Trenton, New Jersey Trenton, New Jersey Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was briefly the capital of the United States. The city's metropolitan area is grouped with the New York metropolitan area by the United States Census Bureau, but directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is part of the Philadelphia Combined Statistical Area and the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Market Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, Trenton had a population of 84,913, making it the state's 10th-most-populous municipality. The Census Bureau estimated that the city's
State holidays in New Jersey New Jersey state holidays: Additional New Jersey Judicial Holiday The following days occasionally have early dismissal, depending on a decision of the Governor, usually not memorialized in any specific Executive Order: State holidays in New Jersey The State of New Jersey has 12 legal holidays of which 10 are federal holidays. If a holiday falls on a Saturday, it is usually observed as a day off on Friday, and if it falls on a Sunday, it is observed on the following Monday. All non-retail jobs are closed on state holidays, except few private-owned jobs that may close only on the