TABLE D5.  BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY PREVIOUS MARITAL STATUS AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                             
                                   BRIDE                       GROOM         
PREVIOUS                                     NON-                        NON-
MARITAL STATUS            TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL     WHITE    WHITE

NUMBER                                                                       

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

NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED   12,260    7,634    4,626    12,310    7,787    4,523

REMARRIAGES               8,642    6,582    2,060     8,594    6,367    2,227
 WIDOWED                    815      611      204       769      545      224
 DIVORCED*                7,815    5,961    1,854     7,819    5,821    1,998
 UNKNOWN**                   12       10        2         6        1        5

UNKNOWN#                      9        6        3         7        4        3


PERCENT                                                                      

TOTAL                     100.0    100.0    100.0     100.0    100.0    100.0

NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED     58.6     53.7     69.2      58.9     55.0     67.0

REMARRIAGES                41.3     46.3     30.8      41.1     45.0     33.0
 WIDOWED                    3.9      4.3      3.0       3.7      3.8      3.3
 DIVORCED*                 37.4     41.9     27.7      37.4     41.1     29.6
 UNKNOWN**                   ##      0.1       ##        ##       ##      0.1

UNKNOWN#                     ##       ##       ##        ##       ##       ##

 * INCLUDES THOSE WHOSE LAST MARRIAGE WAS ANNULLED.                          

** UNKNOWN WHETHER WIDOWED OR DIVORCED.                                      

 # UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY PREVIOUS MARRIAGE.                                    

## LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.