Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City is the second-most populous city in New Jersey and the seat of Hudson County, set between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay on the east and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay on the west. The 2020 census counted 292,449 residents, and a later estimate for 2025 was about 302,000, on a total area of roughly 54.7 square kilometres of which about a third is water. The area was settled by the Dutch as Pavonia and later became Bergen, the oldest municipality in what became New Jersey, passed to English control in 1664 and was incorporated as Jersey City in 1838. Its waterfront, with long stretches of rail infrastructure, makes it a port and distribution centre for the Port of New York and New Jersey, and the Holland Tunnel, PATH trains and ferries link it to Manhattan. Redevelopment of the waterfront has made it a major banking and finance hub nicknamed Wall Street West, and the city is also notable for its ethnic diversity.