state of the United States of America
  • Garden State
  • Jersey
  • NJ
  • New Jersey, United States
  • State of New Jersey
  • N.J.
  • US-NJ
  • the State of New Jersey
  • the Garden State
  • Iersey
  • New Iersey
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New Jersey
    English
    New Jersey
    state of the United States of America
    • Garden State
    • Jersey
    • NJ
    • New Jersey, United States
    • State of New Jersey
    • N.J.
    • US-NJ
    • the State of New Jersey
    • the Garden State
    • Iersey
    • New Iersey

    Statements

    instance of
    U.S. state
    start time
    18 December 1787Gregorian
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    native label
    State of New Jersey (English)
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    nickname
    The Garden State (English)
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    reference URL
    https://www.state.nj.us/nj/about/facts/nickname/
    Jersey (English)
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    demonym
    New Jerseyan (English)
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    New Jerseyite (English)
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    official language
    English
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    motto text
    Liberty and prosperity (English)
    start time
    26 March 1928Gregorian
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    continent
    North America
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    located in time zone
    Eastern Time Zone
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    UTC−05:00
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    America/New_York
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    coordinates of geographic center

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    40°11'26.520"N, 74°40'22.080"W
    directions
    4.3 mi (6.9 km) southeast of Trenton (English)
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    English Wikipedia
    coordinates of easternmost point

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    40°59'48.05"N, 73°53'38.58"W
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    coordinates of northernmost point

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    41°21'27.94"N, 74°41'43.73"W
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    coordinates of southernmost point

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    38°55'41.70"N, 74°56'4.31"W
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    coordinates of westernmost point

