TABLE E3.  DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                                         
                                       NUMBER                          PERCENT           
                                             NON-    UN-                     NON-     UN-
NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED     TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE  KNOWN    TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   KNOWN

TOTAL DIVORCES             13,182  10,073   2,850    259    100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0

UNDER FIVE                  5,347   4,400     817    130     40.6    43.7    28.7    50.2
      UNDER ONE               680     601      60     19      5.2     6.0     2.1     7.3
      ONE                   1,275   1,106     142     27      9.7    11.0     5.0    10.4
      TWO                   1,197     974     188     35      9.1     9.7     6.6    13.5
      THREE                 1,160     929     204     27      8.8     9.2     7.2    10.4
      FOUR                  1,035     790     223     22      7.8     7.8     7.8     8.5
FIVE-NINE                   3,412   2,515     845     52     25.9    25.0    29.6    20.1
TEN-NINETEEN                2,919   2,113     771     35     22.1    21.0    27.0    13.5
TWENTY AND OVER             1,415     989     393     33     10.7     9.8    13.8    12.7
UNKNOWN                        89      56      24      9      0.7     0.6     0.8     3.5

* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.