TABLE D6.  MARRIAGES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY RESIDENCE OF BRIDE AND GROOM AND RACE OF BRIDE
MISSISSIPPI, 1997

                                                                                                                 
                                                   RACE AND RESIDENCE OF BRIDE                                   
                            TOTAL                             WHITE                           NONWHITE           
RESIDENCE             MISSIS-             UN-           MISSIS-             UN-           MISSIS-             UN-
OF GROOM       TOTAL    SIPPI   OTHER   KNOWN    TOTAL    SIPPI   OTHER   KNOWN    TOTAL    SIPPI   OTHER   KNOWN

NUMBER                                                                                                           

TOTAL         21,338   20,139   1,198       1   14,630   13,736     894       0    6,708    6,403     304       1
MISSISSIPPI   19,729   19,447     281       1   13,420   13,227     193       0    6,309    6,220      88       1
OTHER          1,606      689     917       0    1,208      507     701       0      398      182     216       0
UNKNOWN            3        3       0       0        2        2       0       0        1        1       0       0

PERCENT                                                                                                          

TOTAL          100.0     94.4     5.6       *    100.0     93.9     6.1       -    100.0     95.4     4.5       *
MISSISSIPPI     92.4     91.1     1.3       *     91.7     90.4     1.3       -     94.0     92.7     1.3       *
OTHER            7.5      3.2     4.3       -      8.2      3.5     4.8       -      5.9      2.7     3.2       -
UNKNOWN           *        *      0.0       -        *        *       -       -        *        *       -       -

* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.