TABLE 4
LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 1998
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 19,500 4,680 14,820 45.4 20.4 74.2
ADAMS 310 46 264 58.0 23.2 78.6
ALCORN 122 68 54 26.5 17.5 75.0
AMITE 68 9 59 41.2 11.4 68.6
ATTALA 105 26 79 40.5 18.0 68.7
BENTON 48 14 34 44.4 23.3 70.8
BOLIVAR 469 25 444 68.1 15.5 84.1
CALHOUN 88 32 56 43.6 24.1 81.2
CARROLL 44 13 31 41.1 21.0 68.9
CHICKASAW 118 39 79 38.1 21.0 63.7
CHOCTAW 48 14 34 37.2 16.9 73.9
CLAIBORNE 122 1 121 74.8 7.7 80.7
CLARKE 101 28 73 45.3 22.8 73.0
CLAY 206 14 192 58.0 13.2 77.1
COAHOMA 479 30 449 76.2 26.1 87.4
COPIAH 212 30 182 48.7 16.9 70.5
COVINGTON 153 36 117 47.8 20.3 81.8
DESOTO 405 269 136 25.8 19.8 63.6
FORREST 467 114 353 43.4 19.7 71.0
FRANKLIN 54 14 40 40.9 18.2 72.7
GEORGE 101 69 32 27.7 21.6 69.6
GREENE 45 21 24 28.3 16.9 68.6
GRENADA 160 36 124 46.6 20.7 73.4
HANCOCK 162 141 21 35.4 33.6 53.8
HARRISON 1,189 601 588 41.5 30.1 67.4
HINDS 2,276 213 2,063 56.5 18.8 71.2
HOLMES 300 9 291 73.4 18.4 80.8
HUMPHREYS 151 10 141 71.9 20.8 87.0
ISSAQUENA 15 0 15 62.5 0.0 75.0
ITAWAMBA 38 30 8 15.7 13.3 47.0
JACKSON 731 349 382 39.2 26.7 69.0
JASPER 152 19 133 49.2 17.9 65.5
JEFFERSON 78 2 76 68.4 16.7 74.5
JEFF DAVIS 133 16 117 59.6 23.2 76.0
JONES 390 92 298 43.1 17.1 81.4
KEMPER 92 9 83 61.7 28.1 70.9
LAFAYETTE 154 29 125 36.8 12.1 69.8
LAMAR 142 92 50 22.4 17.0 52.6
LAUDERDALE 533 123 410 44.9 19.9 71.9
LAWRENCE 62 15 47 33.5 13.0 67.1
LEAKE 156 30 126 45.3 19.1 67.4
LEE 417 159 258 34.8 19.5 67.2
LEFLORE 442 26 416 68.5 17.2 84.2
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LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS - MISSISSIPPI - 1998
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 188 39 149 36.9 12.6 74.1
LOWNDES 415 91 324 42.2 18.3 66.7
MADISON 433 39 394 34.8 5.9 67.7
MARION 164 60 104 43.8 26.2 71.7
MARSHALL 260 67 193 52.0 29.4 71.0
MONROE 212 57 155 38.9 16.9 74.9
MONTGOMERY 116 20 96 60.7 27.8 80.7
NESHOBA 197 37 160 44.1 16.8 70.5
NEWTON 138 39 99 39.9 20.5 63.5
NOXUBEE 122 1 121 58.9 1.9 78.1
OKTIBBEHA 213 25 188 42.4 10.8 69.6
PANOLA 311 49 262 56.2 22.4 78.4
PEARL RIVER 210 135 75 33.1 25.9 65.8
PERRY 72 30 42 36.5 21.1 76.4
PIKE 322 45 277 51.0 18.3 71.9
PONTOTOC 86 53 33 23.1 16.5 66.0
PRENTISS 96 63 33 27.3 20.4 75.0
QUITMAN 126 5 121 71.6 17.2 82.3
RANKIN 404 213 191 25.7 17.0 60.8
SCOTT 220 59 161 50.1 25.0 79.3
SHARKEY 94 1 93 74.6 4.2 91.2
SIMPSON 182 43 139 42.9 18.9 70.6
SMITH 92 30 62 38.2 18.4 79.5
STONE 59 20 39 31.9 15.6 68.4
SUNFLOWER 369 16 353 69.9 14.2 85.1
TALLAHATCHIE 134 13 121 61.2 17.6 83.4
TATE 165 51 114 42.8 22.0 74.5
TIPPAH 91 56 35 28.8 21.2 67.3
TISHOMINGO 42 39 3 17.1 16.2 50.0
TUNICA 137 8 129 79.2 28.6 89.0
UNION 121 65 56 33.8 24.0 64.4
WALTHALL 104 11 93 45.8 11.1 72.6
WARREN 425 94 331 54.4 25.3 80.7
WASHINGTON 854 78 776 69.9 24.3 86.1
WAYNE 156 22 134 42.4 11.9 73.2
WEBSTER 43 17 26 32.6 18.9 61.9
WILKINSON 85 2 83 59.0 5.6 76.8
WINSTON 130 17 113 53.1 17.7 75.8
YALOBUSHA 88 21 67 45.8 20.8 73.6
YAZOO 286 36 250 58.5 20.2 80.4
