TABLE D6.  MARRIAGES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY RESIDENCE OF BRIDE AND GROOM AND RACE OF BRIDE
MISSISSIPPI, 1996

 
                                                                                                                 
                                            RACE AND RESIDENCE OF BRIDE                                          
                           TOTAL                             WHITE                           NONWHITE            
RESIDENCE             MISSIS-             UN-           MISSIS-             UN-           MISSIS-             UN-
OF GROOM       TOTAL    SIPPI   OTHER   KNOWN    TOTAL    SIPPI   OTHER   KNOWN    TOTAL    SIPPI   OTHER   KNOWN
 
NUMBER                                                                                                           
 
TOTAL         21,550   20,314   1,235       1   15,219   14,270     948       1    6,331    6,044     287       0
MISSISSIPPI   19,826   19,532     293       1   13,917   13,692     224       1    5,909    5,840      69       0
OTHER          1,724      782     942       0    1,302      578     724       0      422      204     218       0
 
PERCENT                                                                                                          
 
TOTAL          100.0     94.3     5.7       *    100.0     93.8     6.2       *    100.0     95.5     4.5       -
MISSISSIPPI     92.0     90.6     1.4       *     91.4     90.0     1.5       *     93.3     92.2     1.1       -
OTHER            8.0      3.6     4.4       -      8.6      3.8     4.8       -      6.7      3.2     3.4       -
 
* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.