New York County, New York

In the 2024 one-year ACS, 8.2% of residents aged 15 and over were currently divorced. This describes legal marital status, not annual divorces or personal relationship prospects.

Source: Census ACS B12001. 120,530 people / 1,476,538 residents aged 15+. CouplesData calculation; ±0.58 percentage points at 90% confidence.

County · 36061Data through 2024Reviewed October 8, 2026

Marital status, with the population in view

Five mutually exclusive legal-status categories describe residents aged 15 and over. Here, married excludes separated people so the five categories do not overlap. They do not establish whether someone has a romantic partner or is seeking one.

Current marital status in New York County, New York

2024 · Residents aged 15 and over · Census ACS one-year

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS B12001. Shares calculated by CouplesData from the same population and period. 90% margins of error are in the table below. Inspect source.

Show counts, shares and uncertainty
2024; denominator 1,476,538 residents aged 15 and over.
Current statusPeopleCount ±90% MOEShareShare ±90% MOE
Never married765,72813,94851.9%0.94 pp
Married, except separated498,27614,87233.7%1.01 pp
Separated25,4944,3411.7%0.29 pp
Widowed66,5104,9424.5%0.33 pp
Currently divorced120,5308,6378.2%0.58 pp
Break down by sex

The source reports male and female categories. Each percentage uses the matching sex-specific population aged 15+. These categories are not a measure of gender identity or sexual orientation.

Male residents aged 15+

2024 · Male residents aged 15 and over · Census ACS one-year

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS B12001. Shares calculated by CouplesData from the same population and period. 90% margins of error are in the table below. Inspect source.

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2024; denominator 701,594 male residents aged 15 and over.
Current statusPeopleCount ±90% MOEShareShare ±90% MOE
Never married366,41911,34952.2%1.62 pp
Married, except separated269,29811,63438.4%1.66 pp
Separated11,0733,1851.6%0.45 pp
Widowed11,6852,4421.7%0.35 pp
Currently divorced43,1194,9656.1%0.71 pp

Female residents aged 15+

2024 · Female residents aged 15 and over · Census ACS one-year

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS B12001. Shares calculated by CouplesData from the same population and period. 90% margins of error are in the table below. Inspect source.

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2024; denominator 774,944 female residents aged 15 and over.
Current statusPeopleCount ±90% MOEShareShare ±90% MOE
Never married399,3098,10951.5%1.05 pp
Married, except separated228,9789,26329.5%1.20 pp
Separated14,4212,9491.9%0.38 pp
Widowed54,8254,2967.1%0.55 pp
Currently divorced77,4117,06710.0%0.91 pp
See the one-year trend

Currently divorced share among residents aged 15 and over. This is a changing population snapshot, not annual divorce incidence or the outcome of a marriage cohort.

Currently divorced share over time

0%7.5%15%2021202220232024

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS one-year B12001. 2021–2024; residents aged 15+. Shares and approximate 90% MOEs calculated by CouplesData. Annual population snapshots, not a followed marriage cohort.

New York County, New York, ACS one-year B12001; ±90% margin of error.
YearCurrently divorced peoplePopulation aged 15+Divorced shareMOE
2021131,7021,380,8959.5%±0.57 pp
2022125,8721,408,5958.9%±0.62 pp
2023110,5431,417,1847.8%±0.55 pp
2024120,5301,476,5388.2%±0.58 pp

Source: Census ACS B12001, 2021–2024. Share and MOE calculated by CouplesData.

Explore the separate Data Commons five-year series

These estimates cover five-year periods. They use a different product from the one-year figures above and must not be combined in a ranking. Adjacent periods overlap. The table below selects non-overlapping periods, working back five years at a time from the latest estimate. Each row describes a different five-year window. All rolling periods remain in the download.

Five-year marital-status snapshot

2020–2024 · Residents aged 15 and over · Data Commons · Census ACS five-year

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS B12001 via Data Commons. Shares calculated by CouplesData from the same population and period. Margins of error are unavailable in this Data Commons facet. Inspect source.

Show counts, shares and uncertainty
2020–2024; denominator 1,439,197 residents aged 15 and over.
Current statusPeopleCount ±90% MOEShareShare ±90% MOE
Never married724,315Unavailable50.3%Unavailable
Married, except separated490,500Unavailable34.1%Unavailable
Separated32,070Unavailable2.2%Unavailable
Widowed67,858Unavailable4.7%Unavailable
Currently divorced124,454Unavailable8.6%Unavailable
Currently divorced share; selected detailed-table facet. Uncertainty was not supplied.
Reference periodPeopleShare
2010–2014124,4858.8%
2015–2019121,8388.5%
2020–2024124,4548.6%

Source: Data Commons, Census ACS five-year. Facet 10169881228856630405. Coverage and verification.

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