TABLE 4
LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                            
                      NUMBER                  PERCENT       
                                NON-                    NON-
COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

STATE         18,744   4,053  14,691    45.4    18.8    74.3

ADAMS            291      37     254    57.0    20.2    77.7
ALCORN           114      56      58    30.1    18.6    74.4
AMITE             71      12      59    45.2    15.8    72.8
ATTALA           106      20      86    40.4    15.6    64.2
BENTON            57      12      45    48.7    23.1    69.2
BOLIVAR          474      20     454    69.6    13.3    85.5

CALHOUN           82      24      58    42.5    20.5    76.3
CARROLL           53       3      50    53.5     6.7    92.6
CHICKASAW        133      20     113    43.6    13.2    73.4
CHOCTAW           48      11      37    38.4    14.9    72.5
CLAIBORNE        122       3     119    71.8    20.0    76.8
CLARKE            89      12      77    38.4     9.8    70.0

CLAY             181      19     162    53.1    15.3    74.6
COAHOMA          435      20     415    72.6    18.0    85.0
COPIAH           209      29     180    49.4    16.1    74.1
COVINGTON        132      21     111    44.7    13.5    79.3
DESOTO           319     193     126    26.0    18.5    67.4
FORREST          458     119     339    43.9    21.0    71.2

FRANKLIN          46       8      38    47.9    16.0    82.6
GEORGE            68      50      18    23.0    18.9    60.0
GREENE            51      23      28    30.2    18.0    68.3
GRENADA          143      25     118    45.0    16.4    71.1
HANCOCK          191     159      32    38.4    35.6    62.7
HARRISON       1,135     529     606    39.2    26.2    69.2

HINDS          2,226     189   2,037    54.0    15.8    69.7
HOLMES           272       4     268    73.1     7.7    83.8
HUMPHREYS        126       6     120    66.7    14.0    82.2
ISSAQUENA         21       2      19    67.7    25.0    82.6
ITAWAMBA          54      37      17    19.8    15.2    56.7
JACKSON          651     287     364    36.9    23.3    68.4

JASPER           138      13     125    50.4    14.1    68.7
JEFFERSON        114       2     112    76.5    28.6    78.9
JEFF DAVIS       132      14     118    58.2    21.9    72.4
JONES            342      97     245    40.8    18.1    81.1
KEMPER            86       4      82    62.3    13.8    75.2
LAFAYETTE        147      32     115    36.1    13.6    67.2

LAMAR             90      53      37    20.1    13.8    58.7
LAUDERDALE       528      95     433    46.1    16.8    74.9
LAWRENCE          82      14      68    42.5    14.0    73.1
LEAKE            128      19     109    43.2    13.1    72.2
LEE              418     143     275    35.6    18.8    66.3
LEFLORE          461      26     435    66.4    16.4    81.3

 

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LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS - MISSISSIPPI - 1995       

                                                            
                      NUMBER                  PERCENT       
                                NON-                    NON-
COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

LINCOLN          157      42     115    35.9    15.3    70.6
LOWNDES          423      81     342    42.3    16.3    68.3
MADISON          441      28     413    37.0     4.4    73.4
MARION           170      49     121    44.0    22.8    70.8
MARSHALL         288      58     230    52.3    23.7    75.2
MONROE           239      78     161    42.4    22.9    72.2

MONTGOMERY        75       9      66    47.8    13.2    74.2
NESHOBA          197      46     151    44.8    19.9    72.2
NEWTON           144      23     121    45.0    14.0    77.6
NOXUBEE          124       4     120    58.2     8.2    73.2
OKTIBBEHA        190      21     169    38.9     8.9    66.8
PANOLA           295      43     252    53.5    19.0    77.5

PEARL RIVER      189     122      67    31.2    23.7    72.8
PERRY             75      33      42    42.8    26.4    84.0
PIKE             316      43     273    52.9    19.1    73.4
PONTOTOC          89      55      34    24.4    18.2    54.0
PRENTISS          84      54      30    28.2    20.8    78.9
QUITMAN          137      10     127    72.5    23.2    87.0

RANKIN           365     184     181    24.9    15.7    62.4
SCOTT            224      66     158    49.7    27.3    75.6
SHARKEY           97       3      94    75.8    17.6    84.7
SIMPSON          140      34     106    38.5    15.7    71.6
SMITH             76      25      51    35.3    17.1    73.9
STONE             69      35      34    38.8    26.5    73.9

SUNFLOWER        378      16     362    69.0    14.2    83.2
TALLAHATCHIE     145       9     136    60.2    12.0    81.9
TATE             143      32     111    40.0    15.4    74.5
TIPPAH            90      42      48    33.0    20.4    71.6
TISHOMINGO        33      29       4    15.3    13.9    57.1
TUNICA           126       6     120    77.3    27.3    85.1

UNION            104      45      59    32.0    18.6    71.1
WALTHALL          99      11      88    43.2    11.2    67.2
WARREN           436      89     347    52.2    23.3    76.4
WASHINGTON       836      65     771    68.2    20.8    84.4
WAYNE            157      29     128    45.4    16.6    74.8
WEBSTER           40       7      33    29.8     7.4    82.5

WILKINSON         69       3      66    57.5    10.0    73.3
WINSTON          112      16      96    45.2    13.4    74.4
YALOBUSHA         64      15      49    42.7    18.3    72.0
YAZOO            284      31     253    66.4    25.0    83.2