TABLE D5.  BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY PREVIOUS MARITAL STATUS AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                            
                                   BRIDE                      GROOM         
PREVIOUS                                     NON-                       NON-
MARITAL STATUS            TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE   TOTAL     WHITE    WHITE

NUMBER                                                                      

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

NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED   13,121    8,601    4,520   13,077    8,747    4,330

REMARRIAGES               9,020    7,104    1,916    9,068    6,908    2,160
 WIDOWED                    865      633      232      746      533      213
 DIVORCED*                8,147    6,465    1,682    8,320    6,374    1,946
 UNKNOWN**                    8        6        2        2        1        1

UNKNOWN#                      9        9        0        5        5        0

PERCENT                                                                     

TOTAL                     100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0

NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED     59.2     54.7     70.2     59.0     55.8     66.7

REMARRIAGES                40.7     45.2     29.8     40.9     44.1     33.3
 WIDOWED                    3.9      4.0      3.6      3.4      3.4      3.3
 DIVORCED*                 36.8     41.1     26.1     37.6     40.7     30.0
 UNKNOWN**                   ##       ##       ##       ##       ##       ##

UNKNOWN#                     ##       ##        -       ##       ##        -

 * INCLUDES THOSE WHOSE LAST MARRIAGE WAS ANNULLED.                         

** UNKNOWN WHETHER WIDOWED OR DIVORCED.                                     

 # UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY PREVIOUS MARRIAGE.                                   

## LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.