TABLE 16
DIVORCES, BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE*,
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
NON- UN- NON- UN-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
STATE 13,748 10,310 3,004 434
ADAMS 169 113 50 6 LINCOLN 140 110 26 4
ALCORN 260 240 19 1 LOWNDES 314 220 92 2
AMITE 42 30 11 1 MADISON 274 202 72 0
ATTALA 89 62 27 0 MARION 172 129 41 2
BENTON 34 25 8 1 MARSHALL 176 109 67 0
BOLIVAR 127 72 54 1 MONROE 234 195 37 2
CALHOUN 59 45 14 0 MONTGOMERY 57 36 21 0
CARROLL 35 28 7 0 NESHOBA 138 120 18 0
CHICKASAW 71 47 20 4 NEWTON 105 88 12 5
CHOCTAW 48 40 8 0 NOXUBEE 27 11 16 0
CLAIBORNE 17 5 12 0 OKTIBBEHA 69 48 20 1
CLARKE 88 66 22 0 PANOLA 161 110 51 0
CLAY 66 37 25 4 PEARL RIVER 276 243 27 6
COAHOMA 113 57 56 0 PERRY 51 48 2 1
COPIAH 52 36 16 0 PIKE 241 150 81 10
COVINGTON 98 71 15 12 PONTOTOC 175 168 7 0
DESOTO 683 585 40 58 PRENTISS 162 141 10 11
FORREST 309 205 60 44 QUITMAN 44 33 11 0
FRANKLIN 39 32 7 0 RANKIN 728 667 61 0
GEORGE 138 131 6 1 SCOTT 167 121 46 0
GREENE 48 44 4 0 SHARKEY 5 4 1 0
GRENADA 138 103 35 0 SIMPSON 129 97 31 1
HANCOCK 244 226 7 11 SMITH 101 85 15 1
HARRISON 1,282 988 177 117 STONE 69 66 3 0
HINDS 1,155 527 614 14 SUNFLOWER 31 14 16 1
HOLMES 64 25 38 1 TALLAHATCHIE 26 16 10 0
HUMPHREYS 0 0 0 0 TATE 127 98 29 0
ISSAQUENA 5 3 2 0 TIPPAH 170 148 16 6
ITAWAMBA 172 165 4 3 TISHOMINGO 128 124 2 2
JACKSON 370 331 39 0 TUNICA 24 10 14 0
JASPER 71 43 28 0 UNION 221 186 32 3
JEFFERSON 5 1 4 0 WALTHALL 63 47 16 0
JEFF DAVIS 31 22 9 0 WARREN 182 126 56 0
JONES 370 308 56 6 WASHINGTON 238 130 100 8
KEMPER 24 14 10 0 WAYNE 115 81 28 6
LAFAYETTE 148 109 36 3 WEBSTER 48 39 9 0
LAMAR 211 160 23 28 WILKINSON 18 7 11 0
LAUDERDALE 432 309 108 15 WINSTON 49 36 13 0
LAWRENCE 83 69 14 0 YALOBUSHA 68 58 10 0
LEAKE 106 80 26 0 YAZOO 89 60 29 0
LEE 488 384 74 30
LEFLORE 152 91 60 1
* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.
