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TABLE D4. BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY MARRIAGE ORDER AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2000

                                                                                                           
                                 NUMBER                                          PERCENT                   
                     BRIDE                   GROOM                    BRIDE                   GROOM        
MARRIAGE                      NON-                    NON-                     NON-                    NON-
ORDER        TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE    TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE   TOTAL   WHITE   WHITE

TOTAL       19,879  13,232   6,647  19,879  13,168   6,711    100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
                                                                                                           
FIRST       11,837   7,245   4,592  11,852   7,336   4,516     59.5    54.8    69.1    59.6    55.7    67.3
                                                                                                           
REMARRIAGE   8,039   5,987   2,052   8,025   5,832   2,193     40.4    45.2    30.9    40.4    44.3    32.7
                                                                                                           
 SECOND      5,345   3,700   1,645   5,401   3,699   1,702     26.9    28.0    24.7    27.2    28.1    25.4
 OVER TWO    2,694   2,287     407   2,623   2,132     491     13.6    17.3     6.1    13.2    16.2     7.3
  THIRD      1,931   1,572     359   1,904   1,500     404      9.7    11.9     5.4     9.6    11.4     6.0
  FOURTH       561     522      39     568     492      76      2.8     3.9     0.6     2.8     3.7     1.1
  FIFTH        144     135       9     114     105       9      0.7     1.0     0.1     0.6     0.8     0.1
  SIXTH         38      38       0      27      27       0      0.2     0.3       -     0.1     0.2       -
  SEVENTH       13      13       0       8       6       2      0.1     0.1       -       #       #       #
  EIGHTH         4       4       0       1       1       0        #       #       -       #       #       -
  NINTH          2       2       0       1       1       0        #       #       -       #       #       -
  TENTH          1       1       0       0       0       0        #       #       -       -       -       -
 UNKNOWN*        0       0       0       1       1       0        -       -       -       #       #       -
                                                                                                           
UNKNOWN**        3       0       3       2       0       2        #       -       #       #       -       #

 * PREVIOUSLY MARRIED BUT NUMBER OF PREVIOUS MARRIAGES UNKNOWN.                                            

** UNKNOWN WHETHER PREVIOUSLY MARRIED.                                                                     

 # LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.                                                                                 

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