RACE AND RESIDENCE OF BRIDE                            
                         TOTAL                        WHITE                     NONWHITE         
RESIDENCE              MISSIS-                      MISSIS-                      MISSIS-         
OF GROOM       TOTAL     SIPPI    OTHER     TOTAL     SIPPI    OTHER     TOTAL     SIPPI    OTHER

NUMBER                                                                                           

TOTAL         19,879    18,694    1,185    13,232    12,365      867     6,647     6,329      318
MISSISSIPPI   18,258    17,976      282    12,028    11,833      195     6,230     6,143       87
OTHER          1,620       718      902     1,204       532      672       416       186      230
UNKNOWN            1         0        1         0         0        0         1         0        1

PERCENT                                                                                          

TOTAL          100.0      94.0      6.0     100.0      93.4      6.6     100.0      95.2      4.8
MISSISSIPPI     91.8      90.4      1.4      90.9      89.4      1.5      93.7      92.4      1.3
OTHER            8.1       3.6      4.5       9.1       4.0      5.1       6.2       2.8      3.5
UNKNOWN            *         -        *         -         -        -         *         -        *

* LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.