TABLE D2.  BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                                                                
                                 NUMBER                                            PERCENT                      
                     BRIDE                   GROOM                     BRIDE                      GROOM         
                              NON-                    NON-                       NON-                       NON-
AGE          TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE
 
TOTAL       21,550  15,219   6,331  21,550  15,194   6,356    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0
 
UNDER 20     2,817   2,446     371   1,086     949     137     13.1     16.1      5.9      5.0      6.2      2.2
   13            2       2       0       0       0       0        *        *        -        -        -        -
   14            6       6       0       0       0       0        *        *        -        -        -        -
   15          104      99       5       4       4       0      0.5      0.6      0.1        *        *        -
   16          256     242      14      19      19       0      1.2      1.6      0.2      0.1      0.1        -
   17          485     443      42     118     108      10      2.2      2.9      0.7      0.5      0.7      0.2
   18          867     753     114     319     288      31      4.0      4.9      1.8      1.5      1.9      0.5
   19        1,097     901     196     626     530      96      5.1      5.9      3.1      2.9      3.5      1.5
20-24        6,192   4,494   1,698   5,653   4,194   1,459     28.7     29.5     26.8     26.2     27.6     23.0
25-34        7,051   4,453   2,598   8,056   5,337   2,719     32.7     29.2     41.0     37.4     35.1     42.8
35-44        3,413   2,249   1,164   3,772   2,530   1,242     15.8     14.8     18.4     17.5     16.6     19.5
45-54        1,330     963     367   1,767   1,251     516      6.2      6.3      5.8      8.2      8.2      8.1
55-64          500     406      94     708     533     175      2.3      2.7      1.5      3.3      3.5      2.8
65-74          197     164      33     383     301      82      0.9      1.1      0.5      1.8      2.0      1.3
75 & OVER       50      44       6     125      99      26      0.2      0.3      0.1      0.6      0.6      0.4
 
* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.