TABLE D4.  BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MARRIAGE ORDER AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1997

                                                                                                                
                                 NUMBER                                            PERCENT                      
                     BRIDE                   GROOM                     BRIDE                      GROOM         
MARRIAGE                      NON-                    NON-                       NON-                       NON-
ORDER        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

FIRST       12,540   7,871   4,669  12,648   8,068   4,580     58.8     53.8     69.6     59.3     55.4     67.7

REMARRIAGE   8,793   6,756   2,037   8,689   6,502   2,187     41.2     46.2     30.4     40.7     44.6     32.3

 SECOND      5,908   4,272   1,636   6,017   4,276   1,741     27.7     29.2     24.4     28.2     29.3     25.7
 OVER TWO    2,882   2,483     399   2,671   2,226     445     13.5     17.0      5.9     12.5     15.3      6.6
  THIRD      2,042   1,715     327   1,953   1,585     368      9.6     11.7      4.9      9.2     10.9      5.4
  FOURTH       604     538      66     543     480      63      2.8      3.7      1.0      2.5      3.3      0.9
  FIFTH        175     170       5     127     115      12      0.8      1.2      0.1      0.6      0.8      0.2
  SIXTH         44      43       1      35      34       1      0.2      0.3        #      0.2      0.2        #
  SEVENTH       14      14       0      10       9       1      0.1      0.1        -        #      0.1        #
  EIGHTH         2       2       0       1       1       0        #        #        -        #        #        -
  NINTH          1       1       0       1       1       0        #        #        -        #        #        -
  TENTH          0       0       0       1       1       0        -        -        -        #        #        -
 UNKNOWN*        3       1       2       1       0       1        #        #        #        #        -        #

UNKNOWN**        5       3       2       1       0       1        #        #        #        #        -        #

 * PREVIOUSLY MARRIED BUT NUMBER OF PREVIOUS MARRIAGES UNKNOWN.                                                 

** UNKNOWN WHETHER PREVIOUSLY MARRIED.                                                                          

 # LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.