TABLE 4
LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                            
                      NUMBER                  PERCENT       
                                NON-                    NON-
COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE
 
STATE         18,458   3,995  14,463    45.0    18.6    74.0
 
ADAMS            315      33     282    61.6    19.0    83.7
ALCORN           122      69      53    29.8    20.8    67.9
AMITE             54      12      42    38.8    16.2    64.6
ATTALA           105      27      78    43.4    20.3    71.6
BENTON            55      18      37    43.0    23.4    72.5
BOLIVAR          476      21     455    66.0    13.2    81.0
 
CALHOUN           77      22      55    41.6    18.3    84.6
CARROLL           45       6      39    47.4    12.5    83.0
CHICKASAW        132      22     110    42.6    13.9    72.4
CHOCTAW           49      10      39    43.8    15.9    79.6
CLAIBORNE        130       1     129    73.9     9.1    78.2
CLARKE           103      16      87    42.0    13.0    71.3
 
CLAY             185      17     168    53.2    15.3    70.9
COAHOMA          425      24     401    71.5    21.6    83.0
COPIAH           212      40     172    53.9    25.2    73.5
COVINGTON        137      26     111    45.8    17.2    75.0
DESOTO           348     216     132    25.0    18.1    66.0
FORREST          463      99     364    42.1    16.4    73.4
 
FRANKLIN          58      15      43    50.4    28.8    68.2
GEORGE            69      51      18    22.2    17.8    75.0
GREENE            47      20      27    29.0    16.1    71.0
GRENADA          147      28     119    45.5    17.6    72.6
HANCOCK          178     156      22    37.6    36.0    53.6
HARRISON       1,023     488     535    37.6    25.9    64.1
 
HINDS          2,225     190   2,035    56.1    17.6    70.4
HOLMES           293       6     287    71.6    13.0    79.1
HUMPHREYS        137       7     130    70.6    17.5    84.4
ISSAQUENA          9       1       8    60.0    25.0    72.7
ITAWAMBA          47      31      16    19.0    13.6    76.2
JACKSON          671     305     366    38.9    24.8    73.6
 
JASPER           151      15     136    51.5    14.8    70.8
JEFFERSON        108       3     105    77.1    27.3    81.4
JEFF DAVIS       119      10     109    58.0    17.2    74.2
JONES            320      78     242    37.6    14.7    75.6
KEMPER            76       6      70    56.3    13.6    76.9
LAFAYETTE        133      28     105    35.2    12.2    70.9
 
LAMAR            121      68      53    24.5    16.5    66.2
LAUDERDALE       518      97     421    45.0    16.8    73.5
LAWRENCE          60      15      45    31.6    12.5    64.3
LEAKE            142      19     123    48.8    14.4    77.4
LEE              390     145     245    34.7    18.6    71.2
LEFLORE          499      28     471    72.2    20.4    85.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS - MISSISSIPPI - 1996       
 
                                                            
                      NUMBER                  PERCENT       
                                NON-                    NON-
COUNTY         TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE
 
LINCOLN          148      30     118    34.1    10.8    75.2
LOWNDES          458      74     384    44.5    15.4    69.9
MADISON          430      40     390    36.2     6.4    69.5
MARION           157      42     115    42.4    19.7    73.2
MARSHALL         288      64     224    55.4    31.4    70.9
MONROE           188      57     131    38.1    18.1    73.6
 
MONTGOMERY       103      10      93    52.0    12.0    80.9
NESHOBA          186      46     140    41.1    18.4    69.0
NEWTON           142      26     116    41.2    14.5    69.9
NOXUBEE          127       1     126    59.3     2.0    77.3
OKTIBBEHA        223      23     200    39.2     9.1    63.1
PANOLA           293      39     254    56.4    19.7    79.1
 
PEARL RIVER      181     115      66    30.4    23.0    70.2
PERRY             71      17      54    38.4    14.0    84.4
PIKE             242      33     209    46.3    15.3    68.1
PONTOTOC          76      40      36    22.3    13.9    67.9
PRENTISS          87      51      36    25.9    17.9    70.6
QUITMAN          134       4     130    72.4    12.5    85.0
 
RANKIN           348     171     177    23.9    14.8    59.8
SCOTT            215      62     153    49.2    27.0    73.9
SHARKEY           78       4      74    64.5    12.1    84.1
SIMPSON          152      28     124    42.8    15.8    69.7
SMITH             63      18      45    30.0    12.5    68.2
STONE             55      25      30    34.6    20.5    81.1
 
SUNFLOWER        351      19     332    68.2    16.4    83.2
TALLAHATCHIE     145      14     131    69.7    24.6    86.8
TATE             145      39     106    42.3    19.5    74.1
TIPPAH            95      47      48    31.2    20.2    66.7
TISHOMINGO        53      47       6    23.3    21.4    85.7
TUNICA           116       5     111    76.3    21.7    86.0
 
UNION             94      50      44    27.5    18.0    67.7
WALTHALL          94      14      80    44.3    16.5    63.0
WARREN           373      59     314    48.5    17.2    73.9
WASHINGTON       823      70     753    68.0    22.8    83.4
WAYNE            161      43     118    46.8    23.0    75.2
WEBSTER           47      16      31    36.4    18.0    77.5
 
WILKINSON         79       3      76    63.2    10.7    78.4
WINSTON          108      18      90    42.0    14.2    69.2
YALOBUSHA         86      16      70    48.0    18.8    74.5
YAZOO            269      26     243    62.3    18.0    84.4