TABLE D6.  MARRIAGES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY RESIDENCE OF BRIDE AND GROOM AND RACE OF BRIDE
MISSISSIPPI, 1999

                                                                                           
                                       RACE AND RESIDENCE OF BRIDE                         
                        TOTAL                      WHITE                   NONWHITE        
RESIDENCE             MISSIS-                    MISSIS-                    MISSIS-        
OF GROOM       TOTAL    SIPPI   OTHER     TOTAL    SIPPI   OTHER     TOTAL    SIPPI   OTHER

NUMBER                                                                                     

TOTAL         21,828   20,611   1,217    14,436   13,526     910     7,392    7,085     307
MISSISSIPPI   20,193   19,929     264    13,225   13,043     182     6,968    6,886      82
OTHER          1,635      682     953     1,211      483     728       424      199     225


PERCENT                                                                                    

TOTAL          100.0     94.4     5.6     100.0     93.7     6.3     100.0     95.8     4.2
MISSISSIPPI     92.5     91.3     1.2      91.6     90.4     1.3      94.3     93.2     1.1
OTHER            7.5      3.1     4.4       8.4      3.3     5.0       5.7      2.7     3.0