West New York, New Jersey, is in a state-established Urban Enterprise Zone, assisting businesses in economically distressed communities. West New York is located in the northern part of Hudson County and is situated upon the New Jersey Palisades.
New Jersey is in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the U.S. It shares borders with New York, the Atlantic Ocean, the Delaware River, Pennsylvania, Delaware Bay, and Delaware. It spans 7,354 square miles, making it the fifth-smallest state, but it has about 9,300,000 residents, making it the 11th-most populous and most densely populated. The state capital is Trenton.