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TABLE D5. BRIDES AND GROOMS AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY PREVIOUS MARITAL STATUS AND RACE
MISSISSIPPI, 2000

                                                                            
                                   BRIDE                      GROOM         
PREVIOUS                                     NON-                       NON-
MARITAL STATUS            TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE    TOTAL    WHITE    WHITE

NUMBER                                                                      

TOTAL                    19,879   13,232    6,647   19,879   13,168    6,711

NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED   11,837    7,245    4,592   11,852    7,336    4,516

REMARRIAGES               8,039    5,987    2,052    8,025    5,832    2,193
 WIDOWED                    860      636      224      712      537      175
 DIVORCED*                7,170    5,346    1,824    7,307    5,293    2,014
 UNKNOWN**                    9        5        4        6        2        4

UNKNOWN#                      3        0        3        2        0        2

PERCENT                                                                     

TOTAL                     100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0

NOT PREVIOUSLY MARRIED     59.5     54.8     69.1     59.6     55.7     67.3

REMARRIAGES                40.4     45.2     30.9     40.4     44.3     32.7
 WIDOWED                    4.3      4.8      3.4      3.6      4.1      2.6
 DIVORCED*                 36.1     40.4     27.4     36.8     40.2     30.0
 UNKNOWN**                   ##       ##      0.1       ##       ##      0.1

UNKNOWN#                     ##        -       ##       ##        -       ##

 * INCLUDES THOSE WHOSE LAST MARRIAGE WAS ANNULLED.                         

** UNKNOWN WHETHER WIDOWED OR DIVORCED.                                     

 # UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY PREVIOUS MARRIAGE.                                   

## LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.                                                  

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