TABLE D4. BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MARRIAGE ORDER AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
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 18,605 12,483 6,122 18,605 12,435 6,170 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
FIRST 11,053 6,809 4,244 10,976 6,940 4,036 59.4 54.5 69.3 59.0 55.8 65.4
REMARRIAGE 7,549 5,672 1,877 7,626 5,494 2,132 40.6 45.4 30.7 41.0 44.2 34.6
SECOND 4,939 3,450 1,489 5,137 3,469 1,668 26.5 27.6 24.3 27.6 27.9 27.0
OVER TWO 2,610 2,222 388 2,489 2,025 464 14.0 17.8 6.3 13.4 16.3 7.5
THIRD 1,849 1,525 324 1,822 1,436 386 9.9 12.2 5.3 9.8 11.5 6.2
FOURTH 567 515 52 498 436 62 3.0 4.1 0.8 2.7 3.5 1.0
FIFTH 122 113 9 125 115 10 0.6 0.9 0.1 0.7 0.9 0.2
SIXTH 52 49 3 32 28 4 0.3 0.4 ** 0.2 0.2 0.1
SEVENTH 14 14 0 7 6 1 0.1 0.1 - ** ** **
EIGHTH 6 6 0 4 3 1 ** ** - ** ** **
NINTH 0 0 0 1 1 0 - - - ** ** -
UNKNOWN* 3 2 1 3 1 2 ** ** ** ** ** **
* UNKNOWN WHETHER PREVIOUSLY MARRIED.
** LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
