TABLE 16
DIVORCES, BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE*,
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                                         
                                NON-    UN-                                   NON-    UN-
COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE  KNOWN   COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE  KNOWN
STATE         13,182  10,073   2,850    259                                              

ADAMS            193     127      65      1   LINCOLN          156     135      21      0
ALCORN           266     243      22      1   LOWNDES          360     251     100      9
AMITE             50      40      10      0   MADISON          208     167      41      0
ATTALA            66      47      19      0   MARION           100      75      24      1
BENTON            23      22       1      0   MARSHALL         133      99      34      0
BOLIVAR          125      72      53      0   MONROE           224     177      38      9
CALHOUN           81      66      15      0   MONTGOMERY        52      36      16      0
CARROLL           28      22       6      0   NESHOBA          145     131      14      0
CHICKASAW         77      61      15      1   NEWTON            88      69       9     10
CHOCTAW           42      38       4      0   NOXUBEE           18       4      13      1
CLAIBORNE         19       4      15      0   OKTIBBEHA        140      81      45     14
CLARKE            74      56      17      1   PANOLA           185     120      65      0
CLAY              71      44      22      5   PEARL RIVER      247     225      18      4
COAHOMA          156      83      73      0   PERRY             64      59       4      1
COPIAH            61      42      19      0   PIKE             193     121      66      6
COVINGTON         79      53      15     11   PONTOTOC         184     175       9      0
DESOTO           539     509      29      1   PRENTISS         154     125      11     18
FORREST           90      66      22      2   QUITMAN           41      22      19      0
FRANKLIN          36      28       8      0   RANKIN           649     595      54      0
GEORGE             0       0       0      0   SCOTT            151     115      36      0
GREENE            56      51       5      0   SHARKEY           14      11       3      0
GRENADA           96      79      17      0   SIMPSON          174     130      41      3
HANCOCK          221     198      13     10   SMITH             69      57      11      1
HARRISON         740     592     124     24   STONE             79      74       5      0
HINDS          1,275     684     579     12   SUNFLOWER         91      48      36      7
HOLMES            59      20      39      0   TALLAHATCHIE      56      33      23      0
HUMPHREYS         18       7      11      0   TATE             102      74      28      0
ISSAQUENA          9       3       6      0   TIPPAH           156     135      13      8
ITAWAMBA         142     135       7      0   TISHOMINGO       136     133       3      0
JACKSON          768     679      88      1   TUNICA            29      13      16      0
JASPER            76      47      29      0   UNION            178     156      17      5
JEFFERSON          0       0       0      0   WALTHALL          62      43      19      0
JEFF DAVIS        48      27      21      0   WARREN           256     197      59      0
JONES            353     307      42      4   WASHINGTON       252     147      94     11
KEMPER            22      17       5      0   WAYNE             94      77      17      0
LAFAYETTE        117      86      31      0   WEBSTER           59      55       4      0
LAMAR            203     161      19     23   WILKINSON         18      12       6      0
LAUDERDALE       446     330      96     20   WINSTON           77      53      23      1
LAWRENCE          85      71      14      0   YALOBUSHA         63      50      13      0
LEAKE            119      86      33      0   YAZOO             89      63      25      1
LEE              544     435      79     30                                              
LEFLORE          163      92      69      2                                              
* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.