TABLE D6.  MARRIAGES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY RESIDENCE OF BRIDE AND GROOM AND RACE OF BRIDE
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

                                                                                                                    
                                                    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         20,911   19,700    1,208       3   14,222   13,324      895       3    6,689    6,376      313       0
MISSISSIPPI   19,251   18,981      267       3   13,002   12,802      197       3    6,249    6,179       70       0
OTHER          1,659      718      941       0    1,220      522      698       0      439      196      243       0
UNKNOWN            1        1        0       0        0        0        0       0        1        1        0       0


PERCENT                                                                                                             

TOTAL          100.0     94.2      5.8       *    100.0     93.7      6.3       *    100.0     95.3      4.7       -
MISSISSIPPI     92.1     90.8      1.3       *     91.4     90.0      1.4       *     93.4     92.4      1.0       -
OTHER            7.9      3.4      4.5       -      8.6      3.7      4.9       -      6.6      2.9      3.6       -
UNKNOWN            *        *        -       -        -        -        -       -        *        *        -       -

* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.