TABLE D4. BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MARRIAGE ORDER AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT BRIDE GROOM BRIDE GROOM MARRIAGE NON- NON- NON- NON- ORDER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL 19,879 13,232 6,647 19,879 13,168 6,711 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 FIRST 11,837 7,245 4,592 11,852 7,336 4,516 59.5 54.8 69.1 59.6 55.7 67.3 REMARRIAGE 8,039 5,987 2,052 8,025 5,832 2,193 40.4 45.2 30.9 40.4 44.3 32.7 SECOND 5,345 3,700 1,645 5,401 3,699 1,702 26.9 28.0 24.7 27.2 28.1 25.4 OVER TWO 2,694 2,287 407 2,623 2,132 491 13.6 17.3 6.1 13.2 16.2 7.3 THIRD 1,931 1,572 359 1,904 1,500 404 9.7 11.9 5.4 9.6 11.4 6.0 FOURTH 561 522 39 568 492 76 2.8 3.9 0.6 2.8 3.7 1.1 FIFTH 144 135 9 114 105 9 0.7 1.0 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.1 SIXTH 38 38 0 27 27 0 0.2 0.3 - 0.1 0.2 - SEVENTH 13 13 0 8 6 2 0.1 0.1 - # # # EIGHTH 4 4 0 1 1 0 # # - # # - NINTH 2 2 0 1 1 0 # # - # # - TENTH 1 1 0 0 0 0 # # - - - - UNKNOWN* 0 0 0 1 1 0 - - - # # - UNKNOWN** 3 0 3 2 0 2 # - # # - # * PREVIOUSLY MARRIED BUT NUMBER OF PREVIOUS MARRIAGES UNKNOWN. ** UNKNOWN WHETHER PREVIOUSLY MARRIED. # LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.