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    39°37'30.0"N, 75°33'35.3"W
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    highest point
    High Point
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    head of government
    Richard Codey
    start time
    15 November 2004
    end time
    17 January 2006
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    Jim McGreevey
    start time
    15 January 2002
    end time
    15 November 2004
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    Richard Codey
    start time
    12 January 2002
    end time
    15 January 2002
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    John Orus Bennett III
    start time
    8 January 2002
    end time
    12 January 2002
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    John Farmer
    start time
    8 January 2002
    end time
    8 January 2002
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    Donald DiFrancesco
    start time
    31 January 2001
    end time
    8 January 2002
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    Christine Todd Whitman
    start time
    18 January 1994
    end time
    31 January 2001
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    James Florio
    start time
    16 January 1990
    end time
    18 January 1994
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    Thomas Kean
    start time
    19 January 1982
    end time
    16 January 1990
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    Brendan Byrne
    start time
    15 January 1974
    end time
    19 January 1982
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    William Thomas Cahill
    start time
    20 January 1970
    end time
    15 January 1974
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    Richard Joseph Hughes
    start time
    16 January 1962
    end time
    20 January 1970
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    Robert Baumle Meyner
    start time
    19 January 1954
    end time
    16 January 1962
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    Alfred Eastlack Driscoll
    start time
    21 January 1947
    end time
    19 January 1954
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    Walter Evans Edge
    start time
    18 January 1944
    end time
    21 January 1947
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    Charles Edison
    start time
    21 January 1941
    end time
    18 January 1944
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    A. Harry Moore
    start time
    18 January 1938
    end time
    21 January 1941
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    Harold Giles Hoffman
    start time
    15 January 1935
    end time
    18 January 1938
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    Horace Griggs Prall
    start time
    8 January 1935
    end time
    15 January 1935
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    Clifford Ross Powell
    start time
    3 January 1935
    end time
    8 January 1935
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    A. Harry Moore
    start time
    19 January 1932
    end time
    3 January 1935
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    Morgan Foster Larson
    start time
    15 January 1929Gregorian
    end time
    19 January 1932
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    A. Harry Moore
    start time
    19 January 1926Gregorian
    end time
    15 January 1929Gregorian
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    George Sebastian Silzer
    start time
    15 January 1923Gregorian
    end time
    19 January 1926Gregorian
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    Edward Irving Edwards
    start time
    20 January 1920Gregorian
    end time
    15 January 1923Gregorian
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    Clarence Edwards Case
    start time
    13 January 1920Gregorian
    end time
    20 January 1920Gregorian
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    William Nelson Runyon
    start time
    16 May 1919Gregorian
    end time
    13 January 1920Gregorian
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    Walter Evans Edge
    start time
    16 January 1917Gregorian
    end time
    16 May 1919Gregorian
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    James Fairman Fielder
    start time
    20 January 1914Gregorian
    end time
    16 January 1917Gregorian
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    Leon Rutherford Taylor
    start time
    28 October 1913Gregorian
    end time
    20 January 1914Gregorian
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    James Fairman Fielder
    start time
    1 March 1913Gregorian
    end time
    28 October 1913Gregorian
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    Woodrow Wilson
    start time
    17 January 1911Gregorian
    end time
    1 March 1913Gregorian
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    John Franklin Fort
    start time
    21 January 1908Gregorian
    end time
    17 January 1911Gregorian
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    Edward C. Stokes
    start time
    17 January 1905Gregorian
    end time
    21 January 1908Gregorian
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    Franklin Murphy
    start time
    21 January 1902Gregorian
    end time
    17 January 1905Gregorian
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    Foster McGowan Voorhees
    start time
    17 January 1899Gregorian
    end time
    21 January 1902Gregorian
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    David Ogden Watkins
    start time
    18 October 1898Gregorian
    end time
    17 January 1899Gregorian
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    Foster McGowan Voorhees
    start time
    31 January 1898Gregorian
    end time
    18 October 1898Gregorian
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    John W. Griggs
    start time
    21 January 1896Gregorian
    end time
    31 January 1898Gregorian
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    George Theodore Werts
    start time
    17 January 1893Gregorian
    end time
    21 January 1896Gregorian
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    Leon Abbett
    start time
    21 January 1890Gregorian
    end time
    17 January 1893Gregorian
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    Robert Stockton Green
    start time
    18 January 1887Gregorian
    end time
    21 January 1890Gregorian
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    Leon Abbett
    start time
    15 January 1884Gregorian
    end time
    18 January 1887Gregorian
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    George C. Ludlow
    start time
    18 January 1881Gregorian
    end time
    15 January 1884Gregorian
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    George Brinton McClellan
    start time
    15 January 1878Gregorian
    end time
    18 January 1881Gregorian
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    Joseph D. Bedle
    start time
    19 January 1875Gregorian
    end time
    15 January 1878Gregorian
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    Joel Parker
    start time
    16 January 1872Gregorian
    end time
    19 January 1875Gregorian
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    Theodore Fitz Randolph
    start time
    19 January 1869Gregorian
    end time
    16 January 1872Gregorian
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    Marcus Lawrence Ward Sr.
    start time
    16 January 1866Gregorian
    end time
    19 January 1869Gregorian
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    Joel Parker
    start time
    20 January 1863Gregorian
    end time
    16 January 1866Gregorian
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    Charles Smith Olden
    start time
    17 January 1860Gregorian
    end time
    20 January 1863Gregorian
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    William Augustus Newell
    start time
    20 January 1857Gregorian
    end time
    17 January 1860Gregorian
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    Rodman McCamley Price
