TABLE D2.  BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION, BY AGE AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

                                                                                                                
                                 NUMBER                                            PERCENT                      
                     BRIDE                   GROOM                     BRIDE                      GROOM         
                              NON-                    NON-                       NON-                       NON-
AGE          TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE

TOTAL       22,150  15,714   6,436  22,150  15,660   6,490    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0

UNDER 20     3,064   2,685     379   1,187   1,066     121     13.8     17.1      5.9      5.4      6.8      1.9
   14           11      10       1       0       0       0        *      0.1        *        -        -        -
   15          134     129       5       1       1       0      0.6      0.8      0.1        *        *        -
   16          265     249      16      22      20       2      1.2      1.6      0.2      0.1      0.1        *
   17          532     497      35     134     131       3      2.4      3.2      0.5      0.6      0.8        *
   18        1,026     922     104     392     351      41      4.6      5.9      1.6      1.8      2.2      0.6
   19        1,096     878     218     638     563      75      4.9      5.6      3.4      2.9      3.6      1.2
20-24        6,548   4,759   1,789   6,099   4,591   1,508     29.6     30.3     27.8     27.5     29.3     23.2
25-34        7,025   4,494   2,531   8,095   5,381   2,714     31.7     28.6     39.3     36.5     34.4     41.8
35-44        3,442   2,231   1,211   3,867   2,534   1,333     15.5     14.2     18.8     17.4     16.2     20.5
45-54        1,353     980     373   1,724   1,217     507      6.1      6.2      5.8      7.8      7.8      7.8
55-64          458     354     104     681     498     183      2.1      2.2      1.6      3.1      3.2      2.8
65-74          205     167      38     350     258      92      0.9      1.1      0.6      1.6      1.6      1.4
75 & OVER       55      44      11     147     115      32      0.2      0.3      0.2      0.7      0.7      0.5

* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.