Editing New Jersey (section)

===21st century===
{{Main|New Jersey in the 21st century}}
In the early part of the 2000s, two [[light rail]] systems were opened: the [[Hudson–Bergen Light Rail]] in [[Hudson County]] and the [[River Line (NJ Transit)|River Line]] between [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]] and [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]. The intent of these projects was to encourage [[transit-oriented development]] in [[North Jersey]] and [[South Jersey]], respectively. The HBLR was credited with a revitalization of [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]] and [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Livability: A Legacy of Northern N.J. Communities |website=Mobility Matters |publisher=New Jersey Regional Planning Association |date=Fall 2010 |url=http://www.njtpa.org/Pub/Report/documents/MM_newsletter_Fall10_000.pdf |access-date=April 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927173630/http://www.njtpa.org/Pub/Report/documents/MM_newsletter_Fall10_000.pdf |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |title=Hudson–Bergen Light Rail System and Economic Development on the Waterfront |publisher=[[Booz Allen Hamilton]] |url=http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/assets/Uploads/bestpractice097.pdf |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721144109/http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/assets/Uploads/bestpractice097.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.dpz.com/project.aspx?Project_Number=9901&Project_Name=Liberty+Harbor+North Liberty Harbor North] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206033943/http://www.dpz.com/project.aspx?Project_Number=9901&Project_Name=Liberty+Harbor+North |date=February 6, 2012 }}. Retrieved January 3, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Robins |first=Martin E. |author2=Wells, Jan S. |title=Land Development at Selected Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Stations |publisher=Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University |date=April 2008 |url=http://policy.rutgers.edu/vtc/reports/REPORTS/HBLR%20Final%20Report.pdf |access-date=April 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720043043/http://policy.rutgers.edu/vtc/reports/REPORTS/HBLR%20Final%20Report.pdf |archive-date=July 20, 2011 }}</ref> Urban revitalization has continued in North Jersey in the 21st century. In 2014, Jersey City's Census-estimated population was 262,146,<ref name="PopEst">[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2014/PEPANNRES/0400000US34.06100 PEPANNRES—Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2014—2014 Population Estimates for New Jersey municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212200917/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2014/PEPANNRES/0400000US34.06100 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Retrieved May 21, 2015.</ref> with the largest population increase of any municipality in New Jersey since 2010,<ref name="JC2014Est">Stirling, Stephen. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/05/what_are_njs_fastest_growing_and_declining_towns_m.html "What are N.J.'s fastest growing and shrinking towns?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113054336/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/05/what_are_njs_fastest_growing_and_declining_towns_m.html |date=January 13, 2016 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], May 21, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015. "Jersey City has gained nearly 15,000 residents since 2010, making it the fastest growing municipality in the state and a symbol of the Garden State's reinvigorated urban core."</ref> representing an increase of 5.9% from the [[2010 United States census|2010 U.S. census]], when the city's population was enumerated at 247,597.<ref name="Census2010">[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401736000 DP-1—Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Jersey City city, Hudson County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212113527/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401736000 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Retrieved February 1, 2016.</ref><ref name="LWD2010">[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_hud/jerseycity1.pdf Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Jersey City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112171718/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_hud/jerseycity1.pdf |date=January 12, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Retrieved February 1, 2016.</ref> In 2017, Jersey City's tax base grew by US$136&nbsp;million, giving Jersey City the largest municipal tax base in New Jersey.<ref>[http://www.cityofjerseycity.com/uploadedFiles/2017%20Budget%20Introduction%20Press%20Release%2003%2022%202017.pdf "Mayor Fulop to Introduce 2017 Budget With No Tax Increase; Fourth Consecutive Year With No Municipal Tax Increase as Fulop Administration Brings Long-Term Fiscal Stability to Jersey City"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628081951/http://cityofjerseycity.com/uploadedFiles/2017%20Budget%20Introduction%20Press%20Release%2003%2022%202017.pdf |date=June 28, 2017 }}, City of Jersey City, March 22, 2017. Accessed May 7, 2025. "In 2017, the tax base, or ratable base, grew in Jersey City by $136 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=136000000|start_year=2017}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) due to Fulop Administration policies encouraging economic investment throughout the city. In four years, the tax base has grown by $415 million, with Jersey City having the largest municipal tax base in the state."</ref> Between [[2000 United States census|2000]] and [[2010 United States census|2010]] Newark experienced its first population increase since the 1950s, and by [[2020 United States census|2020]] had rebounded to 311,549.{{Infobox region symbols|country=United States
