TABLE E3.  DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 1997

                                                                                         
                                       NUMBER                          PERCENT           
                                             NON-    UN-                     NON-     UN-
NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED     TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE  KNOWN    TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   KNOWN

TOTAL DIVORCES             13,860  10,376   3,101    383    100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0

UNDER FIVE                  5,624   4,551     932    141     40.6    43.9    30.0    36.8
      UNDER ONE               726     633      75     18      5.2     6.1     2.4     4.7
      ONE                   1,300   1,082     193     25      9.4    10.4     6.2     6.5
      TWO                   1,290   1,039     210     41      9.3    10.0     6.8    10.7
      THREE                 1,274   1,015     233     26      9.2     9.8     7.5     6.8
      FOUR                  1,034     782     221     31      7.5     7.5     7.1     8.1
FIVE-NINE                   3,471   2,533     841     97     25.0    24.4    27.1    25.3
TEN-NINETEEN                3,160   2,208     867     85     22.8    21.3    28.0    22.2
TWENTY AND OVER             1,513   1,041     433     39     10.9    10.0    14.0    10.2
UNKNOWN                        92      43      28     21      0.7     0.4     0.9     5.5

* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.