TABLE 1B
FERTILITY RATES*, BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                           
                                NON-                                   NON-
COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE
STATE           65.8    58.3    76.5                                       
ADAMS           62.8    49.6    73.8   LINCOLN         61.3    59.3    65.0
ALCORN          54.9    50.8    80.0   LOWNDES         67.0    58.9    77.5
AMITE           52.3    52.3    52.2   MADISON         67.9    61.8    76.3
ATTALA          68.9    64.8    73.3   MARION          70.8    61.4    87.9
BENTON          67.5    58.2    77.5   MARSHALL        71.4    73.8    69.5
BOLIVAR         66.9    48.3    75.0   MONROE          70.1    66.8    75.7
CALHOUN         63.1    58.4    72.0   MONTGOMERY      62.6    61.1    63.8
CARROLL         45.7    37.2    56.3   NESHOBA         72.2    59.4    95.0
CHICKASAW       77.8    71.3    85.5   NEWTON          66.1    54.1    86.2
CHOCTAW         64.0    58.7    73.5   NOXUBEE         77.2    93.2    73.4
CLAIBORNE       51.2    47.5    51.6   OKTIBBEHA       45.3    35.7    60.4
CLARKE          61.0    54.1    71.0   PANOLA          70.3    61.0    78.6
CLAY            66.7    62.2    69.5   PEARL RIVER     64.2    66.7    53.0
COAHOMA         78.9    52.2    89.2   PERRY           67.2    65.2    72.9
COPIAH          66.0    67.9    64.7   PIKE            69.8    56.0    81.9
COVINGTON       84.0    76.2    94.8   PONTOTOC        64.3    65.8    58.0
DESOTO          57.5    58.4    53.1   PRENTISS        56.8    58.1    49.4
FORREST         56.4    47.2    73.4   QUITMAN         92.5    83.8    95.4
FRANKLIN        57.9    55.5    60.8   RANKIN          59.2    58.9    60.5
GEORGE          72.9    73.8    65.5   SCOTT           84.4    82.7    86.4
GREENE          68.5    67.3    72.3   SHARKEY         77.2    44.5    87.0
GRENADA         63.3    57.9    69.3   SIMPSON         69.2    65.6    75.0
HANCOCK         63.3    65.8    47.6   SMITH           68.0    62.6    82.9
HARRISON        73.9    69.7    85.9   STONE           61.0    60.9    61.2
HINDS           66.6    48.3    78.8   SUNFLOWER       75.0    56.4    82.1
HOLMES          78.8    62.4    82.3   TALLAHATCHIE    79.2    91.0    74.8
HUMPHREYS       72.9    65.5    75.4   TATE            67.1    64.7    70.7
ISSAQUENA       80.5    53.7    97.4   TIPPAH          63.8    60.1    78.7
ITAWAMBA        66.0    63.3   100.0   TISHOMINGO      58.6    59.7    38.2
JACKSON         56.3    52.9    66.3   TUNICA          73.8    45.1    82.0
JASPER          71.0    58.1    80.0   UNION           62.8    56.9    89.4
JEFFERSON       77.5    42.7    80.7   WALTHALL        75.4    65.5    85.0
JEFF DAVIS      75.9    60.7    84.2   WARREN          73.5    60.9    89.1
JONES           60.9    55.8    72.7   WASHINGTON      73.5    51.9    85.7
KEMPER          58.1    36.6    68.9   WAYNE           78.1    67.6    92.8
LAFAYETTE       42.4    33.9    64.6   WEBSTER         59.9    57.8    65.5

LAMAR           59.0    59.7    55.4   WILKINSON       62.0    74.1    58.8
LAUDERDALE      65.7    55.2    80.6   WINSTON         57.8    56.6    58.9
LAWRENCE        71.5    61.4    86.8   YALOBUSHA       59.0    61.2    56.6
LEAKE           74.5    68.3    81.6   YAZOO           77.1    57.0    90.0
LEE             68.0    58.7    95.5                                       
LEFLORE         81.2    61.3    89.8                                       
* LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALE POPULATION 15-44 YEARS OF AGE.