More than two-thirds of Newark's population is single. (Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger)

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Ever since New Jersey legalized gay marriage in 2013, the number of formal couplings has overall generally increased.

Yet married couples are still the minority statewide.

More than half the population is single in hundreds of towns throughout New Jersey. In a few, singles account for more than two-thirds of all residents.

That's in line with the rest of the country. The Pew Research Center noted in 2017 that the share of married adults in the U.S. has steadily decreased since the 1960s, especially as more people decide to partner up and raise children without officially tying the knot.

This trend were especially pronounced around large urban centers in New Jersey. A college town like New Brunswick was (unsurprisingly) high in our rankings, but so were smaller spots in Cape May and Burlington.

The following are the 25 towns with the largest shares of single people, ranked from lowest to highest.

A NOTE ABOUT THE DATA

The numbers were taken from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey by the U.S. Census. "Single" can include people separated from their spouses, as well as anyone widowed or divorced. Towns with a high margin of error were removed from the list, as were two places that reported large prison populations.

People younger than 15 were excluded from the population counts. Until recently, people under 16 had been allowed to marry in New Jersey if they had both parental consent and approval from a judge, but a law passed last year raised the minimum age to 18.

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25. Red Bank, Monmouth County

65.5 percent of the population is single

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24. Fairfield, Cumberland County

65.6 percent of the population is single

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23. Newton, Sussex County

65.7 percent of the population is single

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22. Paulsboro, Gloucester County

65.8 percent of the population is single

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21. Neptune City, Monmouth County

66.3 percent of the population is single

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20. Guttenberg, Hudson County

66.6 percent of the population is single

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19. Paterson, Passaic County

66.7 percent of the population is single

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18. Pleasantville, Atlantic County

68 percent of the population is single

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17. Plainfield, Union County

68.1 percent of the population is single

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16. Bordentown City, Burlington County

68.1 percent of the population is single

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15. Chesilhurst, Camden County

68.7 percent of the population is single

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14. Lindenwold, Camden County

69.2 percent of the population is single

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13. Seaside Heights, Ocean County

70.1 percent of the population is single

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12. Atlantic City, Atlantic County

70.3 percent of the population is single

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11. Orange, Essex County

70.5 percent of the population is single

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10. Woodbine, Cape May County

71 percent of the population is single

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9. Trenton, Mercer County

71.6 percent of the population is single

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8. Newark, Essex County

71.8 percent of the population is single

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7. Irvington, Essex County

72.5 percent of the population is single

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6. Bridgeton, Cumberland County

72.6 percent of the population is single

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5. Asbury Park, Monmouth County

72.8 percent of the population is single

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4. Salem, Salem County

73.6 percent of the population is single

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3. East Orange, Essex County

75.1 percent of the population is single

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2. New Brunswick, Middlesex County

76 percent of the population is single

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1. Camden, Camden County

76.3 percent of the population is single

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Blake Nelson can be reached at bnelson@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @BCunninghamN.