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TABLE 15
MARRIAGES, BY COUNTY OF LICENSURE AND RACE OF BRIDE,
ALSO BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE OF BRIDE,
ALSO BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE OF BRIDE AND RACE OF BRIDE,
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
LICENSURE DATA OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 20,911 14,222 6,689 20,911 14,222 6,689 19,700 13,324 6,376
ADAMS 331 186 145 358 207 151 261 130 131
ALCORN 183 167 16 198 180 18 153 140 13
AMITE 95 61 34 122 79 43 101 63 38
ATTALA 159 105 54 159 103 56 145 96 49
BENTON 45 27 18 54 34 20 50 32 18
BOLIVAR 22 2 20 49 21 28 46 14 32
CALHOUN 105 75 30 114 82 32 114 85 29
CARROLL 54 36 18 79 57 22 61 41 20
CHICKASAW 152 105 47 147 106 41 137 91 46
CHOCTAW 79 55 24 85 64 21 85 59 26
CLAIBORNE 108 26 82 100 24 76 103 23 80
CLARKE 125 87 38 142 98 44 126 86 40
CLAY 160 89 71 173 94 79 161 87 74
COAHOMA 162 60 102 161 61 100 151 55 96
COPIAH 234 121 113 264 154 110 237 124 113
COVINGTON 166 129 37 145 112 33 167 130 37
DESOTO 559 498 61 499 449 50 445 409 36
FORREST 742 537 205 656 485 171 606 445 161
FRANKLIN 66 40 26 67 44 23 66 40 26
GEORGE 217 208 9 205 194 11 181 172 9
GREENE 79 65 14 97 83 14 68 61 7
GRENADA 216 151 65 200 139 61 186 135 51
HANCOCK 353 325 28 350 323 27 301 279 22
HARRISON 1,646 1,341 305 1,635 1,337 298 1,404 1,127 277
HINDS 2,163 1,043 1,120 2,046 988 1,058 1,826 779 1,047
HOLMES 132 35 97 161 45 116 146 42 104
HUMPHREYS 53 18 35 62 29 33 49 18 31
ISSAQUENA 5 3 2 10 5 5 6 3 3
ITAWAMBA 137 131 6 144 138 6 142 137 5
JACKSON 956 763 193 1,027 829 198 993 801 192
JASPER 118 65 53 119 68 51 116 62 54
JEFFERSON 67 6 61 83 14 69 48 6 42
JEFF DAVIS 110 58 52 124 65 59 111 58 53
JONES 517 406 111 522 411 111 491 397 94
KEMPER 60 14 46 72 21 51 55 10 45
LAFAYETTE 251 164 87 221 145 76 233 150 83
LAMAR 246 221 25 259 230 29 322 273 49
LAUDERDALE 610 413 197 601 408 193 563 376 187
LAWRENCE 113 77 36 134 91 43 119 82 37
LEAKE 167 112 55 170 110 60 176 119 57
LEE 686 510 176 624 469 155 628 469 159
LEFLORE 252 98 154 225 87 138 215 84 131
TABLE 15 - PAGE 2
MARRIAGES - MISSISSIPPI - 1998
LICENSURE DATA OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 325 239 86 316 227 89 323 242 81
LOWNDES 416 248 168 413 246 167 386 225 161
MADISON 372 209 163 426 238 188 495 312 183
MARION 262 186 76 270 189 81 256 182 74
MARSHALL 189 88 101 189 89 100 162 77 85
MONROE 235 170 65 270 192 78 246 174 72
MONTGOMERY 89 54 35 101 63 38 92 52 40
NESHOBA 258 176 82 253 173 80 237 162 75
NEWTON 158 106 52 159 112 47 163 113 50
NOXUBEE 92 26 66 103 31 72 87 20 67
OKTIBBEHA 299 194 105 278 168 110 261 160 101
PANOLA 213 118 95 231 125 106 225 124 101
PEARL RIVER 389 348 41 371 334 37 363 320 43
PERRY 77 64 13 84 67 17 95 79 16
PIKE 384 196 188 387 206 181 334 162 172
PONTOTOC 200 175 25 196 170 26 209 184 25
PRENTISS 164 140 24 158 140 18 166 144 22
QUITMAN 57 17 40 54 18 36 53 13 40
RANKIN 938 825 113 804 685 119 1,030 899 131
SCOTT 205 140 65 223 159 64 207 144 63
SHARKEY 31 12 19 21 6 15 27 10 17
SIMPSON 220 156 64 226 163 63 228 165 63
SMITH 95 78 17 147 116 31 119 92 27
STONE 132 114 18 116 98 18 118 100 18
SUNFLOWER 125 34 91 140 37 103 109 33 76
TALLAHATCHIE 85 50 35 95 52 43 85 43 42
TATE 166 125 41 166 127 39 143 105 38
TIPPAH 122 106 16 119 101 18 106 90 16
TISHOMINGO 113 108 5 115 110 5 90 89 1
TUNICA 57 29 28 61 32 29 44 16 28
UNION 183 150 33 182 150 32 180 149 31
WALTHALL 118 74 44 115 70 45 118 77 41
WARREN 438 289 149 447 303 144 396 260 136
WASHINGTON 255 108 147 260 111 149 233 102 131
WAYNE 173 110 63 173 111 62 154 98 56
WEBSTER 93 73 20 78 58 20 94 72 22
WILKINSON 57 23 34 59 26 33 52 20 32
WINSTON 150 77 73 151 78 73 147 76 71
YALOBUSHA 93 61 32 95 59 36 97 62 35
YAZOO 182 93 89 191 96 95 176 87 89
UNKNOWN 5 3 2
OUT OF STATE * * * * * * 1,208 895 313
UNKNOWN STATE 3 3 0
* INFORMATION ON MISSISSIPPI BRIDES WHO OBTAINED LICENSES AND/OR MARRIED IN OTHER STATES IS
NOT AVAILABLE.
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