TABLE 1B
FERTILITY RATES*, BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 67.9 62.3 75.5
ADAMS 63.6 46.7 76.0 LINCOLN 67.9 72.7 60.2
ALCORN 60.2 60.1 60.5 LOWNDES 65.3 59.7 72.2
AMITE 60.1 65.4 55.4 MADISON 61.6 60.7 62.5
ATTALA 69.9 71.2 68.6 MARION 68.3 64.2 75.0
BENTON 79.1 78.1 80.2 MARSHALL 72.2 72.3 72.2
BOLIVAR 66.4 51.8 73.0 MONROE 60.2 59.6 61.1
CALHOUN 61.0 62.6 58.2 MONTGOMERY 61.4 59.8 62.6
CARROLL 50.1 53.4 46.5 NESHOBA 83.6 73.6 99.2
CHICKASAW 86.4 77.9 95.7 NEWTON 64.9 59.0 73.3
CHOCTAW 61.5 62.2 60.2 NOXUBEE 91.9 92.2 91.9
CLAIBORNE 50.7 50.0 50.8 OKTIBBEHA 49.3 40.9 61.1
CLARKE 61.7 53.5 72.7 PANOLA 77.9 73.7 81.0
CLAY 70.3 62.2 75.1 PEARL RIVER 67.4 70.0 56.9
COAHOMA 80.9 47.2 93.8 PERRY 75.5 71.7 85.4
COPIAH 63.9 61.6 65.4 PIKE 79.1 63.0 92.2
COVINGTON 74.1 68.0 82.2 PONTOTOC 65.0 67.9 53.7
DESOTO 69.0 68.9 69.9 PRENTISS 61.8 62.0 60.9
FORREST 55.9 49.8 65.7 QUITMAN 84.2 60.8 95.6
FRANKLIN 80.9 80.1 81.8 RANKIN 60.5 62.0 54.8
GEORGE 83.1 85.1 68.1 SCOTT 80.8 81.4 80.1
GREENE 78.7 78.5 79.4 SHARKEY 73.0 37.8 85.1
GRENADA 54.8 58.1 51.4 SIMPSON 74.4 68.0 84.0
HANCOCK 66.6 68.6 53.7 SMITH 60.0 54.0 74.9
HARRISON 75.5 74.4 78.2 STONE 69.6 68.2 73.3
HINDS 63.0 40.9 77.4 SUNFLOWER 88.7 67.7 96.8
HOLMES 84.8 55.2 91.0 TALLAHATCHIE 65.9 56.9 70.2
HUMPHREYS 80.4 48.4 91.2 TATE 64.8 69.4 58.6
ISSAQUENA 61.0 45.8 71.1 TIPPAH 71.6 72.3 69.0
ITAWAMBA 59.3 58.9 63.6 TISHOMINGO 64.0 66.6 19.0
JACKSON 63.1 62.0 65.7 TUNICA 89.2 75.1 92.3
JASPER 68.3 66.2 69.7 UNION 75.5 74.4 79.7
JEFFERSON 73.6 49.1 75.9 WALTHALL 78.7 67.6 89.1
JEFF DAVIS 65.2 51.6 73.0 WARREN 75.7 63.5 89.6
JONES 74.8 67.3 91.0 WASHINGTON 74.4 48.9 87.6
KEMPER 61.0 52.5 64.8 WAYNE 67.3 55.0 82.9
LAFAYETTE 46.0 37.9 64.0 WEBSTER 63.7 70.8 45.7
LAMAR 65.6 67.1 58.3 WILKINSON 65.6 65.1 65.7
LAUDERDALE 68.2 58.7 80.5 WINSTON 72.5 65.0 79.2
LAWRENCE 61.8 69.5 51.3 YALOBUSHA 69.3 68.9 69.7
LEAKE 80.0 76.2 83.9 YAZOO 82.3 71.0 89.6
LEE 70.8 64.3 88.3
LEFLORE 74.4 43.1 88.2
* LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALE POPULATION 15-44 YEARS OF AGE (1999
POPULATION ESTIMATE).
