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Jersey City adalah kota terpadat kedua[30] di negara bagian New Jersey, AS, setelah Newark.[31] Ini adalah ibu kota County Hudson,[32] dan merupakan kota terpadat di county ini[21] dan terbesar (menurut wilayah).[10] Pada sensus Amerika Serikat tahun 2020, jumlah penduduk kota ini adalah 292.449 jiwa,[33][34] meningkat sebesar 44.852 jiwa (+18,1%) dari jumlah penduduk pada sensus tahun 2010 sebanyak 247.597 jiwa,[33][34] terjadi peningkatan sebesar 7.542 jiwa ( +3,1%) dari 240.055 yang dihitung pada sensus tahun 2000.[35][36] Program Perkiraan Populasi Biro Sensus menghitung bahwa populasi kota ini adalah 286.670 pada tahun 2022,[20] menempatkan kota ini sebagai kota terpadat ke-74 di negara ini.[22]
Merupakan bagian dari wilayah metropolitan New York, Jersey City di timur dibatasi oleh Sungai Hudson dan Teluk New York Atas dan di barat oleh Sungai Hackensack dan Teluk Newark. Sebuah pelabuhan masuk, dengan tepi laut sepanjang 30,7 mil (49,4km) serta infrastruktur dan konektivitas kereta api yang luas,[37] kota ini merupakan terminal transportasi penting serta pusat distribusi dan manufaktur untuk Pelabuhan New York dan New Jersey. Terowongan Holland dan layanan angkutan massal PATH menghubungkan Sungai Hudson dengan Manhattan.[38][39] Pembangunan kembali tepi laut Jersey City telah menjadikan kota ini salah satu pusat perbankan dan keuangan terbesar di Amerika Serikat dan menyebabkan distrik dan kota tersebut dijuluki Wall Street West.[40]
Pada tahun 2023, tarif sewa rata-rata di Jersey City sebesar $2.295 per bulan hampir dua pertiga lebih tinggi dari rata-rata nasional dan menempati peringkat kesembilan tertinggi di antara kota-kota besar di AS.[41][42] Sewa di Jersey City menduduki peringkat kedua di antara 20 komunitas di wilayah metropolitan New York, di belakang New York City.[43]
↑Hortillosa, Summer Dawn. "Is Jersey City New York City's 'Sixth Borough'?", The Jersey Journal, May 6, 2014. Accessed July 18, 2017. "Is Jersey City really the 'Sixth Borough?' The city picked up the nickname for its proximity to New York City and its close relationship with its sister city."
↑Jersey City: America's Golden Door, Jersey City Online. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Today, America is still the land of opportunity, and Jersey City represents the 'golden door' to that opportunity."
↑"Jersey City: Wall Street West", Bloomberg Businessweek, October 29, 2011. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The nickname 'America's Golden Door' never really caught on. So Jersey City officials tried to tag their town 'Silicon Valley East'--then the Internet Revolution petered out. But the latest monicker for Manhattan's neighbor across the Hudson--'Wall Street West'--just might stick."
↑Staff. "Topics of the Week", The New York Times, August 7, 1909. Accessed December 21, 2011. "The seal of the city with the popular motto, 'Let Jersey Prosper,' appears on the cover."
↑Elliott, Stuart. "A New Effort From a 'New' Jersey City Urges, 'Make It Yours'", The New York Times, October 6, 2014. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The campaign carries the theme 'Make it yours', with the word 'yours' tilted for emphasis as if it was italicized. The theme is accompanied by a new logo that presents the 'C,' 't' and 'y' of 'City' in bold capital letters and the word "Jersey" on its side, taking the place of the 'i.'"
↑Greenfield, Douglas J.; and Hsu, Naomi.Sandy Recovery Strategic Planning Report; A Strategic Plan for ResilienceDiarsipkan December 16, 2016, di Wayback Machine., City of Jersey City, August 2014. Accessed November 14, 2016. "Jersey City was inundated by Hurricane Sandy all along its 30.7 miles of waterfront of rivers and bays. Flood waters came in from the Hackensack River and Newark Bay to the west and from the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay to the east."
↑Kaysen, Ronda. "Moving to Jersey City? Join the Club",The New York Times, February 12, 2016. Accessed January 16, 2024. "That conversation usually begins with how quickly one can get from Jersey City to Manhattan by train. From the Grove Street PATH station downtown, it takes fewer than 10 minutes to get to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub and 20 minutes to get to West 33rd Street."
↑Morrill, Aaron. "Finally Some Good News on Jersey City Rents", Jersey City Times, January 5, 2024. Accessed January 7, 2024. "Before popping any leftover bottles of Dom Perignon, potential renters should know that Jersey City is the ninth most expensive large city in the U.S., with a median rent of $2,295. That is 66.4 percent higher than the national median and is similar to the prices one would find in Boston ($2,302) and San Diego ($2,274)."