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Central Jersey
With 15 travel lanes and six shoulder lanes, Driscoll Bridge on the Garden State Parkway in Central Jersey is one of the world's widest and busiest motor vehicle bridges; the bridge crosses Raritan River near Raritan Bay.[1]
With 15 travel lanes and six shoulder lanes, Driscoll Bridge on the Garden State Parkway in Central Jersey is one of the world's widest and busiest motor vehicle bridges; the bridge crosses Raritan River near Raritan Bay.[1]
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
Largest municipalities by populationElizabeth
Lakewood
Woodbridge Township
Edison
Hamilton
Trenton
Middletown Township
Old Bridge Township
Franklin Township
Union
Piscataway
New Brunswick
Perth Amboy
Howell Township
Plainfield
Population
 (2020)
3,580,999

Central Jersey, or Central New Jersey, is the middle region of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The designation Central Jersey is a distinct administrative toponym.[2][3] While New Jersey is often divided into North Jersey and South Jersey, many residents recognize Central Jersey as a distinct third entity.[4] As of the 2020 census, Central Jersey has a population of 3,580,999.

Many descriptions of Central Jersey include

Hunterdon counties. The inclusion of adjacent areas of Union and Ocean are a source of debate.[5][6][7] In 2015, New Jersey Business magazine defined Central Jersey more narrowly as the five counties of Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and Somerset.[8]

In 2022, legislation was proposed in the New Jersey Legislature to establish distinct geographic areas for tourism in the state. Bill A4711 was sponsored by Assemblymembers Roy Freiman, Sadaf Jaffer, and Anthony Verrelli in the New Jersey General Assembly.[9] This included an official designation of the region of Central Jersey, which the legislation defines more broadly as the seven counties of Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, and Union.[10][11] The New Jersey Senate version of this legislation passed by a vote of 36-1 on June 20, 2023.[12] On August 24, 2023, Gov. Murphy signed legislation officially designating Central Jersey including, at a minimum, the counties of Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset.[13]

The intersection of the two busiest highways in New Jersey, the

Woodbridge in Central Jersey.[14]

state capital of New Jersey, is located in the region. New Jersey's geographic center is in Hamilton Township in Mercer County. In 2011, the population center of the state was in the western portion of East Brunswick.[15]

Geographic area

Hunterdon; Union and Ocean
counties are sometimes also included within the region's geographic parameters.
The Delaware and Raritan Canal in Lambertville, connects the Delaware and Raritan rivers in Central Jersey.

The region lies roughly at the geographic heart of the Northeast megalopolis and is wholly in the New York metropolitan area, the nation's largest metropolitan area.

The Delaware Valley is another area that is associated with some parts of Central Jersey, specifically Mercer County. Yet despite the County’s close geographic proximity to Philadelphia's combined statistical area, Mercer County is considered part of the New York Combined Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the United States Census Bureau.[16][17][18] Some but not all regions of Hunterdon County associate themselves with the Delaware Valley and the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

The Raritan Valley is the region along the middle reaches of the

Green Brook, North Plainfield, Bound Brook, and South Bound Brook, all in Somerset County; Dunellen, Middlesex, Piscataway, South Plainfield, Highland Park, New Brunswick, East Brunswick, Edison, and Metuchen, all in the northern and central portions of Middlesex County; and Plainfield in southwestern Union County.[19][20][21][22][23]

The

Hazlet, Keansburg, Holmdel, Middletown, Atlantic Highlands, and Highlands, all in northern Monmouth County.[25][26]

The telephone area codes 732 and 848 includes Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, Union, and northern Ocean counties. While area codes 609 and 640 includes southern Ocean, Hunterdon, and Somerset counties, as well as Mercer County.[27]

Colonial era

Further information: Colonial history of New Jersey
Keith Line
(in red) and the Coxe and Barclay Line (in orange).

Between 1674 and 1702, in the early part of

Keith Line, as the demarcation is known, ran through the center of what is now Mercer County.[28] This border remained important in determining ownership and political boundaries until 1745. Remnants of that division are seen today, notably as the Hunterdon-Somerset, Ocean-Burlington, and Monmouth-Burlington county lines.[29] The division of the two provinces was cultural as well as geographical.[30]

New Jersey's position between the major cities of New York and Philadelphia led Benjamin Franklin to call the state "a barrel tapped at both ends".[31][32] Travel between the two cities originally included a ferry crossing.

