TABLE 4
LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 18,853 4,317 14,536 45.4 19.6 74.5
ADAMS 268 32 236 56.0 17.3 80.3
ALCORN 125 75 50 28.0 19.8 74.6
AMITE 75 19 56 44.9 20.4 75.7
ATTALA 115 26 89 45.8 22.4 65.9
BENTON 48 17 31 43.2 27.0 64.6
BOLIVAR 468 32 436 68.6 20.1 83.4
CALHOUN 102 32 70 45.1 25.4 70.0
CARROLL 40 6 34 44.0 13.3 73.9
CHICKASAW 154 34 120 48.9 22.2 74.1
CHOCTAW 51 16 35 45.1 22.2 85.4
CLAIBORNE 151 2 149 73.6 10.5 80.1
CLARKE 93 25 68 40.6 19.7 66.7
CLAY 186 11 175 53.8 9.6 75.4
COAHOMA 451 20 431 74.0 17.8 86.7
COPIAH 198 22 176 51.3 15.5 72.1
COVINGTON 128 24 104 44.6 15.8 77.0
DESOTO 389 242 147 26.5 19.4 67.7
FORREST 478 113 365 42.6 17.9 74.2
FRANKLIN 48 8 40 43.6 14.8 71.4
GEORGE 96 61 35 27.7 20.3 77.8
GREENE 41 19 22 33.3 20.2 75.9
GRENADA 146 27 119 46.8 18.0 73.4
HANCOCK 188 155 33 41.9 38.5 71.7
HARRISON 1,022 516 506 37.0 26.3 63.2
HINDS 2,305 201 2,104 56.8 17.9 71.7
HOLMES 256 8 248 70.5 16.3 79.0
HUMPHREYS 115 2 113 63.9 5.4 79.0
ISSAQUENA 12 0 12 63.2 0.0 92.3
ITAWAMBA 56 32 24 21.3 14.0 70.6
JACKSON 686 300 386 38.8 24.3 72.4
JASPER 144 15 129 49.3 14.6 68.2
JEFFERSON 106 1 105 74.6 20.0 76.6
JEFF DAVIS 105 15 90 56.2 24.6 71.4
JONES 370 95 275 38.4 15.5 78.3
KEMPER 62 2 60 53.0 7.1 67.4
LAFAYETTE 154 42 112 35.8 16.2 65.9
LAMAR 140 79 61 24.2 16.6 59.8
LAUDERDALE 473 88 385 41.8 14.5 73.5
LAWRENCE 62 8 54 39.7 10.4 68.4
LEAKE 136 26 110 41.3 16.0 66.3
LEE 421 145 276 36.5 18.7 72.8
LEFLORE 466 24 442 69.6 16.9 83.7
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LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS - MISSISSIPPI - 1997
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 164 46 118 36.2 15.6 74.2
LOWNDES 445 79 366 42.7 15.7 67.9
MADISON 428 35 393 37.4 5.8 73.3
MARION 170 57 113 42.8 24.2 69.8
MARSHALL 292 60 232 55.2 26.8 76.1
MONROE 164 51 113 36.0 17.5 68.9
MONTGOMERY 101 19 82 54.6 22.9 80.4
NESHOBA 177 45 132 41.8 19.3 69.5
NEWTON 116 26 90 36.6 14.7 64.3
NOXUBEE 145 4 141 61.7 7.7 77.0
OKTIBBEHA 218 23 195 40.7 9.6 65.9
PANOLA 319 42 277 58.2 20.4 81.0
PEARL RIVER 203 129 74 33.2 25.2 74.7
PERRY 73 25 48 36.5 18.0 78.7
PIKE 278 47 231 48.0 18.8 70.2
PONTOTOC 80 44 36 23.0 15.6 55.4
PRENTISS 73 39 34 22.7 14.2 72.3
QUITMAN 117 6 111 68.4 17.6 81.0
RANKIN 404 220 184 26.3 17.8 62.4
SCOTT 216 63 153 51.3 28.0 78.1
SHARKEY 86 4 82 70.5 16.0 84.5
SIMPSON 130 38 92 38.8 18.7 69.7
SMITH 67 25 42 35.3 18.8 73.7
STONE 84 47 37 40.2 28.8 80.4
SUNFLOWER 394 21 373 74.5 22.3 85.7
TALLAHATCHIE 143 9 134 64.4 14.1 84.8
TATE 147 36 111 43.2 18.1 78.7
TIPPAH 95 54 41 31.0 22.5 62.1
TISHOMINGO 52 46 6 25.1 22.9 100
TUNICA 113 10 103 72.4 28.6 85.1
UNION 104 52 52 28.9 18.2 70.3
WALTHALL 100 14 86 45.2 16.3 63.7
WARREN 424 90 334 50.5 21.8 78.2
WASHINGTON 833 70 763 71.9 27.2 84.6
WAYNE 141 26 115 45.0 17.6 69.7
WEBSTER 54 18 36 33.8 16.4 72.0
WILKINSON 71 4 67 64.5 16.7 77.9
WINSTON 119 21 98 49.4 18.6 76.6
YALOBUSHA 88 22 66 51.5 24.7 80.5
YAZOO 295 33 262 65.4 22.9 85.3
