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TABLE E3. DIVORCES AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION,
BY NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED AND RACE*
MISSISSIPPI, 2000

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

TOTAL DIVORCES      14,177  10,666   3,312     199    100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0

UNDER FIVE           5,463   4,378   1,014      71     38.5    41.0    30.6    35.7
      UNDER ONE        576     488      77      11      4.1     4.6     2.3     5.5
      ONE            1,288   1,058     213      17      9.1     9.9     6.4     8.5
      TWO            1,300   1,037     249      14      9.2     9.7     7.5     7.0
      THREE          1,239     978     248      13      8.7     9.2     7.5     6.5
      FOUR           1,060     817     227      16      7.5     7.7     6.8     8.0
FIVE-NINE            3,725   2,742     944      39     26.3    25.7    28.5    19.6
TEN-NINETEEN         3,198   2,319     840      39     22.6    21.7    25.4    19.6
TWENTY AND OVER      1,700   1,169     497      34     12.0    11.0    15.0    17.1
UNKNOWN                 91      58      17      16      0.6     0.5     0.5     8.0

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

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Jackson, MS 39215-1700

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