TABLE 16
DIVORCES, BY COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE AND RACE*,
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
NON- UN- NON- UN-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE KNOWN
STATE 14,198 10,683 3,370 145
ADAMS 192 110 79 3 LINCOLN 178 133 44 1
ALCORN 270 252 17 1 LOWNDES 310 199 101 10
AMITE 62 40 22 0 MADISON 224 154 69 1
ATTALA 85 59 26 0 MARION 156 120 35 1
BENTON 34 25 9 0 MARSHALL 178 114 64 0
BOLIVAR 141 66 75 0 MONROE 218 161 57 0
CALHOUN 79 61 18 0 MONTGOMERY 40 26 14 0
CARROLL 39 31 8 0 NESHOBA 122 100 22 0
CHICKASAW 61 50 10 1 NEWTON 84 72 12 0
CHOCTAW 51 38 13 0 NOXUBEE 32 11 21 0
CLAIBORNE 35 7 28 0 OKTIBBEHA 130 84 45 1
CLARKE 88 69 18 1 PANOLA 167 120 47 0
CLAY 101 57 42 2 PEARL RIVER 283 263 19 1
COAHOMA 118 51 64 3 PERRY 66 56 9 1
COPIAH 139 84 54 1 PIKE 231 153 74 4
COVINGTON 83 67 16 0 PONTOTOC 202 187 15 0
DESOTO 713 641 53 19 PRENTISS 159 149 6 4
FORREST 327 242 77 8 QUITMAN 30 13 17 0
FRANKLIN 36 27 9 0 RANKIN 739 670 69 0
GEORGE 147 134 6 7 SCOTT 154 116 38 0
GREENE 62 49 11 2 SHARKEY 8 4 4 0
GRENADA 109 81 28 0 SIMPSON 135 106 29 0
HANCOCK 238 222 13 3 SMITH 98 82 16 0
HARRISON 1,194 983 193 18 STONE 66 59 7 0
HINDS 923 417 505 1 SUNFLOWER 83 48 34 1
HOLMES 60 17 43 0 TALLAHATCHIE 46 32 14 0
HUMPHREYS 27 12 15 0 TATE 126 109 17 0
ISSAQUENA 5 2 3 0 TIPPAH 144 122 17 5
ITAWAMBA 141 129 8 4 TISHOMINGO 134 132 2 0
JACKSON 788 654 134 0 TUNICA 50 17 33 0
JASPER 82 51 31 0 UNION 183 158 22 3
JEFFERSON 19 2 17 0 WALTHALL 71 57 14 0
JEFF DAVIS 59 35 23 1 WARREN 222 164 58 0
JONES 361 299 56 6 WASHINGTON 262 132 130 0
KEMPER 21 12 9 0 WAYNE 82 59 23 0
LAFAYETTE 142 112 30 0 WEBSTER 46 42 4 0
LAMAR 240 205 24 11 WILKINSON 37 17 19 1
LAUDERDALE 349 257 91 1 WINSTON 71 46 25 0
LAWRENCE 64 52 11 1 YALOBUSHA 79 62 17 0
LEAKE 110 81 29 0 YAZOO 99 62 35 2
LEE 506 426 66 14
LEFLORE 152 63 88 1
* DIVORCES OF MIXED-RACE COUPLES ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR NONWHITES.
