TABLE E3.  DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 1999

                                                                                 
                              NUMBER                           PERCENT           
NUMBER OF                           NON-     UN-                     NON-     UN-
YEARS MARRIED      TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   KNOWN    TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   KNOWN

TOTAL DIVORCES    14,056  10,625   3,221     210    100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0

UNDER FIVE         5,499   4,458     960      81     39.1    42.0    29.8    38.6
      UNDER ONE      686     599      78       9      4.9     5.6     2.4     4.3
      ONE          1,220   1,040     161      19      8.7     9.8     5.0     9.0
      TWO          1,284   1,039     225      20      9.1     9.8     7.0     9.5
      THREE        1,242     955     267      20      8.8     9.0     8.3     9.5
      FOUR         1,067     825     229      13      7.6     7.8     7.1     6.2
FIVE-NINE          3,745   2,741     959      45     26.6    25.8    29.8    21.4
TEN-NINETEEN       3,094   2,229     830      35     22.0    21.0    25.8    16.7
TWENTY AND OVER    1,619   1,139     446      34     11.5    10.7    13.8    16.2
UNKNOWN               99      58      26      15      0.7     0.5     0.8     7.1

* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.