TABLE 1B
FERTILITY RATES*, BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                           
                                NON-                                   NON-
COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE
 
STATE           65.2    58.0    75.6                                       
 
ADAMS           62.9    47.1    76.1   LINCOLN         60.9    60.0    62.6
ALCORN          59.3    55.9    80.0   LOWNDES         69.0    56.8    85.0
AMITE           46.3    51.0    41.9   MADISON         67.6    61.4    76.0
ATTALA          63.6    67.3    59.6   MARION          67.9    60.8    80.7
BENTON          73.9    86.1    60.8   MARSHALL        67.4    61.5    71.8
BOLIVAR         70.8    51.2    79.4   MONROE          61.4    61.9    60.4
 
CALHOUN         60.5    59.9    61.6   MONTGOMERY      78.9    74.6    82.4
CARROLL         43.8    39.7    49.0   NESHOBA         74.4    64.2    92.3
CHICKASAW       79.1    74.6    84.4   NEWTON          71.3    59.0    91.8
CHOCTAW         57.3    50.0    70.6   NOXUBEE         77.5    97.0    73.0
CLAIBORNE       53.0    34.8    54.9   OKTIBBEHA       52.8    38.3    75.6
CLARKE          64.4    54.6    78.8   PANOLA          66.2    53.5    77.6
 
CLAY            68.0    55.7    75.9   PEARL RIVER     63.0    65.0    54.1
COAHOMA         78.2    52.2    88.3   PERRY           71.0    63.1    93.3
COPIAH          61.3    60.0    62.3   PIKE            61.1    53.8    67.6
COVINGTON       85.2    74.2   100.2   PONTOTOC        60.1    62.7    48.8
DESOTO          65.1    66.7    56.8   PRENTISS        64.0    63.6    66.2
FORREST         59.4    50.2    76.5   QUITMAN         90.5    62.4    99.9
 
FRANKLIN        69.4    57.7    83.2   RANKIN          58.8    58.1    61.8
GEORGE          76.6    79.7    52.4   SCOTT           81.8    78.6    85.6
GREENE          65.6    65.2    67.0   SHARKEY         73.0    86.4    69.0
GRENADA         64.3    60.6    68.4   SIMPSON         67.4    53.8    90.3
HANCOCK         60.3    63.8    38.3   SMITH           66.4    61.8    79.3
HARRISON        69.4    65.0    81.9   STONE           54.5    56.3    49.3
 
HINDS           64.2    43.6    77.9   SUNFLOWER       70.5    57.9    75.3
HOLMES          86.6    55.2    93.4   TALLAHATCHIE    68.3    69.2    68.0
HUMPHREYS       74.9    61.0    79.6   TATE            64.4    62.2    67.9
ISSAQUENA       39.0    26.8    46.6   TIPPAH          71.1    67.7    84.6
ITAWAMBA        59.9    59.1    70.0   TISHOMINGO      61.6    62.8    38.2
JACKSON         55.0    52.7    62.0   TUNICA          68.8    47.1    75.0
 
JASPER          76.0    63.8    84.4   UNION           66.0    65.2    70.0
JEFFERSON       72.8    67.1    73.3   WALTHALL        69.8    56.8    82.4
JEFF DAVIS      68.6    55.0    76.0   WARREN          67.6    54.8    83.4
JONES           61.7    55.1    77.0   WASHINGTON      72.5    51.1    84.6
KEMPER          56.9    55.6    57.5   WAYNE           77.6    72.2    85.2
LAFAYETTE       39.3    33.0    55.9   WEBSTER         57.7    54.8    65.5
 
LAMAR           65.1    64.2    70.3   WILKINSON       64.6    69.1    63.4
LAUDERDALE      66.0    56.3    80.0   WINSTON         59.9    60.4    59.4
LAWRENCE        70.4    73.7    65.4   YALOBUSHA       70.4    63.4    78.3
LEAKE           73.2    62.2    85.9   YAZOO           77.8    66.2    85.2
LEE             65.0    60.3    79.2                                       
LEFLORE         80.8    52.8    93.0                                       
 
* LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALE POPULATION 15-44 YEARS OF AGE.