A shield with three plows emblazoned, representative of New Jersey's agricultural tradition.
A forward-facing knight's helmet.
A horse's head as the crest of the helmet.
The female figures Liberty and Ceres, representative of the state's motto (see next item). Liberty is holding a staff supporting a "liberty cap"; Ceres is holding a overflowing cornucopia.
The streamer at the foot of the emblem contains the State Motto of New Jersey, "Liberty and Prosperity", and the year of statehood, 1776.
NewJersey was a crucial swing state in the elections of 1960, 1968, and 1992.
As of 2004, the population of NewJersey was estimated to be 8,698,879.
NewJersey is broken up into 21 counties, most of which are vestiges of the colonial area, and the remainder partitioned from existing counties in the 1800s.
State in the northeastern United States, bordered by New York to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Delaware Bay to the south and west, and Pennsylvania to the west.
NewJersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.
NewJersey is bordered on the north and northeast by New York; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south and southwest by Delaware; and on the west by Pennsylvania.
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