TABLE 1B
FERTILITY RATES*, BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 68.2 62.9 75.6
ADAMS 71.4 61.8 78.5 LINCOLN 74.4 72.7 77.3
ALCORN 66.6 66.0 70.1 LOWNDES 64.6 59.2 71.3
AMITE 58.2 59.8 56.8 MADISON 66.4 67.0 65.8
ATTALA 68.5 75.8 61.1 MARION 66.9 65.5 69.1
BENTON 65.4 69.8 60.7 MARSHALL 66.6 74.7 61.1
BOLIVAR 68.1 50.8 76.0 MONROE 64.8 65.1 64.1
CALHOUN 67.0 69.0 63.5 MONTGOMERY 74.1 61.4 84.6
CARROLL 52.1 57.0 46.5 NESHOBA 75.1 60.3 98.7
CHICKASAW 78.2 88.6 66.4 NEWTON 74.7 69.2 82.8
CHOCTAW 66.4 66.8 65.6 NOXUBEE 76.0 82.1 74.2
CLAIBORNE 49.9 41.0 50.8 OKTIBBEHA 46.8 36.8 61.1
CLARKE 57.3 54.7 60.8 PANOLA 74.0 68.4 78.3
CLAY 71.5 57.2 79.9 PEARL RIVER 62.5 63.7 57.5
COAHOMA 90.1 58.6 102.4 PERRY 75.8 75.7 75.9
COPIAH 66.9 67.7 66.3 PIKE 74.5 63.7 83.6
COVINGTON 82.8 79.4 87.4 PONTOTOC 66.7 72.0 45.2
DESOTO 69.3 70.4 63.0 PRENTISS 66.8 70.0 50.7
FORREST 55.6 47.9 68.6 QUITMAN 80.7 40.4 100.5
FRANKLIN 77.8 82.8 71.7 RANKIN 61.0 61.2 60.4
GEORGE 85.5 84.5 93.3 SCOTT 81.1 81.8 80.4
GREENE 68.5 69.5 65.0 SHARKEY 79.6 58.5 87.0
GRENADA 67.8 67.9 67.7 SIMPSON 78.8 70.1 91.9
HANCOCK 56.7 59.6 37.2 SMITH 75.8 71.8 85.8
HARRISON 71.2 69.0 76.8 STONE 61.3 58.9 67.4
HINDS 65.0 45.6 78.0 SUNFLOWER 79.3 60.2 86.7
HOLMES 83.8 56.1 89.8 TALLAHATCHIE 68.1 71.2 66.6
HUMPHREYS 81.7 73.3 84.6 TATE 68.3 70.4 65.5
ISSAQUENA 72.1 29.8 100.5 TIPPAH 71.5 75.9 55.0
ITAWAMBA 54.8 55.7 44.6 TISHOMINGO 65.5 67.7 29.0
JACKSON 63.7 61.9 68.5 TUNICA 92.9 80.7 95.7
JASPER 81.9 68.6 91.2 UNION 70.2 65.9 88.0
JEFFERSON 59.5 73.6 58.2 WALTHALL 77.6 69.6 85.2
JEFF DAVIS 73.6 61.1 81.1 WARREN 69.1 61.2 78.2
JONES 66.0 57.2 85.2 WASHINGTON 80.8 61.6 90.8
KEMPER 64.1 43.6 73.6 WAYNE 78.9 70.4 89.9
LAFAYETTE 43.4 36.0 60.2 WEBSTER 60.8 58.0 68.1
LAMAR 72.1 73.2 66.3 WILKINSON 73.4 75.8 72.7
LAUDERDALE 68.5 62.6 76.2 WINSTON 59.7 49.3 69.1
LAWRENCE 66.0 70.6 59.7 YALOBUSHA 73.9 76.0 71.6
LEAKE 85.7 76.1 95.8 YAZOO 90.5 83.2 95.2
LEE 69.4 64.3 83.7
LEFLORE 77.4 59.3 85.4
* LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALE POPULATION 15-44 YEARS OF AGE (1998
POPULATION ESTIMATE).
