
TABLE D5. BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY PREVIOUS MARITAL STATUS AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
BRIDE GROOM
PREVIOUS NON- NON-
MARITAL STATUS TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
NUMBER
TOTAL 19,879 13,232 6,647 19,879 13,168 6,711
NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED 11,837 7,245 4,592 11,852 7,336 4,516
REMARRIAGES 8,039 5,987 2,052 8,025 5,832 2,193
WIDOWED 860 636 224 712 537 175
DIVORCED* 7,170 5,346 1,824 7,307 5,293 2,014
UNKNOWN** 9 5 4 6 2 4
UNKNOWN# 3 0 3 2 0 2
PERCENT
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED 59.5 54.8 69.1 59.6 55.7 67.3
REMARRIAGES 40.4 45.2 30.9 40.4 44.3 32.7
WIDOWED 4.3 4.8 3.4 3.6 4.1 2.6
DIVORCED* 36.1 40.4 27.4 36.8 40.2 30.0
UNKNOWN** ## ## 0.1 ## ## 0.1
UNKNOWN# ## - ## ## - ##
* INCLUDES THOSE WHOSE LAST MARRIAGE WAS ANNULLED.
** UNKNOWN WHETHER WIDOWED OR DIVORCED.
# UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY PREVIOUS MARRIAGE.
## LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
