Table 52: Divorces by County of Occurrence and Number of Children Under 18
New York State 1997

Number of Children
Five Not
Total None One Two Three Four or More Stated

New York State 62,010 29,986 13,112 10,510 3,167 700 176 4,359
New York City 28,728 15,800 5,590 3,500 974 238 57 2,569
Bronx 2,355 1,307 528 327 83 17 4 89
Kings 5,539 2,341 1,445 828 237 48 16 624
New York 15,911 9,505 2,634 1,718 476 141 31 1,406
Queens 4,043 2,282 761 455 122 22 3 398
Richmond 880 365 222 172 56 10 3 52
Rest of State 33,282 14,186 7,522 7,010 2,193 462 119 1,790
Albany 859 346 197 184 44 5 4 79
Allegany 173 58 39 48 16 4 2 6
Broome 667 320 133 149 41 11 2 11
Cattaraugus 257 96 56 58 31 11 3 2
Cayuga 239 87 64 56 15 8 2 7
Chautauqua 527 200 117 103 53 13 3 38
Chemung 401 133 107 101 34 10 2 14
Chenango 209 93 42 45 16 6 0 7
Clinton 227 84 58 52 16 1 1 15
Columbia 192 89 44 39 8 8 0 4
Cortland 197 79 41 50 13 2 4 8
Delaware 157 55 45 37 12 4 0 4
Dutchess 868 349 198 198 61 8 2 52
Erie 2,694 1,102 609 585 236 41 11 110
Essex 107 45 22 26 8 0 0 6
Franklin 134 48 30 34 16 2 0 4
Fulton 238 95 58 61 19 3 1 1
Genesee 209 83 47 53 21 3 0 2
Greene 124 57 22 21 11 1 0 12
Hamilton 15 7 2 4 1 1 0 0
Herkimer 223 79 62 51 17 4 2 8
Jefferson 384 160 98 83 31 6 2 4
Lewis 75 27 23 16 7 1 0 1
Livingston 233 83 44 62 25 3 1 15
Madison 193 56 47 59 20 4 1 6
Monroe 2,494 1,085 547 580 144 29 9 100
Montgomery 139 40 36 38 8 4 0 13
Nassau 4,394 2,291 877 697 190 39 7 293
Niagara 730 239 169 197 47 16 3 59
Oneida 782 296 188 176 64 18 5 35
Onondaga 1,582 682 348 319 114 22 8 89
Ontario 372 158 81 84 34 5 2 8
Orange 980 404 247 202 60 13 6 48
Orleans 131 57 25 31 14 3 0 1
Oswego 416 164 87 104 27 9 1 24
Otsego 212 80 43 55 14 5 0 15
Putnam 186 73 35 53 12 3 0 10
Rensselaer 510 207 115 119 36 9 5 19
Rockland 729 299 165 140 43 6 0 76
St Lawrence 355 123 78 86 37 8 1 22
Saratoga 646 261 153 137 40 3 1 51
Schenectady 432 186 103 99 27 6 1 10
Schoharie 105 39 31 18 9 2 0 6
Schuyler 74 28 24 11 5 0 0 6
Seneca 134 53 25 35 13 1 1 6
Steuben 342 126 77 81 29 8 1 20
Suffolk 3,077 1,335 739 603 183 32 11 174
Sullivan 217 85 57 44 16 2 2 11
Tioga 178 69 47 39 18 2 1 2
Tompkins 347 161 79 68 25 2 0 12
Ulster 591 245 138 147 23 6 3 29
Warren 303 132 71 64 24 5 0 7
Washington 204 69 50 57 14 7 1 6
Wayne 343 128 92 87 22 6 3 5
Westchester 2,481 1,171 540 420 111 27 4 208
Wyoming 121 40 34 26 10 3 0 8
Yates 73 29 16 18 8 1 0 1


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