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TABLE E3. DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 2001

                                                                                
                              NUMBER                          PERCENT           
NUMBER OF                           NON-    UN-                     NON-     UN-
YEARS MARRIED      TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE  KNOWN    TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   KNOWN

TOTAL DIVORCES    14,198  10,683   3,370    145    100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0

UNDER FIVE         5,592   4,484   1,049     59     39.4    42.0    31.1    40.7
      UNDER ONE      632     532      93      7      4.4     5.0     2.8     4.8
      ONE          1,269   1,048     202     19      8.9     9.8     6.0    13.1
      TWO          1,403   1,163     229     11      9.9    10.9     6.8     7.6
      THREE        1,236     956     266     14      8.7     8.9     7.9     9.6
      FOUR         1,052     785     259      8      7.4     7.3     7.7     5.5
FIVE-NINE          3,781   2,763     984     34     26.6    25.9    29.2    23.4
TEN-NINETEEN       3,222   2,321     871     30     22.7    21.7    25.8    20.7
TWENTY AND OVER    1,547   1,084     449     14     10.9    10.1    13.3     9.6
UNKNOWN               56      31      17      8      0.4     0.3     0.5     5.5

* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.         

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P.O. Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215-1700

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