TABLE 1B
FERTILITY RATES*, BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
NON- NON- COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE STATE 66.6 63.0 71.4 ADAMS 62.2 52.6 68.6 LINCOLN 65.6 65.7 65.4 ALCORN 69.3 67.9 77.4 LOWNDES 63.9 62.7 65.2 AMITE 64.5 64.7 64.3 MADISON 70.6 66.0 76.7 ATTALA 72.1 67.7 76.9 MARION 62.8 58.8 70.2 BENTON 67.7 70.3 64.2 MARSHALL 67.6 71.2 64.9 BOLIVAR 65.8 53.3 71.4 MONROE 63.1 63.9 61.8 CALHOUN 71.9 75.0 66.6 MONTGOMERY 59.7 54.3 64.6 CARROLL 50.0 45.4 57.2 NESHOBA 79.9 67.6 98.6 CHICKASAW 77.7 70.6 85.2 NEWTON 68.3 65.6 72.4 CHOCTAW 48.2 47.5 49.5 NOXUBEE 80.0 75.0 81.5 CLAIBORNE 53.1 70.9 51.5 OKTIBBEHA 45.7 35.4 59.0 CLARKE 66.4 63.9 70.0 PANOLA 80.8 69.7 89.6 CLAY 67.5 56.1 74.1 PEARL RIVER 63.2 62.3 67.5 COAHOMA 83.0 56.1 91.0 PERRY 62.1 64.0 56.6 COPIAH 65.5 62.4 67.7 PIKE 75.2 67.5 81.5 COVINGTON 77.1 76.4 78.3 PONTOTOC 61.4 62.6 56.1 DESOTO 73.0 73.3 71.6 PRENTISS 54.9 53.3 62.4 FORREST 55.7 50.1 64.6 QUITMAN 79.1 49.4 87.5 FRANKLIN 65.0 66.2 63.4 RANKIN 62.9 63.3 61.3 GEORGE 82.0 81.7 84.9 SCOTT 72.7 80.1 64.3 GREENE 60.4 58.8 66.7 SHARKEY 79.1 95.1 74.1 GRENADA 57.3 57.6 57.0 SIMPSON 66.6 64.3 70.0 HANCOCK 62.2 64.0 47.8 SMITH 64.7 64.1 66.3 HARRISON 66.8 64.4 72.4 STONE 63.8 65.0 60.2 HINDS 63.8 53.4 68.6 SUNFLOWER 69.3 52.1 74.6 HOLMES 77.0 56.2 81.0 TALLAHATCHIE 64.4 55.1 68.8 HUMPHREYS 87.5 61.5 94.8 TATE 66.7 72.0 57.8 ISSAQUENA 40.9 13.8 54.2 TIPPAH 71.4 75.2 57.0 ITAWAMBA 56.6 57.8 45.0 TISHOMINGO 56.4 57.6 34.3 JACKSON 65.3 63.6 69.9 TUNICA 87.2 46.0 98.5 JASPER 72.1 72.1 72.2 UNION 68.3 66.0 78.3 JEFFERSON 63.8 42.6 65.9 WALTHALL 67.3 64.6 69.9 JEFF DAVIS 57.6 68.9 51.6 WARREN 66.4 58.7 73.9 JONES 72.6 68.6 80.8 WASHINGTON 75.1 63.0 79.9 KEMPER 59.9 59.1 60.3 WAYNE 66.9 64.7 69.6 LAFAYETTE 41.0 33.7 58.6 WEBSTER 70.9 73.8 63.2 LAMAR 67.0 66.5 69.6 WILKINSON 69.8 69.7 69.9 LAUDERDALE 71.9 65.1 80.1 WINSTON 67.4 64.4 70.3 LAWRENCE 70.3 64.7 79.5 YALOBUSHA 66.3 66.0 66.7 LEAKE 84.5 86.6 82.2 YAZOO 72.9 66.7 76.6 LEE 72.2 70.4 76.4 LEFLORE 67.5 65.3 68.2 * LIVE BIRTHS PER 1,000 FEMALE POPULATION 15-44 YEARS OF AGE (2000 CENSUS POPULATION).