By Payton Guion and Erin Petenko | NJ Advance Media

In 2016, New Jersey police arrested some 32,000 people for marijuana possession, more than every state except New York and Texas, despite both of those states having much larger populations.

Data from the FBI shows that New Jersey also had the second highest arrest rate for marijuana possession in the country, behind only Wyoming.

Analyzing that data further, NJ Advance Media was able to determine the 2016 marijuana possession arrest rate for every police department in the state. Police in one town arrest 63 out of every 1,000 residents for marijuana possession. In another, police bust only 1 out of every 6,300.

Where does your town rank? See below for a searchable database of marijuana possession arrest rates and keep scrolling for the 25 towns with the highest arrest rates in the state.

Note: The populations of several Shore towns listed below reflect seasonal increases.

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25. Fieldsboro

County: Burlington County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 11.3

Total arrests: 6

Population: 531

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24. Longport

County: Atlantic County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 11.8

Total arrests: 23

Population: 1,958

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23. Glassboro

County: Gloucester County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 12.3

Total arrests: 237

Population: 19,245

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22. Harding Township

County: Morris County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 12.6

Total arrests: 49

Population: 3,900

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21. Far Hills

County: Somerset County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 12.9

Total arrests: 12

Population: 903

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20. Bordentown City

County: Burlington County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 12.9

Total arrests: 50

Population: 3,873

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19. Sea Girt

County: Monmouth County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 13

Total arrests: 30

Population: 2,314

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18. Seaside Park

County: Ocean County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 13.9

Total arrests: 42

Population: 3,014

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17. Allenhurst

County: Monmouth County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 14.4

Total arrests: 9

Population: 624

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16. South Bound Brook

County: Somerset County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 14.5

Total arrests: 67

Population: 4,624

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15. West Wildwood

County: Cape May County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 14.7

Total arrests: 17

Population: 1,155

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14. Neptune City

County: Monmouth County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 15.2

Total arrests: 73

Population: 4,790

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13. Brooklawn

County: Camden County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 15.6

Total arrests: 30

Population: 1,919

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12. Wall Township

County: Monmouth County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 15.6

Total arrests: 407

Population: 26,033

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11. Asbury Park

County: Monmouth County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 17.4

Total arrests: 274

Population: 15,757

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10. Flemington

County: Hunterdon County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 18.1

Total arrests: 84

Population: 4,654

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9. Harvey Cedars

County: Ocean County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 20

Total arrests: 27

Population: 1,347

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8. Lakehurst

County: Ocean County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 22.6

Total arrests: 61

Population: 2,696

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7. Teterboro

County: Bergen County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 28.9

Total arrests: 2

Population: 69

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6. Mendham Township

County: Morris County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 29.3

Total arrests: 171

Population: 5,846

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5. Point Pleasant Beach

County: Ocean County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 29.9

Total arrests: 171

Population: 5,715

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4. Wildwood

County: Cape May County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 30.7

Total arrests: 281

Population: 9,141

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3. Deal

County: Monmouth County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 32.4

Total arrests: 43

Population: 1,327

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2. Englishtown

County: Monmouth County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 people): 37.4

Total arrests: 74

Population: 1,979

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1. Loch Arbour

County: Monmouth County

Arrest rate (per 1,000 residents): 63.2

Total arrests: 17

Population: 269

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These arrests could soon lead to thousands of expungements

State lawmakers are set to return to Trenton in the coming weeks with marijuana legislation being the first order of business. Legislative leaders are putting the finishing touches on a marijuana legalization bill, which if passed would almost certainly allow people with low-level marijuana convictions to apply to expunge their records, along with immediately halting arrests for the possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Assemblyman Jamel Holley, D-Union, told NJ Advance Media that expungements were going to be a big part of the bill, though it's unclear exactly what that process would look like.

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