TABLE D4.  BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MARRIAGE ORDER AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                     
                                   NUMBER                                               PERCENT                      
                      BRIDE                      GROOM                      BRIDE                      GROOM         
MARRIAGE                        NON-                       NON-                       NON-                       NON-
ORDER        TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE

TOTAL       20,911   14,222    6,689   20,911   14,158    6,753    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0

FIRST       12,260    7,634    4,626   12,310    7,787    4,523     58.6     53.7     69.2     58.9     55.0     67.0

REMARRIAGE   8,642    6,582    2,060    8,594    6,367    2,227     41.3     46.3     30.8     41.1     45.0     33.0

 SECOND      5,748    4,073    1,675    5,855    4,104    1,751     27.5     28.6     25.0     28.0     29.0     25.9
 OVER TWO    2,893    2,508      385    2,737    2,261      476     13.8     17.6      5.8     13.1     16.0      7.0
  THIRD      2,044    1,730      314    2,000    1,623      377      9.8     12.2      4.7      9.6     11.5      5.6
  FOURTH       630      569       61      555      476       79      3.0      4.0      0.9      2.6      3.4      1.2
  FIFTH        155      148        7      126      111       15      0.7      1.0      0.1      0.6      0.8      0.2
  SIXTH         47       45        2       39       34        5      0.2      0.3        #      0.2      0.2      0.1
  SEVENTH       10       10        0       15       15        0        #      0.1        -      0.1      0.1        -
  EIGHTH         6        5        1        2        2        0        #        #        #        #        #        -
  NINTH          0        0        0        0        0        0        -        -        -        -        -        -
  TENTH          1        1        0        0        0        0        #        #        -        -        -        -
 UNKNOWN*        1        1        0        2        2        0        #        #        -        #        #        -

UNKNOWN**        9        6        3        7        4        3        #        #        #        #        #        #

 * PREVIOUSLY MARRIED BUT NUMBER OF PREVIOUS MARRIAGES UNKNOWN.                                                      

** UNKNOWN WHETHER PREVIOUSLY MARRIED.                                                                               

 # LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.