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|EXHIBIT 32                                    
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|CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO                     
|18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,                       
|AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO                        
|SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF
 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of State Bancorp, Inc. (the
Company) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2008 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I,
Thomas M. OBrien, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

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|1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and                               
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|2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
 material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
 Company.

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|3/16/09                                        |  |  | /s/ Thomas M. OBrien                
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|Date                                           |  |  | Thomas M. OBrien                    
|                                               |  |  | President and Chief Executive Officer
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|CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO                     
|18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,                       
|AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO                        
|SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF
 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of State Bancorp, Inc. (the
Company) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2008 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I,
Brian K. Finneran, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

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|1) | The Report
 fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
 Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and                              
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|2) | The
 information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
 respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

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|3/16/09 |  |  | /s/ Brian K. Finneran  
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|Date    |  |  | Brian K. Finneran      
|        |  |  | Chief Financial Officer

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