TABLE D4.  BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MARRIAGE ORDER AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                                                                
                                 NUMBER                                            PERCENT                      
                     BRIDE                   GROOM                     BRIDE                      GROOM         
MARRIAGE                      NON-                    NON-                       NON-                       NON-
ORDER        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
 
FIRST       12,594   8,108   4,486  12,739   8,368   4,371     58.4     53.3     70.8     59.1     55.1     68.8
 
REMARRIAGE   8,955   7,110   1,845   8,810   6,825   1,985     41.6     46.7     29.1     40.9     44.9     31.2
 
 SECOND      6,036   4,542   1,494   5,963   4,427   1,536     28.0     29.8     23.6     27.7     29.1     24.2
 OVER TWO    2,919   2,568     351   2,847   2,398     449     13.5     16.9      5.5     13.2     15.8      7.1
  THIRD      2,066   1,765     301   2,092   1,718     374      9.6     11.6      4.8      9.7     11.3      5.9
  FOURTH       643     599      44     577     518      59      3.0      3.9      0.7      2.7      3.4      0.9
  FIFTH        143     139       4     138     127      11      0.7      0.9      0.1      0.6      0.8      0.2
  SIXTH         48      47       1      33      29       4      0.2      0.3       **      0.2      0.2      0.1
  SEVENTH       14      14       0       5       4       1      0.1      0.1        -       **       **       **
  EIGHTH         3       2       1       1       1       0       **       **       **       **       **        -
  NINTH          2       2       0       1       1       0       **       **        -       **       **        -
 
UNKNOWN*         1       1       0       1       1       0       **       **        -       **       **        -
 
 * UNKNOWN WHETHER PREVIOUSLY MARRIED.                                                                          
 
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.