Due to the obstacles created by the

stagecoaches to travel overland through what is now Central Jersey. One route from Elizabethtown to Lambertville was known as Old York Road. Another route, from Perth Amboy through Kingston to Burlington, ran along a portion of the Kings Highway, These roads followed Lenape paths known respectively as the Naritcong Trail and the Assunpink Trail
.

Colonial Colleges, founded before the American Revolution, were the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), and Queens College (now Rutgers University
).

Population

Municipalities with over 30,000 population
2017 Rank Municipality County Population in

2017

Population in

2010

Municipal

Type

1 Elizabeth Union 130,215 124,969 City
2 Lakewood Township Ocean 102,682 92,843 Township
3 Edison Middlesex 102,450 99,967 Township
4 Woodbridge Township Middlesex 101,965 99,585 Township
5 Toms River Ocean 93,017 91,239 Township
6 Hamilton Township Mercer 89,078 88,464 Township
7 Trenton Mercer 84,964 84,913 City
8 Brick Township Ocean 75,516 75,072 Township
9 Old Bridge Township Middlesex 67,032 65,375 Township
10 Franklin Township Somerset 66,734 62,300 Township
11 Middletown Township Monmouth 65,603 66,522 Township
12 Union Township Union 59,327 56,642 Township
13 Piscataway Middlesex 57,887 56,044 Township
14 New Brunswick Middlesex 57,073 55,181 City
15 Jackson Township Ocean 57,073 54,856 Township
16 Perth Amboy Middlesex 52,823 50,814 City
17 Howell Township Monmouth 52,476 51,075 Township
18 Plainfield Union 51,327 49,908 City
19 East Brunswick Middlesex 48,840 47,512 Township
20 South Brunswick Middlesex 46,561 43,417 Township
21 Bridgewater Township Somerset 45,414 44,464 Township
22 Monroe Township Middlesex 45,332 39,132 Township
23 Sayreville Middlesex 45,325 42,704 Borough
24 Manchester Township Ocean 43,495 43,070 Township
25 Linden Union 43,056 40,499 City
26 North Brunswick Middlesex 42,641 40,742 Township
27 Berkeley Township Ocean 41,747 41,255 Township
28 Marlboro Township Monmouth 40,306 40,191 Township
29 Manalapan Township Monmouth 40,013 38,872 Township
30 Hillsborough Township Somerset 40,003 38,303 Township
31 Ewing Township Mercer 36,549 35,790 Township
32 Freehold Township Monmouth 35,053 36,184 Township
33 Lawrence Township Mercer 33,161 33,472 Township
34 Long Branch Monmouth 30,762 30,719 City
35 Westfield Union 30,433 30,316 Town
36 Lacey Township Ocean 30,131 27,346 Township
County Population
Rank County Population County Seat Area
1 Middlesex 829,685 New Brunswick 311 sq mi

(805 km2)

2 Monmouth 621,354 Freehold Borough 472 sq mi

(1,222 km2)

3 Ocean 601,651 Toms River 636 sq mi

(1,647 km2)

4 Union 558,067 Elizabeth 103 sq mi

(267 km2)

5 Mercer 369,811 Trenton 226 sq mi

(585 km2)

6 Somerset 331,164 Somerville 305 sq mi

(790 km2)

7 Hunterdon 124,714 Flemington 430 sq mi

(1,114 km2)

Economy

The Bell Labs water tower in Holmdel was designed to resemble a transistor. Telecommunications remains an important industry in Central Jersey.

All of the region's counties are ranked among the

median household income.[34] It has been called the state's "wealth belt".[35][36]

Manufacturing

For decades, Central Jersey was a hub for

ExxonMobil Chemical
.

Starting in the 2000s, manufacturing began to leave Central Jersey, and many facilities had closed and moved overseas.[37][38][39][40]

Telecommunications and high technology

The

Verizon Wireless, AT&T Communications, Vonage, Avaya, and Bell Labs
are located in the region.

Healthcare and pharmaceuticals

third largest shopping mall
in the state.

Central New Jersey is a global leader in the

Sanofi-Aventis are located in the region, as are major operations of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and Aurobindo Pharma. Princeton University's Frist Campus Center[a] is used for the aerial views of Princeton‑Plainsboro Teaching Hospital seen in the television series House.[45][46]

Shopping malls

Nassau Hall, the oldest building at Princeton University in Princeton, was the largest academic building in the American colonies when it was built in 1756 and briefly served as the U.S. Capitol in 1783.[47][48]

Major shopping centers include the

Jersey Shore Premium Outlets
.

Academia

Thomas Edison State College in Trenton provides extensive on-line and adult education. Kean University
is in Union County.

