TABLE D2. BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1997
NUMBER PERCENT
BRIDE GROOM BRIDE GROOM
NON- NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
TOTAL 21,338 14,630 6,708 21,338 14,570 6,768 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
UNDER 20 2,697 2,319 378 1,065 924 141 12.6 15.8 5.6 5.0 6.3 2.1
13 1 1 0 0 0 0 * * - - - -
14 10 10 0 0 0 0 * 0.1 - - - -
15 95 90 5 2 2 0 0.4 0.6 0.1 * * -
16 253 239 14 16 15 1 1.2 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 *
17 433 399 34 120 114 6 2.0 2.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.1
18 866 742 124 331 293 38 4.0 5.1 1.8 1.6 2.0 0.6
19 1,039 838 201 596 500 96 4.9 5.7 3.0 2.8 3.4 1.4
20-24 6,057 4,359 1,698 5,447 3,999 1,448 28.4 29.8 25.3 25.5 27.4 21.4
25-34 6,866 4,186 2,680 7,941 5,065 2,876 32.2 28.6 40.0 37.2 34.8 42.5
35-44 3,576 2,205 1,371 3,862 2,430 1,432 16.8 15.1 20.4 18.1 16.7 21.2
45-54 1,427 991 436 1,842 1,299 543 6.7 6.8 6.5 8.6 8.9 8.0
55-64 443 344 99 677 484 193 2.1 2.4 1.5 3.2 3.3 2.8
65-74 218 182 36 346 253 93 1.0 1.2 0.5 1.6 1.7 1.4
75 & OVER 54 44 10 158 116 42 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.6
* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
