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TABLE D5. BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY PREVIOUS MARITAL STATUS AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2001

                                                                            
                                   BRIDE                      GROOM         
PREVIOUS                                     NON-                       NON-
MARITAL STATUS            TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE

NUMBER                                                                      

TOTAL                    18,605   12,483    6,122   18,605   12,435    6,170

NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED   11,053    6,809    4,244   10,976    6,940    4,036

REMARRIAGES               7,549    5,672    1,877    7,626    5,494    2,132
 WIDOWED                    785      586      199      713      530      183
 DIVORCED*                6,756    5,083    1,673    6,908    4,964    1,944
 UNKNOWN**                    8        3        5        5        0        5

UNKNOWN#                      3        2        1        3        1        2

PERCENT                                                                     

TOTAL                     100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0

NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED     59.4     54.5     69.3     59.0     55.8     65.4

REMARRIAGES                40.6     45.4     30.7     41.0     44.2     34.6
 WIDOWED                    4.2      4.7      3.2      3.8      4.3      3.0
 DIVORCED*                 36.3     40.7     27.3     37.1     39.9     31.5
 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.                                                  

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