TABLE 1A
LIVE BIRTHS, BY PLACE OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
ALSO LIVE BIRTHS AND RATES, BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
(PLACE INCLUDES COUNTIES, OUT OF STATE, TOWNS OF 10,000 OR MORE),
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 42,980 22,320 20,660 44,075 23,540 20,535 15.5 13.5 18.7
ADAMS 1,018 364 654 489 167 322 14.2 10.6 17.4
ALCORN 611 519 92 454 379 75 13.1 12.6 17.2
AMITE 1 0 1 173 91 82 12.7 11.9 13.8
ATTALA 211 90 121 288 137 151 14.6 11.9 18.4
BENTON 0 0 0 133 76 57 16.6 15.3 18.6
BOLIVAR 704 148 556 670 157 513 16.5 11.6 18.9
CALHOUN 2 1 1 220 137 83 14.6 13.1 18.0
CARROLL 0 0 0 118 78 40 11.0 11.6 10.0
CHICKASAW 2 1 1 314 159 155 16.2 14.4 18.5
CHOCTAW 1 1 0 121 68 53 12.4 10.2 17.0
CLAIBORNE 2 0 2 195 14 181 16.5 7.8 18.0
CLARKE 1 0 1 259 146 113 14.4 12.6 17.7
CLAY 423 137 286 325 91 234 14.8 9.7 18.6
COAHOMA 1,081 185 896 654 107 547 21.4 11.9 25.2
COPIAH 190 46 144 461 194 267 16.0 14.1 17.8
COVINGTON 171 53 118 305 168 137 15.7 13.6 19.3
DESOTO 1,317 768 549 1,815 1,581 234 16.9 17.2 15.3
FORREST 2,944 2,028 916 1,092 614 478 15.0 13.1 18.5
FRANKLIN 0 0 0 110 62 48 13.0 11.7 15.3
GEORGE 188 158 30 337 301 36 17.6 17.6 17.7
GREENE 0 0 0 153 124 29 11.5 12.8 8.0
GRENADA 749 370 379 331 166 165 14.2 12.3 16.8
HANCOCK 392 349 43 578 519 59 13.4 13.4 14.0
HARRISON 3,622 2,623 999 2,988 2,095 893 15.8 15.1 17.5
HINDS 6,611 2,017 4,594 4,014 1,044 2,970 16.0 11.2 18.9
HOLMES 7 0 7 419 49 370 19.4 11.1 21.5
HUMPHREYS 2 0 2 201 35 166 17.9 11.5 20.3
ISSAQUENA 0 0 0 30 8 22 13.2 9.7 15.2
ITAWAMBA 0 0 0 282 262 20 12.4 12.4 11.7
JACKSON 1,367 884 483 1,930 1,337 593 14.7 13.5 18.3
JASPER 1 1 0 288 101 187 15.9 12.0 19.2
JEFFERSON 1 0 1 148 9 139 15.2 7.1 16.4
JEFF DAVIS 0 0 0 203 76 127 14.5 13.1 15.6
JONES 1,081 476 605 1,047 642 405 16.1 13.9 21.6
KEMPER 0 0 0 133 36 97 12.7 8.8 15.2
LAFAYETTE 777 471 306 425 244 181 11.0 8.8 16.6
LAMAR 708 496 212 600 489 111 15.4 14.7 19.4
LAUDERDALE 2,548 1,401 1,147 1,149 613 536 14.7 13.0 17.2
LAWRENCE 0 0 0 189 114 75 14.2 12.8 17.1
LEAKE 5 4 1 375 190 185 17.9 16.2 20.1
LEE 2,613 1,977 636 1,289 865 424 17.0 15.5 21.2
LEFLORE 834 136 698 635 126 509 16.7 11.1 19.2
TABLE 1A - PAGE 2
LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 2000
OCCURRENCE DATA RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER NUMBER RATE*
NON- NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 576 365 211 462 283 179 13.9 12.3 17.6
LOWNDES 992 432 560 945 443 502 15.3 12.7 18.7
MADISON 377 4 373 1,290 668 622 17.3 14.8 21.0
MARION 2 1 1 387 224 163 15.1 13.1 19.3
