TABLE E3. DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER OF NON- UN- NON- UN- YEARS MARRIED TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN TOTAL DIVORCES 14,177 10,666 3,312 199 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 UNDER FIVE 5,463 4,378 1,014 71 38.5 41.0 30.6 35.7 UNDER ONE 576 488 77 11 4.1 4.6 2.3 5.5 ONE 1,288 1,058 213 17 9.1 9.9 6.4 8.5 TWO 1,300 1,037 249 14 9.2 9.7 7.5 7.0 THREE 1,239 978 248 13 8.7 9.2 7.5 6.5 FOUR 1,060 817 227 16 7.5 7.7 6.8 8.0 FIVE-NINE 3,725 2,742 944 39 26.3 25.7 28.5 19.6 TEN-NINETEEN 3,198 2,319 840 39 22.6 21.7 25.4 19.6 TWENTY AND OVER 1,700 1,169 497 34 12.0 11.0 15.0 17.1 UNKNOWN 91 58 17 16 0.6 0.5 0.5 8.0 * DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.