|state = New Jersey
|image_flag = Flag of New Jersey.svg
|image_seal = Seal_of_New_Jersey.svg
|mammal = Horse<ref name="NJAnimal">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/animal.htm|title=New Jersey State Animal|website=The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey|publisher=The State of New Jersey|access-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310233855/http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/animal.htm|archive-date=March 10, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|bird = [[American goldfinch|Eastern goldfinch]]<ref name="NJBird">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/bird.htm|title=New Jersey State Bird|website=The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey|publisher=The State of New Jersey|access-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325025523/http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/bird.htm|archive-date=March 25, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|butterfly = [[Papilio_polyxenes|Black swallowtail]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.njstatehousetours.org/160/State-Symbols#:~:text=THE%20NEW%20JERSEY%20STATE%20BUTTERFLY%20%2D%20THE%20BLACK%20SWALLOWTAIL%20BUTTERFLY|title=New Jersey State Symbols|website=New Jersey State Symbols|publisher=The State of New Jersey|access-date=April 10, 2025}}</ref> |
|fish = [[Brook trout]]<ref name="NJFish">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/fish.htm|title=The New Jersey State Fish|website=The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey|publisher=The State of New Jersey|access-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809071422/http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/fish.htm|archive-date=August 9, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|flower = ''[[Viola sororia]]''<ref name="NJFlower">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/flower.htm|title=New Jersey State Flower|website=The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey|publisher=The State of New Jersey|access-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111082631/http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/flower.htm|archive-date=November 11, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|insect = [[Western honey bee]]<ref name="NJInsect">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/bug.htm|title=New Jersey State Bug|website=The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey|publisher=The State of New Jersey|access-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325055842/http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/bug.htm|archive-date=March 25, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|tree = ''[[Quercus rubra]]'' (northern red oak),<ref name="NJTree">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/trees.htm|title=The New Jersey State Trees|website=The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey|publisher=The State of New Jersey|access-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310232433/http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/trees.htm|archive-date=March 10, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> [[dogwood]] (memorial tree)<ref name="NJTree"/>
|colors =Buff and blue<br />{{Color box|#F0DC82|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}}
|dance = 
|folk_dance = [[Square dance]]<ref name="NJDance">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/dance.htm|title=New Jersey's State Dance|website=The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey|publisher=The State of New Jersey|access-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325051042/http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/dance.htm|archive-date=March 25, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|food = [[Northern highbush blueberry]] (state fruit)<ref name="NJBerry">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/shell.htm|title=New Jersey's State Fruit|website=The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey|publisher=The State of New Jersey|access-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310221500/http://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/shell.htm|archive-date=March 10, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|fossil = [[Hadrosaurus foulkii]]<ref name="NJDino">{{cite web|url=http://www.levins.com/state.shtml|title=Hadrosaurus foulkii Becomes Official State Dinosaur, June, 1991|author=Levins, Hoag|access-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609020727/http://www.levins.com/state.shtml|archive-date=June 9, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|image_quarter = 1999 NJ Proof.png
|quarter_release_date = 1999
|image_route = Ellipse sign 47.svg
|soil = [[downer (soil)|Downer]]<ref name="NJSoil">{{cite web | url=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/nj/soils/?cid=nrcs141p2_018866 | title=New Jersey State Soil—Downer | website=[[Natural Resources Conservation Service]] | publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] | access-date=August 17, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083804/http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/nj/soils/?cid=nrcs141p2_018866 | archive-date=August 19, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|song = 
}}