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Jersey City Information
Jersey City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the
United States 2000 Census, the city population was 240,055, making it New
Jersey's second-largest city, trailing Newark. It is the county seat of Hudson
County.
Jersey City lies on the west bank of the Hudson River across from New York City,
and is part of the New York metropolitan area. The second largest city in the
state and a commercial and industrial center surpassed only by Newark, it is a
port of entry and a manufacturing center. With 11 miles (17.7 km) of waterfront
and significant rail connections, Jersey City is an important transportation
terminus and distribution center. It has railroad shops, oil refineries,
warehouses, and plants that manufacture a diverse assortment of products, such
as chemicals, petroleum, electronics, textiles, and cosmetics. Jersey City has
benefited from its location near the island of Manhattan, as many of its
companies are extensions of businesses headquartered there. Recent developments
have included increased housing and shopping areas; other parts of the city,
however, remain run-down after years of commercial inactivity.
Jersey City is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse cities in the
country, with an almost equal mix of non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks,
Asians, and Latinos. Of all cities in the United States, it has one of the
largest Arab and Muslim populations and proportions, one of the largest Asian
proportions, and one of the largest proportions of various Latino and Hispanic
ethnicities outside the southwest. It also has higher-than-average numbers of
Jews, Italians, Cubans, Filipinos, Indians, and Irish than most cities in the
nation.
Jersey City is home to the New Jersey City University (NJCU) and Saint Peter's
College, both of which are located in the city's West Side district. It is also
home to Hudson County Community College, which is located in Journal Square. The
University of Phoenix has a small location at Newport, and Rutgers University
offers MBA classes at Harborside Center.
The Jersey City Public Schools serve students in kindergarten through twelfth
grade. JCPS is an Abbott District.
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, the most recently founded public
school in Jersey City, was the top-ranked public high school in New Jersey out
of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover
story on the state's Top Public High Schools and was selected as 15th best high
school in the United States in Newsweek magazine's national 2005 survey. In
contrast, William L. Dickinson High School, located near Jersey City's downtown
area, is the oldest high school in the city. It is also one of the largest
schools in Hudson County, in terms of student population. Opened in 1906 as the
Jersey City High School, it is one of the oldest sites in Jersey City. It is a
three-story Beaux-Arts structure located on a hilltop facing the Hudson River.
Other public high schools in Jersey City are James J. Ferris High School, the
Hudson County Schools of Technology (which also has campuses in North Bergen and
Secaucus), Liberty High School, Lincoln High School and Henry Snyder High
School.
Jersey City consists of Six Districts or Wards; Greenville, West Side, Journal
Square, The Heights, Downtown, and Bergen/Lafayette. Each of these Districts is
comprised of smaller neighborhoods, for example the Paulus Hook Neighborhood of
the Downtown District and the Western Slope Neighborhood of The Heights
District. Jersey City is a city of neighborhoods, each with a different
aesthetic and architectural style, to some degree.
Downtown Jersey City includes the Waterfront (including Newport, Paulus Hook,
and Exchange Place), Hamilton Park, Grove Street, Harsimus Cove, Van Vorst Park,
and Liberty State Park.
Jersey City Heights (or, simply, "The Heights") which include Western Slope and
Central Avenue Shopping. Journal Square, site of the Jersey Journal and PATH
Transportation Center, West Side which features West Bergen/Lincoln Park and
Hudson Mall, Bergen/Lafayette where Communipaw Avenue connects the West Side
with Liberty State Park, Greenville featuring Port Liberte and residential
neighborhoods.