TABLE 16
DIVORCES, BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE*,
MISSISSIPPI, 2000
NON- UN- NON- UN-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
STATE 14,177 10,666 3,312 199
ADAMS 180 112 65 3 LINCOLN 175 133 42 0
ALCORN 291 270 20 1 LOWNDES 323 207 111 5
AMITE 65 54 10 1 MADISON 298 211 86 1
ATTALA 52 43 9 0 MARION 172 139 32 1
BENTON 38 33 5 0 MARSHALL 163 119 44 0
BOLIVAR 163 83 78 2 MONROE 239 190 48 1
CALHOUN 81 66 14 1 MONTGOMERY 42 25 17 0
CARROLL 36 34 2 0 NESHOBA 126 101 25 0
CHICKASAW 84 60 22 2 NEWTON 105 85 17 3
CHOCTAW 54 46 8 0 NOXUBEE 33 9 24 0
CLAIBORNE 23 9 14 0 OKTIBBEHA 131 89 42 0
CLARKE 83 68 15 0 PANOLA 151 103 48 0
CLAY 30 21 8 1 PEARL RIVER 277 249 27 1
COAHOMA 93 42 51 0 PERRY 61 52 6 3
COPIAH 128 89 39 0 PIKE 212 120 90 2
COVINGTON 95 74 20 1 PONTOTOC 200 187 12 1
DESOTO 694 606 39 49 PRENTISS 169 153 10 6
FORREST 404 288 100 16 QUITMAN 24 9 15 0
FRANKLIN 34 28 6 0 RANKIN 680 611 69 0
GEORGE 149 137 9 3 SCOTT 125 94 31 0
GREENE 46 36 7 3 SHARKEY 12 3 9 0
GRENADA 116 92 24 0 SIMPSON 118 97 21 0
HANCOCK 240 224 15 1 SMITH 99 87 12 0
HARRISON 1,192 945 215 32 STONE 63 59 4 0
HINDS 1,126 522 603 1 SUNFLOWER 68 29 39 0
HOLMES 46 17 29 0 TALLAHATCHIE 0 0 0 0
HUMPHREYS 0 0 0 0 TATE 121 91 30 0
ISSAQUENA 7 5 2 0 TIPPAH 165 133 21 11
ITAWAMBA 162 154 6 2 TISHOMINGO 121 119 2 0
JACKSON 780 665 115 0 TUNICA 38 24 14 0
JASPER 67 36 31 0 UNION 177 157 20 0
JEFFERSON 24 2 21 1 WALTHALL 79 55 24 0
JEFF DAVIS 50 33 17 0 WARREN 165 106 59 0
JONES 376 322 47 7 WASHINGTON 195 98 97 0
KEMPER 32 17 15 0 WAYNE 111 93 17 1
LAFAYETTE 130 102 27 1 WEBSTER 49 43 6 0
LAMAR 235 215 13 7 WILKINSON 30 9 21 0
LAUDERDALE 393 273 115 5 WINSTON 72 40 32 0
LAWRENCE 58 46 8 4 YALOBUSHA 67 52 15 0
LEAKE 106 76 29 1 YAZOO 75 56 18 1
LEE 511 404 90 17
LEFLORE 172 80 92 0
* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.
