Table 51: Divorces by County of Occurrence and Duration of Marriage
New York State 1997

Duration of Marriage (in Years)
Not
Total Under 5 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30 + Stated

New York State 62,010 14,795 17,814 11,760 6,823 7,707 2,786 325
New York City 28,728 8,265 8,705 5,059 2,554 2,908 1,083 154
Bronx 2,355 533 757 470 226 259 102 8
Kings 5,539 1,153 1,717 1,126 569 695 250 29
New York 15,911 5,367 4,781 2,545 1,302 1,354 466 96
Queens 4,043 1,059 1,213 714 353 490 194 20
Richmond 880 153 237 204 104 110 71 1
Rest of State 33,282 6,530 9,109 6,701 4,269 4,799 1,703 171
Albany 859 156 255 176 112 118 40 2
Allegany 173 22 51 35 29 35 1 0
Broome 667 151 187 119 78 90 40 2
Cattaraugus 257 45 71 67 33 32 9 0
Cayuga 239 50 58 49 32 41 7 2
Chautauqua 527 159 129 98 62 56 17 6
Chemung 401 84 114 84 53 50 15 1
Chenango 209 37 63 41 29 29 10 0
Clinton 227 33 62 47 32 45 8 0
Columbia 192 29 68 34 24 29 7 1
Cortland 197 30 62 41 33 20 11 0
Delaware 157 17 44 32 25 31 5 3
Dutchess 868 141 248 190 115 129 43 2
Erie 2,694 584 731 531 331 390 116 11
Essex 107 19 36 25 14 9 4 0
Franklin 134 22 28 29 23 26 6 0
Fulton 238 40 69 52 38 32 7 0
Genesee 209 35 59 40 40 25 10 0
Greene 124 21 34 22 18 19 10 0
Hamilton 15 1 6 1 1 5 1 0
Herkimer 223 43 69 43 30 29 9 0
Jefferson 384 106 106 81 38 43 9 1
Lewis 75 18 23 10 14 8 2 0
Livingston 233 38 57 56 34 35 12 1
Madison 193 27 48 45 40 27 6 0
Monroe 2,494 480 696 490 341 364 115 8
Montgomery 139 24 26 36 20 27 5 1
Nassau 4,394 1,012 1,187 805 480 602 272 36
Niagara 730 164 180 174 89 96 20 7
Oneida 782 150 231 170 87 101 37 6
Onondaga 1,582 311 471 321 175 219 67 18
Ontario 372 64 104 75 61 51 17 0
Orange 980 186 267 196 141 126 63 1
Orleans 131 22 39 29 12 22 5 2
Oswego 416 60 117 88 55 64 28 4
Otsego 212 33 58 37 35 37 12 0
Putnam 186 23 51 39 28 36 8 1
Rensselaer 510 83 138 106 77 76 28 2
Rockland 729 159 198 144 73 94 56 5
St Lawrence 355 58 97 77 55 48 17 3
Saratoga 646 101 180 131 88 111 33 2
Schenectady 432 74 118 103 61 54 22 0
Schoharie 105 21 17 29 14 16 8 0
Schuyler 74 12 19 9 12 14 7 1
Seneca 134 31 36 22 22 14 9 0
Steuben 342 46 95 78 40 65 16 2
Suffolk 3,077 479 804 604 404 537 231 18
Sullivan 217 52 64 37 28 29 6 1
Tioga 178 41 55 40 17 19 6 0
Tompkins 347 68 97 76 50 46 10 0
Ulster 591 114 162 121 87 78 28 1
Warren 303 58 81 69 37 45 12 1
Washington 204 39 58 47 20 30 10 0
Wayne 343 55 103 76 48 48 12 1
Westchester 2,481 565 621 492 302 351 132 18
Wyoming 121 24 42 19 18 16 2 0
Yates 73 13 19 13 14 10 4 0


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