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Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City is a resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches. In 2010, it had a population of 39,558.[10][11][12][21][22] The city was incorporated on May 1, 1854, from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township.[23] It borders Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville, Ventnor City, West Atlantic City, and the Atlantic Ocean.
Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City is the second-most-populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.[28] It is the seat of Hudson County as well as the county's largest city.[29] As of 2016, the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that Jersey City's population was 264,152,[22] with the largest population increase of any municipality in New Jersey since 2010,[30] an increase of about 6.7% from the 2010 United States Census, when the city's population was at 247,597,[21][31] ranking the city the 77th-largest in the nation.[32]
New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is a peninsula, bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous and the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states. New Jersey lies entirely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia and is the third-wealthiest state by median household income as of 2016.[20]
Ocean City, New Jersey Known as a family-oriented seaside resort, Ocean City has prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages within its limits since its founding in 1879,[28][29] offering miles of guarded beaches, a boardwalk that stretches for 2.5 miles (4.0Â km), and a downtown shopping and dining district.[30]