TABLE E3.  DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 1998

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

TOTAL DIVORCES     13,748   10,310    3,004      434    100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0

UNDER FIVE          5,468    4,387      910      171     39.8    42.6    30.3    39.4
      UNDER ONE       661      559       78       24      4.8     5.4     2.6     5.5
      ONE           1,277    1,077      164       36      9.3    10.4     5.4     8.3
      TWO           1,227      983      205       39      8.9     9.5     6.8     9.0
      THREE         1,205      924      248       33      8.8     9.0     8.2     7.6
      FOUR          1,098      844      215       39      8.0     8.2     7.2     9.0
FIVE-NINE           3,600    2,642      849      109     26.2    25.6    28.3    25.1
TEN-NINETEEN        3,036    2,165      792       79     22.1    21.0    26.4    18.2
TWENTY AND OVER     1,530    1,063      427       40     11.1    10.3    14.2     9.2
UNKNOWN               114       53       26       35      0.8     0.5     0.9     8.1

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