TABLE 16
DIVORCES, BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE*,
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NON- UN- NON- UN-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
STATE 13,860 10,376 3,101 383
ADAMS 172 100 67 5 LINCOLN 163 131 31 1
ALCORN 255 229 25 1 LOWNDES 309 211 97 1
AMITE 47 40 6 1 MADISON 189 130 57 2
ATTALA 80 70 10 0 MARION 153 124 29 0
BENTON 44 34 8 2 MARSHALL 169 130 39 0
BOLIVAR 118 64 52 2 MONROE 202 162 36 4
CALHOUN 99 80 15 4 MONTGOMERY 66 42 24 0
CARROLL 42 35 7 0 NESHOBA 126 109 17 0
CHICKASAW 82 54 19 9 NEWTON 95 69 23 3
CHOCTAW 42 33 9 0 NOXUBEE 25 9 16 0
CLAIBORNE 19 4 15 0 OKTIBBEHA 115 70 43 2
CLARKE 101 81 20 0 PANOLA 173 122 51 0
CLAY 0 0 0 0 PEARL RIVER 278 255 18 5
COAHOMA 138 61 76 1 PERRY 51 43 7 1
COPIAH 87 56 30 1 PIKE 176 109 62 5
COVINGTON 79 56 15 8 PONTOTOC 158 145 13 0
DESOTO 674 620 36 18 PRENTISS 190 156 15 19
FORREST 308 214 58 36 QUITMAN 32 16 16 0
FRANKLIN 35 29 6 0 RANKIN 699 633 63 3
GEORGE 129 125 4 0 SCOTT 153 109 44 0
GREENE 61 57 4 0 SHARKEY 18 12 6 0
GRENADA 135 91 44 0 SIMPSON 116 97 19 0
HANCOCK 188 178 8 2 SMITH 102 90 11 1
HARRISON 1,230 945 192 93 STONE 79 72 7 0
HINDS 1,145 524 608 13 SUNFLOWER 30 12 18 0
HOLMES 57 20 37 0 TALLAHATCHIE 18 9 9 0
HUMPHREYS 2 1 1 0 TATE 143 110 33 0
ISSAQUENA 5 4 1 0 TIPPAH 149 137 9 3
ITAWAMBA 146 139 7 0 TISHOMINGO 169 166 2 1
JACKSON 804 692 112 0 TUNICA 35 17 18 0
JASPER 81 49 31 1 UNION 173 150 20 3
JEFFERSON 8 3 5 0 WALTHALL 72 45 27 0
JEFF DAVIS 45 28 17 0 WARREN 180 134 46 0
JONES 384 308 67 9 WASHINGTON 266 145 116 5
KEMPER 21 12 9 0 WAYNE 60 46 14 0
LAFAYETTE 132 100 27 5 WEBSTER 50 46 4 0
LAMAR 199 156 16 27 WILKINSON 23 9 14 0
LAUDERDALE 403 268 113 22 WINSTON 59 43 16 0
LAWRENCE 71 48 18 5 YALOBUSHA 51 34 17 0
LEAKE 95 76 18 1 YAZOO 95 64 31 0
LEE 587 432 100 55
LEFLORE 100 47 50 3
* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.