    start time
    17 January 1854Gregorian
    end time
    20 January 1857Gregorian
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    George Franklin Fort
    start time
    21 January 1851Gregorian
    end time
    17 January 1854Gregorian
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    Daniel Haines
    start time
    18 January 1848Gregorian
    end time
    21 January 1851Gregorian
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    Charles Creighton Stratton
    start time
    21 January 1845Gregorian
    end time
    18 January 1848Gregorian
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    Daniel Haines
    start time
    27 October 1843Gregorian
    end time
    21 January 1845Gregorian
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    William Pennington
    start time
    27 October 1837Gregorian
    end time
    27 October 1843Gregorian
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    Philemon Dickerson
    start time
    3 November 1836Gregorian
    end time
    27 October 1837Gregorian
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    Peter Dumont Vroom
    start time
    25 October 1833Gregorian
    end time
    3 November 1836Gregorian
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    Elias Petty Seeley
    start time
    27 February 1833Gregorian
    end time
    25 October 1833Gregorian
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    Samuel Lewis Southard
    start time
    27 October 1832Gregorian
    end time
    27 February 1833Gregorian
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    Peter Dumont Vroom
    start time
    6 November 1829Gregorian
    end time
    26 October 1832Gregorian
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    Isaac Halstead Williamson
    start time
    6 February 1817Gregorian
    end time
    30 October 1829Gregorian
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    Mahlon Dickerson
    start time
    26 October 1815Gregorian
    end time
    1 February 1817Gregorian
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    William Kennedy
    start time
    19 June 1815Gregorian
    end time
    26 October 1815Gregorian
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    William Sanford Pennington
    start time
    29 October 1813Gregorian
    end time
    19 June 1815Gregorian
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    Aaron Ogden
    start time
    29 October 1812Gregorian
    end time
    29 October 1813Gregorian
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    Joseph Bloomfield
    start time
    29 October 1803Gregorian
    end time
    29 October 1812Gregorian
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    John Lambert
    start time
    28 October 1802Gregorian
    end time
    29 October 1803Gregorian
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    Joseph Bloomfield
    start time
    31 October 1801Gregorian
    end time
    28 October 1802Gregorian
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    Richard Howell
    start time
    3 June 1793Gregorian
    end time
    31 October 1801Gregorian
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    Thomas Henderson
    start time
    30 March 1793Gregorian
    end time
    3 June 1793Gregorian
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    William Paterson
    start time
    29 October 1790Gregorian
    end time
    30 March 1793Gregorian
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    Elisha Lawrence
    start time
    25 July 1790Gregorian
    end time
    29 October 1790Gregorian
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    William Livingston
    start time
    31 August 1776Gregorian
    end time
    25 July 1790Gregorian
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    population
    245,562
    point in time
    6 August 1810Gregorian
    determination method or standard
    1810 United States Census
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    184,139
    point in time
    2 August 1790Gregorian
    determination method or standard
    1790 United States Census
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    211,149
    point in time
    4 August 1800Gregorian
    determination method or standard
    1800 United States Census
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    277,575
    point in time
    7 August 1820Gregorian
    determination method or standard
    1820 United States Census
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    1,131,116
    point in time
    1 June 1880Gregorian
    determination method or standard
    1880 United States Census
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    1,444,933
    point in time
    2 June 1890Gregorian
    determination method or standard
    1890 United States Census
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    1,889,000
    point in time
    1901
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    1,917,000
    point in time
    1902
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    1,969,000
    point in time
    1903
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    8,944,469
    point in time
    2016
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    contains the administrative territorial entity
    Bergen County
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    Essex County
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    Burlington County
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    Hudson County
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    Passaic County
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    Sussex County
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    Middlesex County
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    Mercer County
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    Cape May County
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    Camden County
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    Cumberland County
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    Atlantic County
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    Morris County
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    Somerset County
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    Monmouth County
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    Hunterdon County
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    Union County
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    Gloucester County
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    Warren County
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    Ocean County
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    Salem County
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    twinned administrative body
    Fukui Prefecture
    start time
    12 October 1990
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    Santo Domingo
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    area
    22,591.4 square kilometre
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    imported from Wikimedia project
    DBpedia
    hashtag
    NewJersey
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    locator map image
    New Jersey in United States (zoom).svg
    1,181 × 731; 3.64 MB
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    flag
    flag of New Jersey
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    flag image
    Flag of New Jersey.svg
    512 × 308; 148 KB
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    coat of arms image
    Coat of Arms of New Jersey.svg
    512 × 546; 210 KB
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    seal image
    Seal of New Jersey.svg
    512 × 513; 202 KB
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    page banner
    NewJerseyTrentonBanner.JPG
    2,100 × 300; 101 KB
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    number of households
    3,272,054±6,029
    determination method or standard
    survey methodology
    statement supported by
    2016–2020 American Community Survey
    point in time
    31 December 2020
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