TABLE 4
LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 20,272 5,102 15,170 46.0 21.7 73.9
ADAMS 293 39 254 59.9 23.4 78.9
ALCORN 135 85 50 29.7 22.4 66.7
AMITE 74 17 57 42.8 18.7 69.5
ATTALA 127 31 96 44.1 22.6 63.6
BENTON 52 10 42 39.1 13.2 73.7
BOLIVAR 454 24 430 67.8 15.3 83.8
CALHOUN 97 30 67 44.1 21.9 80.7
CARROLL 41 10 31 34.7 12.8 77.5
CHICKASAW 153 47 106 48.7 29.6 68.4
CHOCTAW 53 13 40 43.8 19.1 75.5
CLAIBORNE 147 2 145 75.4 14.3 80.1
CLARKE 116 34 82 44.8 23.3 72.6
CLAY 182 16 166 56.0 17.6 70.9
COAHOMA 490 18 472 74.9 16.8 86.3
COPIAH 221 31 190 47.9 16.0 71.2
COVINGTON 136 28 108 44.6 16.7 78.8
DESOTO 498 352 146 27.4 22.3 62.4
FORREST 488 144 344 44.7 23.4 72.0
FRANKLIN 46 11 35 41.8 17.7 72.9
GEORGE 87 62 25 25.8 20.6 69.4
GREENE 43 23 20 28.1 18.5 69.0
GRENADA 164 41 123 49.5 24.7 74.5
HANCOCK 214 176 38 37.0 33.9 64.4
HARRISON 1,247 658 589 41.7 31.4 66.0
HINDS 2,304 172 2,132 57.4 16.5 71.8
HOLMES 298 7 291 71.1 14.3 78.6
HUMPHREYS 148 7 141 73.6 20.0 84.9
ISSAQUENA 16 0 16 53.3 - 72.7
ITAWAMBA 72 59 13 25.5 22.5 65.0
JACKSON 755 335 420 39.1 25.0 70.8
JASPER 139 13 126 48.3 12.9 67.4
JEFFERSON 107 1 106 72.3 11.1 76.2
JEFF DAVIS 118 12 106 58.1 15.8 83.5
JONES 480 148 332 45.8 23.0 82.0
KEMPER 70 5 65 52.6 13.9 67.0
LAFAYETTE 146 25 121 34.4 10.2 66.8
LAMAR 128 62 66 21.3 12.7 59.4
LAUDERDALE 527 121 406 45.9 19.7 75.7
LAWRENCE 64 15 49 33.9 13.2 65.3
LEAKE 165 45 120 44.0 23.7 64.9
LEE 491 195 296 38.1 22.5 69.8
LEFLORE 448 18 430 70.6 14.3 84.5
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LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS - MISSISSIPPI - 2000
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 155 41 114 33.6 14.5 63.7
LOWNDES 426 84 342 45.1 19.0 68.1
MADISON 471 55 416 36.5 8.2 66.9
MARION 170 57 113 43.9 25.4 69.3
MARSHALL 297 61 236 53.2 25.7 73.5
MONROE 220 75 145 43.2 23.6 75.9
MONTGOMERY 86 17 69 52.4 24.3 73.4
NESHOBA 208 55 153 43.4 21.7 67.7
NEWTON 147 27 120 40.3 13.6 72.3
NOXUBEE 139 3 136 63.8 6.1 80.5
OKTIBBEHA 235 29 206 41.4 11.0 67.8
PANOLA 344 65 279 59.0 29.8 76.4
PEARL RIVER 235 154 81 35.5 27.7 75.7
PERRY 68 37 31 38.2 27.4 72.1
PIKE 305 47 258 48.1 18.4 68.1
PONTOTOC 116 79 37 28.8 22.7 68.5
PRENTISS 101 69 32 29.2 24.0 55.2
QUITMAN 119 5 114 71.7 18.5 82.0
RANKIN 418 228 190 24.6 16.6 58.5
SCOTT 233 67 166 50.6 27.9 75.4
SHARKEY 85 4 81 79.4 30.8 86.2
SIMPSON 165 47 118 42.5 21.6 69.4
SMITH 55 17 38 30.7 13.5 71.7
STONE 73 29 44 33.8 18.0 80.0
SUNFLOWER 397 20 377 71.3 18.9 83.6
TALLAHATCHIE 148 14 134 69.5 23.0 88.2
TATE 174 58 116 41.9 22.6 73.0
TIPPAH 100 62 38 28.6 22.1 55.1
TISHOMINGO 55 50 5 22.9 21.4 83.3
TUNICA 145 14 131 80.1 53.8 84.5
UNION 136 84 52 31.9 24.1 67.5
WALTHALL 106 15 91 47.7 15.8 71.6
WARREN 461 81 380 56.4 24.6 77.9
WASHINGTON 780 62 718 68.6 22.5 83.4
WAYNE 140 27 113 44.2 17.6 68.9
WEBSTER 54 24 30 33.3 21.0 62.5
WILKINSON 96 4 92 70.1 17.4 80.7
WINSTON 157 22 135 50.3 16.7 75.0
YALOBUSHA 99 28 71 50.2 26.4 78.0
YAZOO 319 43 276 65.2 26.2 84.9
