page_title: Geography of New Jersey
section_title: Area
hierarchical_section_title: Geography of New Jersey / Area
context_page_description: New Jersey is a state within the United States of America that lies on the north eastern edge of the North American continent. It shares a land border with the state of State of New York along the north, ratified by both states after the New York – New Jersey Line War. New Jersey is slightly larger than the country of Kuwait.
  The Atlantic Ocean is east of the state. It is separated from New York, in particular the boroughs of the Bronx and Manhattan in New York City by the Hudson River, and from Staten Island by the Kill van Kull and the Arthur Kill. Liberty Island is an exclave of State of New York in New Jersey waters in Upper New York Bay. Ellis Island, also in the Upper Bay, and Shooter's Island, in Newark Bay, each have sections belonging to either of the two states.
  On its west, New Jersey is flanked by the Delaware River that forms its border with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Delaware Bay which separates New Jersey from the State of Delaware. However, due to a fluke in a colonial land grant for the city of New Castle, Delaware, there is a small amount of Delaware territory in contiguous New Jersey.
context_section_description: New Jersey is ranked 47th of the fifty states that comprise the United States of America in terms of area. The total area of the state is 8,729 square miles (22,610 km²), of which 14.9% or 1,304 square miles (3,380 km²) is water, and 85.1%, or 7,425 square miles (19,230 km²), is land.  New Jersey spans 70 miles (110 km) at its widest, and 166 miles (267 km) in length.
  Due to its small size, New Jersey, which ranks eleventh in the nation in terms of population with 8,791,894 people, ranks first in population density, with 1,189 inhabitants per square mile (459/km²).  However, while this offers the impression that New Jersey is entirely urban or suburban, it is not.  Large swaths of northwestern and southern New Jersey are extremely rural.  For example, Walpack Township in Sussex County, has a population of 39 and an area of 26 square miles (67 km²).
caption: New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the U.S.
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