TABLE D5.  BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY PREVIOUS MARITAL STATUS AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                            
                                   BRIDE                      GROOM         
PREVIOUS                                     NON-                       NON-
MARITAL STATUS            TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE
 
NUMBER                                                                      
 
TOTAL                    21,550   15,219    6,331   21,550   15,194    6,356
 
NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED   12,594    8,108    4,486   12,739    8,368    4,371
 
REMARRIAGES               8,955    7,110    1,845    8,810    6,825    1,985
 WIDOWED                    810      644      166      733      549      184
 DIVORCED*                8,140    6,463    1,677    8,074    6,273    1,801
 UNKNOWN**                    5        3        2        3        3        0
 
UNKNOWN#                      1        1        0        1        1        0
 
 
PERCENT                                                                     
 
TOTAL                     100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0
 
NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED     58.4     53.3     70.8     59.1     55.1     68.8
 
REMARRIAGES                41.6     46.7     29.1     40.9     44.9     31.2
 WIDOWED                    3.8      4.2      2.6      3.4      3.6      2.9
 DIVORCED*                 37.8     42.5     26.5     37.5     41.3     28.3
 UNKNOWN**                   ##       ##       ##       ##       ##        -
 
UNKNOWN#                     ##       ##        -       ##       ##        -
 
 * INCLUDES THOSE WHOSE LAST MARRIAGE WAS ANNULLED.                         
 
** UNKNOWN WHETHER WIDOWED OR DIVORCED.                                     
 
 # UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY PREVIOUS MARRIAGE.                                   
 
## LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.