RACE AND RESIDENCE OF BRIDE                                       
                           TOTAL                            WHITE                        NONWHITE          
RESIDENCE             MISSIS-           UN-           MISSIS-           UN-           MISSIS-           UN-
OF GROOM       TOTAL    SIPPI  OTHER  KNOWN    TOTAL    SIPPI  OTHER  KNOWN    TOTAL    SIPPI  OTHER  KNOWN

NUMBER                                                                                                     

TOTAL         18,605   17,378  1,226      1   12,483   11,569    913      1    6,122    5,809    313      0
MISSISSIPPI   17,008   16,747    261      0   11,298   11,106    192      0    5,710    5,641     69      0
OTHER          1,593      628    965      0    1,182      461    721      0      411      167    244      0
UNKNOWN            4        3      0      1        3        2      0      1        1        1      0      0

PERCENT                                                                                                    

TOTAL          100.0     93.4    6.6      *    100.0     92.7    7.3      *    100.0     94.9    5.1      -
MISSISSIPPI     91.4     90.0    1.4      -     90.5     89.0    1.5      -     93.3     92.1    1.1      -
OTHER            8.6      3.4    5.2      -      9.5      3.7    5.8      -      6.7      2.7    4.0      -
UNKNOWN            *        *      -      *        *        *      -      *        *        *      -      -

* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.