TABLE 16
DIVORCES, BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE*,
MISSISSIPPI, 1996
NON- UN- NON- UN-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
STATE 14,263 10,658 3,180 425
ADAMS 298 176 118 4 LINCOLN 208 168 40 0
ALCORN 498 474 24 0 LOWNDES 610 410 194 6
AMITE 82 56 24 2 MADISON 512 398 114 0
ATTALA 176 112 64 0 MARION 342 266 72 4
BENTON 64 48 16 0 MARSHALL 334 260 74 0
BOLIVAR 282 150 128 4 MONROE 398 312 74 12
CALHOUN 170 144 26 0 MONTGOMERY 122 102 20 0
CARROLL 58 46 12 0 NESHOBA 308 266 42 0
CHICKASAW 168 118 40 10 NEWTON 168 130 38 0
CHOCTAW 86 68 16 2 NOXUBEE 34 12 20 2
CLAIBORNE 76 26 50 0 OKTIBBEHA 276 182 74 20
CLARKE 164 122 38 4 PANOLA 314 234 80 0
CLAY 186 100 64 22 PEARL RIVER 478 436 40 2
COAHOMA 200 112 88 0 PERRY 98 90 8 0
COPIAH 222 144 74 4 PIKE 358 244 110 4
COVINGTON 172 120 32 20 PONTOTOC 310 294 16 0
DESOTO 1,252 1,182 62 8 PRENTISS 366 302 16 48
FORREST 810 502 160 148 QUITMAN 92 42 50 0
FRANKLIN 54 34 20 0 RANKIN 1,220 1,118 100 2
GEORGE 242 232 8 2 SCOTT 284 210 70 4
GREENE 102 94 8 0 SHARKEY 12 4 8 0
GRENADA 202 156 46 0 SIMPSON 244 190 54 0
HANCOCK 422 388 30 4 SMITH 198 178 16 4
HARRISON 2,574 1,922 410 242 STONE 124 114 10 0
HINDS 2,534 1,252 1,268 14 SUNFLOWER 182 86 88 8
HOLMES 108 30 76 2 TALLAHATCHIE 80 54 26 0
HUMPHREYS 0 0 0 0 TATE 256 210 44 2
ISSAQUENA 12 6 6 0 TIPPAH 320 284 32 4
ITAWAMBA 300 290 4 6 TISHOMINGO 336 336 0 0
JACKSON 1,590 1,312 278 0 TUNICA 76 32 44 0
JASPER 140 92 48 0 UNION 370 322 38 10
JEFFERSON 34 10 24 0 WALTHALL 88 66 22 0
JEFF DAVIS 64 36 28 0 WARREN 506 390 116 0
JONES 796 664 106 26 WASHINGTON 530 266 256 8
KEMPER 44 26 18 0 WAYNE 202 146 56 0
LAFAYETTE 276 202 66 8 WEBSTER 90 82 8 0
LAMAR 416 350 24 42 WILKINSON 68 44 24 0
LAUDERDALE 814 576 206 32 WINSTON 152 108 44 0
LAWRENCE 140 118 18 4 YALOBUSHA 138 108 30 0
LEAKE 204 150 54 0 YAZOO 200 132 68 0
LEE 1,076 804 178 94
LEFLORE 260 130 130 0
* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.