MARSHALL 0 0 0 558 237 321 15.9 14.0 17.8
MONROE 736 498 238 509 318 191 13.4 12.2 15.9
MONTGOMERY 24 3 21 164 70 94 13.4 10.6 16.8
NESHOBA 2 0 2 479 253 226 16.7 13.5 22.8
NEWTON 3 1 2 365 199 166 16.7 14.0 21.7
NOXUBEE 1 0 1 218 49 169 17.4 13.2 19.1
OKTIBBEHA 1,220 561 659 568 264 304 13.2 10.5 17.1
PANOLA 307 77 230 583 218 365 17.0 12.6 21.5
PEARL RIVER 335 249 86 662 555 107 13.6 13.3 15.2
PERRY 1 1 0 178 135 43 14.7 14.6 14.9
PIKE 877 394 483 634 255 379 16.3 12.8 20.0
PONTOTOC 7 7 0 402 348 54 15.0 15.4 13.0
PRENTISS 127 116 11 346 288 58 13.5 13.1 16.0
QUITMAN 0 0 0 166 27 139 16.4 8.8 19.8
RANKIN 3,133 2,378 755 1,698 1,373 325 14.7 14.7 14.8
SCOTT 3 1 2 460 240 220 16.2 14.8 18.1
SHARKEY 5 0 5 107 13 94 16.3 6.7 20.2
SIMPSON 23 8 15 388 218 170 14.0 12.2 17.3
SMITH 0 0 0 179 126 53 11.1 10.2 13.7
STONE 1 1 0 216 161 55 15.8 14.9 19.6
SUNFLOWER 378 76 302 557 106 451 16.2 10.7 18.4
TALLAHATCHIE 0 0 0 213 61 152 14.3 10.3 16.9
TATE 4 2 2 415 256 159 16.4 14.9 19.5
TIPPAH 1 1 0 349 280 69 16.8 16.4 18.2
TISHOMINGO 0 0 0 240 234 6 12.5 12.9 6.2
TUNICA 1 0 1 181 26 155 19.6 10.2 23.2
UNION 933 657 276 426 349 77 16.8 16.5 18.3
WALTHALL 2 1 1 222 95 127 14.6 11.5 18.5
WARREN 1,136 318 818 817 329 488 16.4 12.0 21.8
WASHINGTON 1,185 315 870 1,137 276 861 18.0 12.9 20.7
WAYNE 298 129 169 317 153 164 14.9 11.8 20.0
WEBSTER 0 0 0 162 114 48 15.7 14.3 20.8
WILKINSON 84 15 69 137 23 114 13.3 7.1 16.1
WINSTON 3 3 0 312 132 180 15.5 11.8 20.0
YALOBUSHA 1 1 0 197 106 91 15.1 13.4 17.6
YAZOO 17 1 16 489 164 325 17.4 13.0 20.9
OUT OF STATE 2,538 2,121 417 1,443 901 542
* LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 POPULATION.
TABLE 1A - PAGE 3
LIVE BIRTHS - MISSISSIPPI - 2000
RESIDENCE DATA
NUMBER
NON-
TOWN** TOTAL WHITE WHITE
BILOXI 910 623 287
BRANDON 349 295 54
CANTON 280 25 255
CLARKSDALE 472 78 394
CLEVELAND 232 79 153
CLINTON 301 204 97
COLUMBUS 440 134 306
CORINTH 182 124 58
GAUTIER 251 154 97
GREENVILLE 794 162 632
GREENWOOD 424 83 341
GRENADA 233 94 139
GULFPORT 1,141 667 474
HATTIESBURG 701 262 439
HORN LAKE 296 256 40
INDIANOLA 216 37 179
JACKSON 3,104 547 2,557
LAUREL 381 112 269
LONG BEACH 222 191 31
MADISON 238 222 16
MCCOMB 248 67 181
MERIDIAN 610 208 402
MOSS POINT 331 138 193
NATCHEZ 311 82 229
OCEAN SPRINGS 311 271 40
OLIVE BRANCH 381 320 61
OXFORD 144 79 65
PASCAGOULA 381 204 177
PEARL 355 275 80
PICAYUNE 198 127 71
RIDGELAND 337 249 88
SOUTHAVEN 484 454 30
STARKVILLE 333 153 180
TUPELO 619 372 247
VICKSBURG 503 125 378
WEST POINT 184 44 140
YAZOO CITY 296 52 244
** TOWNS OF 10,000 POPULATION OR MORE.
