
| Table 51: Divorces by County of Occurrence and Duration of Marriage | |||||||||
| New York State 1998 | |||||||||
| Duration of Marriage (in Years) | |||||||||
| Total | Under 5 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 | 20-29 | 30 + | Not Stated | ||
| New York State | 56,768 | 12,983 | 16,203 | 10,534 | 6,669 | 7,353 | 2,754 | 272 | |
| New York City | 23,375 | 6,654 | 7,207 | 3,890 | 2,201 | 2,334 | 944 | 145 | |
| Bronx | 1,980 | 415 | 656 | 383 | 223 | 193 | 105 | 5 | |
| Kings | 4,938 | 1,070 | 1,494 | 959 | 528 | 619 | 233 | 35 | |
| New York | 12,166 | 4,238 | 3,784 | 1,754 | 978 | 954 | 372 | 86 | |
| Queens | 3,433 | 795 | 1,048 | 625 | 339 | 429 | 179 | 18 | |
| Richmond | 858 | 136 | 225 | 169 | 133 | 139 | 55 | 1 | |
| Rest of State | 33,393 | 6,329 | 8,996 | 6,644 | 4,468 | 5,019 | 1,810 | 127 | |
| Albany | 937 | 193 | 243 | 205 | 118 | 144 | 33 | 1 | |
| Allegany | 171 | 42 | 44 | 33 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 0 | |
| Broome | 665 | 113 | 199 | 112 | 98 | 97 | 41 | 5 | |
| Cattaraugus | 266 | 53 | 72 | 51 | 44 | 35 | 8 | 3 | |
| Cayuga | 228 | 35 | 73 | 49 | 34 | 29 | 8 | 0 | |
| Chautauqua | 479 | 111 | 129 | 82 | 61 | 74 | 16 | 6 | |
| Chemung | 429 | 104 | 96 | 92 | 57 | 62 | 16 | 2 | |
| Chenango | 209 | 43 | 49 | 49 | 26 | 35 | 6 | 1 | |
| Clinton | 298 | 49 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 14 | 1 | |
| Columbia | 216 | 37 | 55 | 46 | 35 | 27 | 16 | 0 | |
| Cortland | 149 | 30 | 43 | 30 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 0 | |
| Delaware | 152 | 23 | 43 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 2 | |
| Dutchess | 787 | 142 | 227 | 161 | 106 | 119 | 30 | 2 | |
| Erie | 2,736 | 558 | 708 | 557 | 351 | 409 | 145 | 8 | |
| Essex | 110 | 11 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | |
| Franklin | 177 | 36 | 44 | 35 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 0 | |
| Fulton | 210 | 40 | 65 | 43 | 19 | 36 | 7 | 0 | |
| Genesee | 226 | 43 | 46 | 54 | 24 | 36 | 22 | 1 | |
| Greene | 134 | 20 | 40 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 1 | |
| Hamilton | 14 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Herkimer | 201 | 38 | 44 | 38 | 30 | 35 | 15 | 1 | |
| Jefferson | 482 | 140 | 130 | 87 | 59 | 56 | 10 | 0 | |
| Lewis | 57 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |
| Livingston | 186 | 38 | 48 | 45 | 26 | 28 | 1 | 0 | |
| Madison | 229 | 51 | 64 | 40 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 1 | |
| Monroe | 2,568 | 495 | 714 | 508 | 358 | 373 | 113 | 7 | |
| Montgomery | 167 | 25 | 44 | 37 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 0 | |
| Nassau | 3,820 | 822 | 976 | 693 | 447 | 583 | 286 | 13 | |
| Niagara | 691 | 138 | 197 | 132 | 103 | 90 | 28 | 3 | |
| Oneida | 822 | 158 | 231 | 176 | 98 | 126 | 29 | 4 | |
| Onondaga | 1,631 | 282 | 481 | 326 | 201 | 259 | 79 | 3 | |
| Ontario | 355 | 62 | 101 | 71 | 57 | 48 | 15 | 1 | |
| Orange | 952 | 163 | 239 | 202 | 141 | 157 | 50 | 0 | |
| Orleans | 147 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 0 | |
| Oswego | 424 | 67 | 111 | 99 | 63 | 70 | 14 | 0 | |
| Otsego | 183 | 36 | 51 | 38 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 1 | |
| Putnam | 239 | 43 | 65 | 44 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 0 | |
| Rensselaer | 545 | 85 | 173 | 107 | 81 | 78 | 18 | 3 | |
| Rockland | 738 | 147 | 192 | 132 | 105 | 107 | 52 | 3 | |
| St Lawrence | 363 | 63 | 102 | 79 | 55 | 52 | 12 | 0 | |
| Saratoga | 675 | 121 | 199 | 148 | 92 | 84 | 30 | 1 | |
| Schenectady | 466 | 69 | 133 | 99 | 73 | 73 | 19 | 0 | |
| Schoharie | 111 | 18 | 22 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 0 | |
| Schuyler | 82 | 18 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | |
| Seneca | 137 | 25 | 49 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 0 | |
| Steuben | 308 | 63 | 71 | 65 | 44 | 43 | 20 | 2 | |
| Suffolk | 3,572 | 516 | 903 | 722 | 472 | 650 | 288 | 21 | |
| Sullivan | 236 | 52 | 55 | 54 | 31 | 33 | 11 | 0 | |
| Tioga | 176 | 33 | 48 | 45 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 1 | |
| Tompkins | 293 | 49 | 82 | 53 | 44 | 54 | 10 | 1 | |
| Ulster | 595 | 101 | 180 | 122 | 76 | 85 | 27 | 4 | |
| Warren | 286 | 54 | 70 | 61 | 40 | 43 | 17 | 1 | |
| Washington | 217 | 37 | 65 | 50 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 1 | |
| Wayne | 336 | 54 | 82 | 80 | 61 | 39 | 18 | 2 | |
| Westchester | 2,316 | 513 | 653 | 386 | 286 | 328 | 131 | 19 | |
| Wyoming | 109 | 20 | 32 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| Yates | 85 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |
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