
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.
