TABLE 1B
FERTILITY RATES*, BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 66.1 59.5 75.5
ADAMS 59.0 50.1 66.4 LINCOLN 63.6 63.7 63.4
ALCORN 64.6 64.0 68.7 LOWNDES 69.8 59.4 83.4
AMITE 55.6 64.0 47.7 MADISON 65.1 59.7 72.6
ATTALA 66.0 58.7 73.8 MARION 72.8 67.1 83.2
BENTON 64.0 70.5 57.2 MARSHALL 68.5 67.5 69.3
BOLIVAR 67.0 51.2 73.9 MONROE 56.8 57.4 55.6
CALHOUN 73.9 62.9 94.8 MONTGOMERY 73.7 74.6 73.1
CARROLL 42.0 37.2 48.0 NESHOBA 69.4 59.9 86.4
CHICKASAW 80.4 72.2 90.0 NEWTON 65.5 58.4 77.4
CHOCTAW 57.8 57.1 59.1 NOXUBEE 85.1 98.8 81.9
CLAIBORNE 61.7 60.1 61.9 OKTIBBEHA 49.7 36.4 70.6
CLARKE 60.2 56.3 65.9 PANOLA 69.9 55.6 82.7
CLAY 67.6 57.2 74.3 PEARL RIVER 64.7 66.4 57.0
COAHOMA 80.2 52.7 90.9 PERRY 76.8 72.5 88.9
COPIAH 60.2 53.6 65.0 PIKE 67.7 62.3 72.4
COVINGTON 81.7 74.7 91.4 PONTOTOC 61.1 61.4 59.8
DESOTO 68.6 70.0 61.6 PRENTISS 61.2 61.2 61.0
FORREST 60.6 52.4 75.9 QUITMAN 83.6 66.3 89.5
FRANKLIN 66.3 59.9 74.0 RANKIN 62.0 62.2 61.6
GEORGE 85.5 83.9 98.2 SCOTT 78.8 76.9 81.0
GREENE 49.8 49.4 51.1 SHARKEY 73.6 65.4 76.0
GRENADA 62.2 57.2 67.6 SIMPSON 63.6 61.7 66.9
HANCOCK 57.1 59.3 43.0 SMITH 60.1 57.0 68.5
HARRISON 70.6 67.8 78.4 STONE 71.6 75.2 61.2
HINDS 65.7 45.5 79.1 SUNFLOWER 72.4 47.0 82.1
HOLMES 76.9 58.8 80.8 TALLAHATCHIE 72.9 77.7 71.2
HUMPHREYS 69.5 56.4 73.9 TATE 63.9 61.9 66.9
ISSAQUENA 49.4 40.3 55.1 TIPPAH 71.5 70.0 77.6
ITAWAMBA 63.5 59.6 113.3 TISHOMINGO 56.2 57.4 32.8
JACKSON 56.5 53.0 66.4 TUNICA 70.6 71.7 70.3
JASPER 75.7 65.1 83.1 UNION 69.5 67.3 79.7
JEFFERSON 73.8 30.5 77.9 WALTHALL 72.7 57.4 87.6
JEFF DAVIS 62.5 57.8 65.1 WARREN 73.8 65.7 83.8
JONES 70.0 63.7 84.5 WASHINGTON 69.5 42.7 84.6
KEMPER 49.3 35.4 56.2 WAYNE 70.6 57.2 89.5
LAFAYETTE 44.8 37.3 64.2 WEBSTER 71.6 67.7 81.8
LAMAR 76.5 74.1 89.6 WILKINSON 56.8 59.2 56.2
LAUDERDALE 64.9 59.1 73.1 WINSTON 56.1 53.7 58.5
LAWRENCE 57.8 47.3 73.8 YALOBUSHA 67.3 66.4 68.3
LEAKE 82.8 76.8 89.7 YAZOO 81.2 66.2 90.9
LEE 66.8 59.9 87.2
LEFLORE 78.4 54.7 88.6
* LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALE POPULATION 15-44 YEARS OF AGE.
