    Gerald Kasper
    Weichert, Realtors
    Phone: 908-454-1717

    Homes along the beautiful Delaware River in Hunterdon County New Jersey and Bucks County and the Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania.

River Vale

Susan Laskin
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Phone: 201-615-5353

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One of the premier agents in Bergen County... distinguished by unsurpassed expertise and service...

Rockaway

Short Hills

    Daria Knarvik
    RE/MAX Village Square
    Phone: 973-763-3700 ext. 105
    E-mail: daakrmx@aol.com
    Suburban Essex - A cosmopolitan area on NJ Transit direct line to Manhattan. Premier schools, fine architecture, vibrant communities. South Orange/Maplewood, Short Hills/Millburn.

South Orange

Nancy Sussmann
Schweppe Burgdorff
Phone: 973-233-2347

Web Site
As a former New Yorker who loves her suburban lifestyle, I’m dedicated to helping you find your dream home in suburban Essex County the easiest, fastest, most stress-free way!

Succasunna

Upper Montclair

    Julie Corbo
    Schweppe Burgdorff ERA
    Phone: 973-233-2315

    Upper Montclair, Montclair, Glen Ridge, Bloomfield, West Orange, Verona - IN RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF MY BUYERS' AND SELLERS' SATISFACTION.

West Orange

Nancy Sussmann
Schweppe Burgdorff
Phone: 973-233-2347

Web Site
As a former New Yorker who loves her suburban lifestyle, I’m dedicated to helping you find your dream home in suburban Essex County the easiest, fastest, most stress-free way!

Woodcliff Lake

Susan Laskin
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Phone: 201-615-5353

Web Site
One of the premier agents in Bergen County... distinguished by unsurpassed expertise and service...

Wyckoff

    Nickie Lisella
    Marron & Gildea Realtors
    Phone: 201-447-6100x217
    E-mail: NLisella@aol.com
    Web Site
    Most of Bergen County, Ridgewood, Allendale, Saddle River, USR, Ramsey, Mahwah NWBergen

More about New Jersey

Farm income comes mainly from sales of greenhouse products, dairy products, eggs, peaches, and blueberries. New Jersey specializes in producing fruits and vegetables for the eastern seaboard. Its agricultural products supply the markets of New York City, Philadelphia, and those within the state, as well as supplying canners and frozen-food processors.

Poultry farming, once a big business in New Jersey, has declined since the early 1960s. Although poultry farming is practiced throughout the state, the remaining concentrations are on the eastern fringe of the Pine Barrens and in the west central part of the state.

Dairy farming is also a leading but declining branch of agriculture in New Jersey. New Jersey’s dairy farms are found mainly in the northwestern and western counties along the Delaware River. Most of the milk is sold fresh in the state and in New York City and Philadelphia; only a small share is made into butter or other milk products. New Jersey is also a large producer of fruits and vegetables, which are either sold fresh or are frozen or canned.

Peaches and apples are New Jersey’s most important tree crops. The production of apples has been declining; but the success of the peach industry in southern New Jersey has continued, and several new varieties of peaches, including Sunhigh and Jerseyland, have been developed. New Jersey is the third leading state in the production of cranberries, which are grown in the bogs of Atlantic and Burlington counties. Although cranberry output has declined, the increasing production of blueberries on the sandier soil of these two counties has placed New Jersey second in the ranks of blueberry-growing states.

The weight and value of New Jersey’s fish catch increased in the 1990s. However, the gains were being made because of increases in the catch of lower-valued species such as squid, skate, dogfish, Atlantic mackerel, butterfish, and herring. The harvest of species that command a higher market price, such as lobster, tilefish, fluke (or summer flounder), whiting (or ling), scallops, black sea bass, and tunas, were all down. Oysters are no longer taken due to certain shellfish diseases. Menhaden, processed into such products as fertilizer, fishmeal, and fish oil, are still caught in large numbers although the industrial processing of the fish is now done in other states. In 1999 the fish catch for the state was valued at $98.3 million.

Surf clam, ocean quahog, and hard clam harvests remain the most important for New Jersey’s fishing industry. Hard clams are successfully aquacultured, or farm raised, in shallow baywaters. A state program of transplanting hard clams from polluted waters to clean beds has increased production.

