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The below table shows the number of online divorce lawyer searches since March 2020, across New Jersey’s 100 biggest towns/cities, weighted by population.


State RankingCityNumber of Online Divorce EnquiriesDivorce Enquiries Weighted by PopulationPopulation
26 New Brunswick 19,587 35.44132016 55,266
27 Howell 18,912 35.32510227 53,537
28 West New York 18,684 35.31146054 52,912
29 Kearny 14,809 35.26036334 41,999
30 Plainfield 19,124 35.03462426 54,586
31 Parsippany-Troy Hills 19,745 34.87776443 56,612
32 Hillsborough 14,889 34.4047509 43,276
33 Union City 23,532 34.30870839 68,589
34 Linden 15,001 34.29740729 43,738
35 Jackson 19,902 33.98913823 58,554
36 Piscataway 20,589 33.86125913 60,804
37 Hoboken 20,354 33.83929907 60,149
38 Union township 20,210 33.83672649 59,728
39 Irvington 20,674 33.79429842 61,176
40 Marlboro 13,870 33.78641723 41,052
41 Vineland 20,475 33.68706811 60,780
42 Franklin township 22,974 33.60540635 68,364
43 North Bergen 20,992 33.13079023 63,361
44 Montclair 13,478 32.936634 40,921
45 Lawrence township 10,823 32.72062158 33,077
46 Garfield 10,679 32.69248431 32,665
47 Fair Lawn 11,234 32.16422825 34,927
48 Fort Lee 12,892 32.07683312 40,191
49 Freehold 11,326 32.02239249 35,369
50 Deptford 10,235 31.98737382 31,997
51 Atlantic City 12,260 31.8466374 38,497
52 Gloucester 21,006 31.8108853 66,034
53 Willingboro 10,124 31.74762457 31,889
54 Middletown 21,245 31.65886806 67,106
55 Manalapan 12,683 31.63237311 40,095
56 City of Orange 10,891 31.6166865 34,447
57 Old Bridge 21,108 31.56289252 66,876
58 Pennsauken 11,698 31.55311 37,074
59 Galloway 11,902 31.46097116 37,831
60 Ewing 11,723 31.4593173 37,264
61 Belleville 12,014 31.43215949 38,222
62 Winslow 12,423 31.12987696 39,907
63 Hamilton 28,564 30.94791813 92,297
64 Long Branch 9,712 30.66915085 31,667
65 Trenton 27,664 30.44315568 90,871
66 Clifton 27,443 30.39226544 90,296
67 Hamilton township 27,998 30.33468043 92,297
68 Toms River 28,765 30.13998617 95,438
69 Livingston 9,358 29.86913501 31,330
70 Voorhees 9,135 29.40229811 31,069
71 Westfield 8,854 28.5318381 31,032
72 Woodbridge 29,314 28.28471907 103,639
73 Edison 29,612 27.52351563 107,588
74 Princeton 8,210 26.7592321 30,681
75 Nutley 7,490 24.84822347 30,143
76 East Windsor 7,023 23.37493759 30,045
77 Rahway 6,823 23.0849912 29,556
78 West Windsor 6,712 22.73866793 29,518
79 Lakewood 30,330 22.44040308 135,158
80 Elizabeth 30,643 22.21666377 137,928
81 Englewood 5,902 20.13784632 29,308
82 Mount Olive 5,812 20.12047359 28,886
83 Paterson 31,120 19.48263341 159,732
84 Lacey 4,712 16.44390159 28,655
85 Stafford 4,502 15.73190761 28,617
86 Bergenfield 3,926 13.86250486 28,321
87 Neptune 3,580 12.75792025 28,061
88 Bernards 3,185 11.44448437 27,830
89 Ocean 2,995 10.8232148 27,672
90 Jersey City 31,335 10.71468871 292,449
91 Newark 32,520 10.43816543 311,549
92 Millville 2,786 10.13422575 27,491
93 Bridgeton 2,460 9.023218281 27,263
94 Pemberton 1,757 6.530870163 26,903
95 Paramus 1,556 5.828151921 26,698
96 Wall 1,444 5.443920829 26,525
97 Randolph 1,333 5.02942952 26,504
98 Lodi 1,120 4.273830421 26,206
99 Ridgewood 990 3.810770237 25,979
100 Cliffside Park 960 3.736426264 25,693

Online divorce enquiries based on Google searches
(March 2020 - March 2022).