TABLE D3.  MEDIAN AGE OF BRIDE AND GROOM
FOR ALL MARRIAGES AND FIRST MARRIAGES, BY RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1997

                                                                      
                             BRIDE                      GROOM         
ALL AND FIRST                          NON-                       NON-
MARRIAGES           TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE

ALL MARRIAGES        27.8     26.5     29.8     30.2     29.7     31.3
FIRST MARRIAGES      23.4     22.3     26.6     25.3     24.2     28.2