TABLE D4.  BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MARRIAGE ORDER AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                                                                
                                 NUMBER                                            PERCENT                      
                     BRIDE                   GROOM                     BRIDE                      GROOM         
MARRIAGE                      NON-                    NON-                       NON-                       NON-
ORDER        TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE

TOTAL       22,150  15,714   6,436  22,150  15,660   6,490    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0

FIRST       13,121   8,601   4,520  13,077   8,747   4,330     59.2     54.7     70.2     59.0     55.8     66.7

REMARRIAGE   9,020   7,104   1,916   9,068   6,908   2,160     40.7     45.2     29.8     40.9     44.1     33.3

 SECOND      5,999   4,451   1,548   6,223   4,540   1,683     27.1     28.3     24.0     28.1     29.0     25.9
 OVER TWO    3,019   2,651     368   2,843   2,368     475     13.6     16.9      5.7     12.8     15.1      7.3
  THIRD      2,140   1,830     310   2,076   1,686     390      9.7     11.6      4.8      9.4     10.8      6.0
  FOURTH       656     608      48     573     499      74      3.0      3.9      0.7      2.6      3.2      1.1
  FIFTH        173     163      10     141     135       6      0.8      1.0      0.2      0.6      0.9      0.1
  SIXTH         37      37       0      37      34       3      0.2      0.2        -      0.2      0.2        #
  SEVENTH        7       7       0      13      11       2        #        #        -        #      0.1        #
  EIGHTH         5       5       0       1       1       0        #        #        -        #        #        -
  NINTH          0       0       0       2       2       0        -        -        -        #        #        -
  TENTH          1       1       0       0       0       0        #        #        -        -        -        -
 UNKNOWN*        2       2       0       2       0       2        #        #        -        #        -        #

UNKNOWN**        9       9       0       5       5       0        #        #        -        #        #        -

 * PREVIOUSLY MARRIED BUT NUMBER OF PREVIOUS MARRIAGES UNKNOWN.                                                 

** UNKNOWN WHETHER PREVIOUSLY MARRIED.                                                                          

 # LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.