TABLE 4
LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1999
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 19,603 4,747 14,856 45.9 21.0 74.2
ADAMS 273 24 249 58.7 16.6 77.8
ALCORN 131 85 46 31.5 24.1 73.0
AMITE 75 14 61 43.9 16.3 71.8
ATTALA 113 23 90 43.0 17.3 69.2
BENTON 52 7 45 40.3 10.6 71.4
BOLIVAR 455 30 425 68.8 18.9 84.7
CALHOUN 73 22 51 39.7 18.3 79.7
CARROLL 39 7 32 38.2 12.3 71.1
CHICKASAW 160 29 131 46.8 17.9 72.8
CHOCTAW 35 10 25 29.7 13.2 59.5
CLAIBORNE 118 5 113 73.3 31.2 77.9
CLARKE 121 26 95 50.0 21.7 77.9
CLAY 192 17 175 55.2 14.9 74.8
COAHOMA 407 20 387 72.3 22.0 82.0
COPIAH 221 36 185 53.5 22.8 72.5
COVINGTON 140 31 109 49.1 20.7 80.7
DESOTO 420 280 140 25.7 20.3 55.8
FORREST 512 147 365 47.4 24.6 75.6
FRANKLIN 56 11 45 41.8 15.3 72.6
GEORGE 89 66 23 24.5 20.1 65.7
GREENE 53 23 30 29.8 16.9 71.4
GRENADA 133 28 105 48.5 19.2 82.0
HANCOCK 198 163 35 36.1 33.3 60.3
HARRISON 1,253 662 591 41.3 31.0 66.0
HINDS 2,244 171 2,073 58.1 17.2 72.2
HOLMES 306 4 302 74.4 8.5 83.0
HUMPHREYS 156 8 148 76.8 25.8 86.0
ISSAQUENA 12 0 12 60.0 0.0 85.7
ITAWAMBA 68 51 17 26.0 21.6 68.0
JACKSON 716 343 373 38.5 26.0 68.7
JASPER 131 16 115 49.4 15.4 71.4
JEFFERSON 99 1 98 70.7 12.5 74.2
JEFF DAVIS 111 9 102 56.6 15.8 73.4
JONES 401 99 302 39.7 16.0 77.4
KEMPER 71 4 67 51.1 10.8 65.7
LAFAYETTE 162 40 122 36.2 15.7 63.2
LAMAR 135 82 53 22.7 16.2 60.2
LAUDERDALE 508 80 428 43.3 14.1 70.9
LAWRENCE 52 18 34 30.2 16.1 56.7
LEAKE 155 34 121 47.8 21.5 72.9
LEE 456 175 281 37.3 21.6 68.4
LEFLORE 445 26 419 73.3 24.3 83.8
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LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS - MISSISSIPPI - 1999
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 154 44 110 32.9 14.2 69.2
LOWNDES 434 84 350 44.3 17.1 71.6
MADISON 427 37 390 36.6 6.2 68.9
MARION 149 41 108 39.0 18.4 67.9
MARSHALL 313 59 254 58.6 27.2 80.1
MONROE 197 58 139 39.2 19.0 70.2
MONTGOMERY 78 13 65 49.7 18.8 73.9
NESHOBA 208 48 160 41.9 18.0 69.6
NEWTON 127 32 95 42.0 19.8 67.8
NOXUBEE 151 2 149 60.2 3.4 77.2
OKTIBBEHA 199 21 178 37.1 8.1 64.5
PANOLA 329 55 274 55.8 23.2 77.6
PEARL RIVER 239 151 88 34.3 26.0 75.2
PERRY 79 34 45 39.9 25.2 71.4
PIKE 367 55 312 55.3 23.0 73.4
PONTOTOC 100 60 40 27.4 19.7 65.6
PRENTISS 104 68 36 32.0 25.1 66.7
QUITMAN 136 14 122 74.7 32.6 87.8
RANKIN 412 234 178 26.1 18.2 60.8
SCOTT 222 71 151 51.3 30.7 74.8
SHARKEY 93 5 88 82.3 33.3 89.8
SIMPSON 181 46 135 45.2 21.1 74.2
SMITH 69 18 51 36.1 14.8 73.9
STONE 84 37 47 39.2 24.7 73.4
SUNFLOWER 418 19 399 71.6 15.3 86.7
TALLAHATCHIE 127 7 120 61.4 12.3 80.0
TATE 158 40 118 42.6 17.4 83.7
TIPPAH 102 56 46 32.3 22.4 69.7
TISHOMINGO 52 49 3 21.8 20.8 75.0
TUNICA 120 8 112 74.1 32.0 81.8
UNION 116 62 54 30.0 20.3 67.5
WALTHALL 101 14 87 44.5 14.9 65.4
WARREN 462 99 363 54.6 26.2 77.6
WASHINGTON 773 58 715 70.0 23.5 83.4
WAYNE 145 25 120 45.7 17.2 69.8
WEBSTER 37 19 18 27.0 17.4 64.3
WILKINSON 73 3 70 57.9 10.0 72.9
WINSTON 152 22 130 51.7 17.7 76.5
YALOBUSHA 95 17 78 51.6 18.3 85.7
YAZOO 273 35 238 62.5 23.6 82.4
