TABLE 1B
FERTILITY RATES*, BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NON- NON- COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE STATE 69.4 65.0 75.2 ADAMS 67.7 57.8 74.4 LINCOLN 65.9 62.4 72.3 ALCORN 64.5 63.3 71.7 LOWNDES 65.2 59.4 71.5 AMITE 63.1 65.4 60.6 MADISON 71.8 65.2 80.5 ATTALA 73.1 66.7 80.1 MARION 71.9 64.5 85.3 BENTON 81.1 82.2 79.6 MARSHALL 73.3 71.8 74.4 BOLIVAR 68.6 52.3 75.8 MONROE 63.2 62.3 64.8 CALHOUN 72.6 71.3 74.7 MONTGOMERY 64.9 58.5 70.6 CARROLL 55.1 59.1 48.7 NESHOBA 79.4 69.3 94.8 CHICKASAW 77.2 75.8 78.6 NEWTON 78.9 71.4 90.4 CHOCTAW 62.1 55.7 72.9 NOXUBEE 79.2 76.6 80.0 CLAIBORNE 61.0 52.2 61.8 OKTIBBEHA 47.2 38.9 57.8 CLARKE 69.9 67.1 73.9 PANOLA 76.7 64.9 86.1 CLAY 67.1 51.6 76.0 PEARL RIVER 64.8 65.1 63.4 COAHOMA 95.3 68.2 103.3 PERRY 65.8 67.5 60.9 COPIAH 71.2 71.7 70.9 PIKE 75.4 66.8 82.6 COVINGTON 74.2 69.3 81.2 PONTOTOC 69.9 74.0 51.4 DESOTO 75.4 77.7 62.5 PRENTISS 63.2 64.0 59.4 FORREST 57.8 53.2 65.1 QUITMAN 75.4 55.6 81.1 FRANKLIN 61.1 60.4 62.1 RANKIN 63.3 64.7 58.1 GEORGE 84.3 84.2 84.9 SCOTT 76.5 75.1 78.1 GREENE 63.7 65.0 58.6 SHARKEY 73.6 37.5 84.9 GRENADA 66.6 64.1 69.2 SIMPSON 66.7 61.8 74.4 HANCOCK 67.6 68.0 64.1 SMITH 54.4 52.8 58.6 HARRISON 70.2 70.0 70.7 STONE 72.6 72.2 73.6 HINDS 66.7 55.6 71.8 SUNFLOWER 78.8 63.5 83.5 HOLMES 83.6 61.2 87.8 TALLAHATCHIE 66.0 59.0 69.3 HUMPHREYS 78.1 61.5 82.9 TATE 73.8 72.5 76.0 ISSAQUENA 68.2 55.2 74.6 TIPPAH 78.4 79.4 74.2 ITAWAMBA 59.1 60.5 45.0 TISHOMINGO 64.1 66.1 29.4 JACKSON 67.3 64.4 74.9 TUNICA 85.3 57.0 93.1 JASPER 74.4 63.3 82.3 UNION 79.3 79.8 77.3 JEFFERSON 70.4 47.9 72.7 WALTHALL 70.8 61.3 80.0 JEFF DAVIS 68.4 73.7 65.5 WARREN 73.3 59.6 86.7 JONES 75.7 68.7 90.2 WASHINGTON 79.8 68.8 84.2 KEMPER 58.6 49.5 62.9 WAYNE 67.5 58.3 79.3 LAFAYETTE 38.8 31.5 56.8 WEBSTER 76.6 73.8 84.2 LAMAR 64.4 63.2 70.8 WILKINSON 69.3 45.8 77.3 LAUDERDALE 67.8 66.3 69.7 WINSTON 77.6 67.5 87.2 LAWRENCE 66.8 64.7 70.2 YALOBUSHA 73.8 76.0 71.4 LEAKE 89.0 87.0 91.1 YAZOO 86.1 77.1 91.5 LEE 75.9 73.0 82.8 LEFLORE 74.1 61.9 77.9 * LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALE POPULATION 15-44 YEARS OF AGE (2000 CENSUS POPULATION).