Pollution of habitat is of declining significance as the cause of changes in New Jersey’s fishing industry. More critical is the over-fishing of desirable species. Most highly valued species are listed as “overexploited,” meaning harvests are declining due to overfishing, or “fully exploited,” meaning any increase in harvest will lead to decline. Only species low in value and demand are classified as “underexploited.” The Cape May and Wildwood area remains the most important commercial fishing port.

One of the most important minerals extracted in New Jersey is basalt, or traprock, which is crushed for use in construction. Sand, gravel, peat, and clays are also extracted. The sands of southern New Jersey are excellent for glassmaking. The glassware made there during colonial days was famous, and these sands are still valued. Greensand marls, or glauconite, are dug from pits in the southern part of the state and are sold as fertilizer and water softeners. These marl pits have also produced some notable dinosaur skeletons.

Mines in the highlands of northern New Jersey provided much of the iron used during the American Revolution. These mines operated until the 1960s when competition from cheaper imported ore forced them to close. Foreign competition, coupled with depletion of the ore body at Franklin, has led to decrease in importance of zinc production, in which New Jersey was once a national leader. Oil and natural gas have been found off the Atlantic coast, but in quantities that do not yet encourage commercial exploitation.

The state’s leading industry is the production of chemicals, in which New Jersey leads the nation. About one-sixth of all drugs manufactured in the United States come from New Jersey, which has been called “the nation’s medicine chest.” The chemical industry also produces cleansers and industrial organic chemicals in quantity. Other leading manufacturers are printers and publishers, especially those producing commercial advertising, books, and newspapers; food processors, making such things as brewed beverages, pastas, canned vegetables and soups, and confections; refiners of petroleum; makers of instruments, including navigation equipment, surgical appliances, and photographic equipment and supplies; the makers of industrial machinery, such as heating and refrigeration equipment and pumps; manufacturers of electronic and electrical equipment, such as telephones, radio and television communications equipment, and semiconductors; and fabricators of metal components, including parts for other industries such as stamped metal, sheet metal, and industrial valves.

Broadly speaking, manufacturing is concentrated in two parts of the state. The larger area is found in the northeast, where Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, and Union counties are tied to the port of New York. A second and smaller concentration hugs the Delaware from Trenton to Camden and is tied to Philadelphia. Since the 1950s industry has moved into suburban and rural areas, especially Morris, Somerset, and Monmouth counties in the northeast, and Gloucester and Burlington counties in the south.

The chemical industry, which makes items ranging from cosmetics and soap to heavy bulk chemicals, as well as pharmaceuticals, is concentrated in Passaic, Essex, and Middlesex counties, particularly in the Raritan River Valley and along the Arthur Kill Channel. A major segment of the industry is also found in Salem County, along the Delaware River. Newark, Camden, Clifton, New Brunswick, and Trenton are all drug manufacturing centers.

Petroleum refining, which services the vast urban markets of New York City and Philadelphia, is carried on along the Arthur Kill in northern New Jersey and along the Delaware in the southwestern part of the state. A large refinery was built during the 1960s at Deepwater on the Delaware River. The crude oil arrives at the refineries by tanker from overseas, and pipelines carry a large quantity of refined petroleum products to consumers.

Electrical machinery, of all types, is made in various parts of the state. Hudson, Bergen, Essex, Passaic, and Mercer are the leading counties in electrical goods manufacturing.

Food processing is declining in southern New Jersey, where much of the vegetable crop now is sold fresh, including “pick your own,” rather than frozen or canned for market. Beer is brewed in and around Newark. Automobile assembly plants are located in Union and Middlesex counties, and aircraft parts and engines are manufactured in Bergen County. The older industrial cities on the fringe of New York City are the principal centers for the production of machinery and fabricated metals. The apparel industry is centered principally in Hudson and Passaic counties as a spillover from New York City’s garment center. The reduction of nonferrous metals is centered around Newark and Raritan bays. Structural brick is made in great quantities from the clay deposits along the Raritan River, while better-grade clay products, such as porcelain fixtures, are made near Trenton. The manufacture of fine china is centered in Pomona, near Atlantic City. The glass industry in Cumberland County supplies containers for the food processing, brewing, and pharmaceutical industries.

Of the electricity generated in New Jersey in 1999, 51 percent came from nuclear power plants and almost all of the remainder came from steam-driven power plants burning fossil fuels, mainly coal and natural gas. There are 1 nuclear power plants in New Jersey, of which three are at Lower Alloways Creek Township and one is in Lacey Township. Three large investor-owned utility companies generate all the electricity sold in the state.

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