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The counts are for total population, including persons who were enslaved, but generally excluding Native Americans. ... New Jersey: 1664 — — — — — — 1,000 ...
C. A. Nothnagle Log House, built by Finnish or Swedish settlers in the New Sweden colony in modern-day Swedesboro, New Jersey between 1638 and 1643, is one of the oldest still standing log houses in the United States. European colonization of New Jersey started soon after the 1609 exploration of its coast and bays by Henry Hudson.
New Jersey shipyards were responsible for the construction of many naval ships in World War II, including battleships, aircraft carriers, heavy cruisers and destroyers, receiving 9% of all allied war-related contracts through the war. [51] Nearly 500,000 residents enlisted for the war, [52] more than 10% of the total population of New Jersey ...
As a school board member, Mussab Ali was once the youngest Muslim elected official in the nation. Now, he is running for mayor of Jersey City in the 2025 election.
The Province of New Jersey was one of the Middle Colonies of Colonial America and became the U.S. state of New Jersey in 1776. The province had originally been settled by Europeans as part of New Netherland but came under English rule after the surrender of Fort Amsterdam in 1664, becoming a proprietary colony.
New Jersey is home to one of the highest Muslim population concentrations in the Western hemisphere (3.5%), and Paterson, which houses the Islamic Center of Passaic County, is the epicenter of New Jersey's Muslim community, leading South Paterson to be nicknamed Little Istanbul and Little Ramallah. [169]
A New Jersey school district is looking for answers after a photo with Muslim students replaced a Jewish group in a yearbook Raja Razek, Mounira Elsamra and Rebekah Riess, CNN June 8, 2024 at 8:03 AM
The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, nine Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life.