TABLE 16
DIVORCES, BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE*,
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
NON- UN- NON- UN-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
STATE 14,056 10,625 3,221 210
ADAMS 137 86 51 0 LINCOLN 56 41 15 0
ALCORN 273 257 16 0 LOWNDES 319 210 98 11
AMITE 70 52 17 1 MADISON 270 203 66 1
ATTALA 89 63 26 0 MARION 149 111 35 3
BENTON 25 23 2 0 MARSHALL 182 131 51 0
BOLIVAR 139 71 67 1 MONROE 216 169 45 2
CALHOUN 74 62 12 0 MONTGOMERY 47 31 16 0
CARROLL 35 25 10 0 NESHOBA 150 122 28 0
CHICKASAW 77 58 17 2 NEWTON 79 66 13 0
CHOCTAW 44 34 10 0 NOXUBEE 29 9 19 1
CLAIBORNE 30 11 19 0 OKTIBBEHA 114 76 38 0
CLARKE 98 78 20 0 PANOLA 155 113 42 0
CLAY 96 56 36 4 PEARL RIVER 298 277 20 1
COAHOMA 110 52 58 0 PERRY 50 47 2 1
COPIAH 68 46 22 0 PIKE 204 137 65 2
COVINGTON 108 80 27 1 PONTOTOC 174 157 17 0
DESOTO 712 620 46 46 PRENTISS 186 168 9 9
FORREST 335 248 70 17 QUITMAN 30 15 15 0
FRANKLIN 36 28 8 0 RANKIN 746 667 79 0
GEORGE 103 98 5 0 SCOTT 153 109 43 1
GREENE 36 34 2 0 SHARKEY 10 7 3 0
GRENADA 143 106 37 0 SIMPSON 113 81 32 0
HANCOCK 228 213 10 5 SMITH 59 52 7 0
HARRISON 1,221 997 186 38 STONE 60 50 10 0
HINDS 1,131 530 599 2 SUNFLOWER 47 23 24 0
HOLMES 59 16 43 0 TALLAHATCHIE 36 21 15 0
HUMPHREYS 0 0 0 0 TATE 131 113 18 0
ISSAQUENA 6 4 2 0 TIPPAH 151 134 16 1
ITAWAMBA 179 170 5 4 TISHOMINGO 130 127 2 1
JACKSON 872 740 130 2 TUNICA 32 14 18 0
JASPER 81 52 29 0 UNION 169 150 17 2
JEFFERSON 23 1 22 0 WALTHALL 50 33 17 0
JEFF DAVIS 25 10 15 0 WARREN 195 141 54 0
JONES 368 316 52 0 WASHINGTON 203 103 99 1
KEMPER 27 15 12 0 WAYNE 116 94 20 2
LAFAYETTE 129 91 35 3 WEBSTER 31 27 4 0
LAMAR 212 169 22 21 WILKINSON 35 11 24 0
LAUDERDALE 413 289 121 3 WINSTON 80 50 30 0
LAWRENCE 59 47 10 2 YALOBUSHA 58 45 13 0
LEAKE 103 81 22 0 YAZOO 59 40 18 1
LEE 572 454 100 18
LEFLORE 138 67 71 0
* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.
