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.