TABLE D6.  MARRIAGES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY RESIDENCE OF BRIDE AND GROOM AND RACE OF BRIDE
MISSISSIPPI, 1995

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

NUMBER                                                                                         

TOTAL         22,150   20,856   1,294      15,714   14,735     979       6,436    6,121     315
MISSISSIPPI   20,279   19,989     290      14,289   14,070     219       5,990    5,919      71
OTHER          1,871      867   1,004       1,425      665     760         446      202     244

PERCENT                                                                                        

TOTAL          100.0     94.2     5.8       100.0     93.8     6.2       100.0     95.1     4.9
MISSISSIPPI     91.6     90.2     1.3        90.9     89.5     1.4        93.1     92.0     1.1
OTHER            8.4      3.9     4.5         9.1      4.2     4.8         6.9      3.1     3.8