TABLE D5.  BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY PREVIOUS MARITAL STATUS AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1999

                                                                            
                                   BRIDE                      GROOM         
PREVIOUS                                     NON-                       NON-
MARITAL STATUS            TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE

NUMBER                                                                      

TOTAL                    21,828   14,436    7,392   21,828   14,397    7,431

NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED   13,111    7,810    5,301   13,109    8,081    5,028

REMARRIAGES               8,712    6,622    2,090    8,717    6,314    2,403
 WIDOWED                    872      653      219      738      544      194
 DIVORCED*                7,827    5,958    1,869    7,973    5,766    2,207
 UNKNOWN**                   13       11        2        6        4        2

UNKNOWN#                      5        4        1        2        2        0


PERCENT                                                                     

TOTAL                     100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0

NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED     60.1     54.1     71.7     60.0     56.1     67.7

REMARRIAGES                39.9     45.9     28.3     39.9     43.8     32.3
 WIDOWED                    4.0      4.5      3.0      3.4      3.8      2.6
 DIVORCED*                 35.8     41.3     25.3     36.5     40.0     29.7
 UNKNOWN**                  0.1      0.1       ##       ##       ##       ## 

UNKNOWN#                     ##       ##       ##       ##       ##        -

 * INCLUDES THOSE WHOSE LAST MARRIAGE WAS ANNULLED.                         

** UNKNOWN WHETHER WIDOWED OR DIVORCED.                                     

 # UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY PREVIOUS MARRIAGE.                                   

## LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.