1. Set the geographic boundary before choosing stories
A Brick firm may serve people in Brick, elsewhere in Ocean County, across New Jersey, or in a narrower service area. Those are different editorial decisions. A story about a New Jersey law may be relevant to a firm that advises statewide clients, while a story about an incident in Brick may matter to a firm whose intake area includes the township and nearby communities. The Census record identifies Brick as a municipal-town in Ocean County; it does not tell you which locations your firm should target or which readers need counsel.
Recommended approach
Write down the locations your firm actually accepts before evaluating coverage. Ask whether each potential page should use Brick, Ocean County, New Jersey, or no location at all. Review whether a story’s legal significance survives beyond the incident’s place. Do not turn the population estimate into a forecast of readership or inquiries.