Tourism and cultural attractions

New Brunswick, home to Rutgers University in Central Jersey

Popular tourist attractions in Central New Jersey include Six Flags Great Adventure, Gateway National Recreation Area, Monmouth Park Racetrack, Freehold Raceway, and the many boardwalks along the northern Jersey Shore, in Monmouth County and northern Ocean County.

Jackson is the second-largest theme park in the world after Disney's Animal Kingdom in Central Florida.[50] It is home to many famous rollercoasters, most notably being the Kingda Ka which, as of 2023, is the tallest roller coaster in the world.[51]

The

Count Basie Theater, the George Street Playhouse and the Starland Ballroom
.

Bridgewater was where the first official flag of the United States was unfurled, after a law to adopt a national flag had been passed by Congress on June 14, 1777.[54] Ocean Grove
is one of the largest national historic sites in the United States.

Media markets and national sports

Depending on the location, different parts of Central Jersey fall into overlapping spheres of influence from New York media market and Philadelphia media market. Mercer County is located in the Philadelphia television market, while the rest of the region belongs wholly to the New York City market.

MyCentralJersey.com and CentralJersey.com[55]
are online news services. During statewide political events like Gubernatorial or Senatorial election debates often held in Trenton, partner stations from both the New York and Philadelphia markets pool resources together to co-host the events and bring them to New Jersey homes.

Identification with sports teams is also affected by the region's location, and it is not uncommon to find fans of major sports teams of either city. For example, while residents of northern New Jersey root for New York teams, those in the southern part of the state root for Philadelphia teams.[56][57][58] The distinction is less clear in Central Jersey.[59] Central Jersey Riptide was a short-lived professional soccer club.[60]

Transportation

Interstate 195, which travels from the state capital of Trenton to the Jersey Shore, is sometimes referred to as the Central Jersey Expressway.

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) operates three divisions in the state: North, South, and Central, which encompasses Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Somerset counties and portions of Warren County. (Routes 22, 122, 173, 78 and including south of Route 57).[61] Apart from Mercer County, which comes under the auspices of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, all counties in the region are part of the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, a government partner which approves transportation projects for the state.

The

New Jersey Transit rail operations to the Raritan Valley. New Brunswick is known as the Hub City, and at one time was a regional transportation hub for streetcars which converged in the city.[62] The Monmouth Ocean Middlesex Line
has been proposed for the region.

The Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95), Interstate 287, U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 9, New Jersey Route 18, and New Jersey Route 35 are major automobile routes through Central Jersey that pass over the Raritan River at Perth Amboy and New Brunswick. Interstate 195 travels through Central Jersey (hence the name "Central Jersey Expressway") from the Trenton area towards Belmar.

From the Raritan Bayshore,

Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal in Jersey City, Battery Park City Ferry Terminal, and West Midtown Ferry Terminal. As of 2018, there are plans to create ferry service from Carteret in Middlesex County.[63]

Trenton-Mercer Airport is the only airport in Central New Jersey providing long-distance commercial service. Monmouth Executive Airport, formerly known as Allaire Airport, is a public-use airport located near Allaire State Park. Central Jersey Regional Airport is a privately owned, public airport in Somerset County. Linden Airport is a small general aviation airport located along U.S. Route 1&9 in Union County
.

The Route 9 BBS, the New Brunswick BRT, and the Central Jersey Route 1 Corridor are projects in the region intended to expand the use of bus rapid transit in New Jersey.

Asian American population

Asian Indian population

Main article:
Oak Tree Road
Further information: Indians in the New York City metropolitan area

Central New Jersey, particularly Edison and surrounding Middlesex County, is prominently known for its significant concentration of

Sikh community, variously estimated at upwards of 3,000, constitutes the largest concentration of Sikhs in the state.[72] In Middlesex County, election ballots are printed in English, Spanish, Gujarati, Hindi, and Punjabi.[73]

Indian

consulting company Wipro opened its American international headquarters in East Brunswick, Middlesex, County.[76]

Asian Indians and Orthodox Jews constitute the fastest-growing segments of New Jersey's population and are both highly represented in central New Jersey.[77][78]

Taiwanese population

Main article:
Chinese in the New York City metropolitan area

Starting in the 2000s, highly educated suburbs in northern and central New Jersey, have received a large influx of

Traditional Chinese. The Taiwanese airline China Airlines provides private bus service to John F. Kennedy International Airport from the Kam Man Food location in Edison to feed its flight to Taipei, Taiwan.[79]

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