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TABLE D4.  BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MARRIAGE ORDER AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1999

                                                                                                          
                                 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       21,828  14,436   7,392  21,828  14,397   7,431   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
                                                                                                                
FIRST       13,111   7,810   5,301  13,109   8,081   5,028    60.1    54.1    71.7    60.0    56.1    67.7
                                                                                                                
REMARRIAGE   8,712   6,622   2,090   8,717   6,314   2,403    39.9    45.9    28.3    39.9    43.8    32.3
                                                                                                                
 SECOND      5,728   4,041   1,687   5,926   4,034   1,892    26.2    28.0    22.8    27.1    28.0    25.5
 OVER TWO    2,982   2,579     403   2,791   2,280     511    13.7    17.9     5.4    12.8    15.8     6.9
  THIRD      2,126   1,782     344   1,995   1,577     418     9.7    12.3     4.6     9.1    11.0     5.6
  FOURTH       625     574      51     596     523      73     2.9     4.0     0.7     2.7     3.6     1.0
  FIFTH        175     170       5     147     132      15     0.8     1.2     0.1     0.7     0.9     0.2
  SIXTH         34      32       2      39      36       3     0.2     0.2       #     0.2     0.2       #
  SEVENTH       18      17       1      10       9       1     0.1     0.1       #       #     0.1       #
  EIGHTH         3       3       0       4       3       1       #       #       -       #       #       #
  NINTH          0       0       0       0       0       0       -       -       -       -       -       -
  TENTH          1       1       0       0       0       0       #       #       -       -       -       -
  OVER TEN       0       0       0       0       0       0       -       -       -       -       -       -
 UNKNOWN*        2       2       0       0       0       0       #       #       -       -       -       -
                                                                                                                
UNKNOWN**        5       4       1       2       2       0       #       #       #       #       #       -

 * PREVIOUSLY MARRIED BUT NUMBER OF PREVIOUS MARRIAGES UNKNOWN.                                           

** UNKNOWN WHETHER PREVIOUSLY MARRIED.                                                                    

 # LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.                                                                                

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