TABLE 4
LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS,
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER,
MISSISSIPPI, 2001
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
STATE 19,590 5,115 14,475 46.3 22.4 74.3
ADAMS 271 32 239 60.4 21.0 80.5
ALCORN 142 83 59 29.1 20.4 72.8
AMITE 74 12 62 41.8 13.3 71.3
ATTALA 128 21 107 45.1 15.1 73.8
BENTON 43 16 27 38.7 24.6 58.7
BOLIVAR 443 36 407 68.9 22.5 84.3
CALHOUN 84 34 50 38.5 23.6 67.6
CARROLL 53 20 33 49.5 33.3 70.2
CHICKASAW 154 46 108 48.7 31.1 64.3
CHOCTAW 32 7 25 34.0 12.1 69.4
CLAIBORNE 124 3 121 72.9 15.8 80.1
CLARKE 119 39 80 48.4 28.0 74.8
CLAY 186 16 170 56.9 16.2 74.6
COAHOMA 442 27 415 77.5 30.7 86.1
COPIAH 210 31 179 49.5 18.3 70.2
COVINGTON 151 34 117 47.6 18.4 88.6
DESOTO 453 304 149 25.8 20.4 55.6
FORREST 497 143 354 47.2 24.7 74.7
FRANKLIN 49 11 38 41.9 16.2 77.6
GEORGE 88 66 22 26.8 22.6 61.1
GREENE 42 16 26 29.0 14.3 78.8
GRENADA 128 29 99 44.9 19.5 72.8
HANCOCK 202 169 33 38.0 34.6 75.0
HARRISON 1,169 581 588 41.1 30.2 64.3
HINDS 2,203 167 2,036 57.4 16.7 71.7
HOLMES 287 4 283 74.4 8.9 83.0
HUMPHREYS 175 7 168 77.8 20.0 88.4
ISSAQUENA 14 1 13 77.8 50.0 81.2
ITAWAMBA 66 53 13 24.4 21.2 65.0
JACKSON 785 402 383 41.9 30.4 69.2
JASPER 139 19 120 49.8 16.5 73.2
JEFFERSON 101 1 100 75.4 12.5 79.4
JEFF DAVIS 87 11 76 50.9 15.5 76.0
JONES 455 172 283 45.3 26.8 78.0
KEMPER 62 6 56 45.6 14.0 60.2
LAFAYETTE 173 39 134 38.6 14.9 71.6
LAMAR 145 82 63 23.2 15.9 57.8
LAUDERDALE 572 105 467 47.0 17.4 75.8
LAWRENCE 80 25 55 40.2 21.9 64.7
LEAKE 160 51 109 44.9 27.0 65.3
LEE 480 200 280 39.2 24.0 71.6
LEFLORE 413 32 381 71.3 24.1 85.4
TABLE 4 - PAGE 2
LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS - MISSISSIPPI - 2001
NUMBER PERCENT
NON- NON-
COUNTY TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
LINCOLN 163 47 116 35.4 15.8 71.6
LOWNDES 421 99 322 45.5 21.2 70.3
MADISON 467 64 403 36.8 9.5 68.0
MARION 130 39 91 38.5 19.1 67.9
MARSHALL 279 57 222 54.2 24.2 79.3
MONROE 203 67 136 40.0 20.6 74.7
MONTGOMERY 78 13 65 51.6 20.0 75.6
NESHOBA 217 54 163 45.0 21.9 69.4
NEWTON 118 27 91 37.3 14.8 68.4
NOXUBEE 135 1 134 61.4 2.1 77.9
OKTIBBEHA 220 24 196 40.0 10.0 63.2
PANOLA 360 66 294 58.6 28.2 77.4
PEARL RIVER 205 122 83 31.8 23.0 72.8
PERRY 64 35 29 38.1 27.3 72.5
PIKE 340 65 275 53.8 25.2 73.5
PONTOTOC 112 76 36 31.7 25.8 61.0
PRENTISS 103 63 40 34.2 26.2 65.6
QUITMAN 126 5 121 72.4 20.8 80.7
RANKIN 457 256 201 27.1 19.0 58.6
SCOTT 239 90 149 54.7 35.2 82.3
SHARKEY 75 6 69 65.2 18.2 84.1
SIMPSON 155 46 109 40.0 20.3 68.1
SMITH 67 24 43 31.4 15.7 71.7
STONE 67 32 35 35.3 22.1 77.8
SUNFLOWER 358 16 342 73.1 18.4 84.9
TALLAHATCHIE 146 11 135 70.2 19.3 89.4
TATE 151 53 98 40.3 20.9 81.0
TIPPAH 93 56 37 29.2 21.1 69.8
TISHOMINGO 55 50 5 26.1 24.5 71.4
TUNICA 149 7 142 80.5 33.3 86.6
UNION 110 59 51 30.0 20.4 65.4
WALTHALL 95 19 76 45.0 19.0 68.5
WARREN 424 88 336 57.3 27.2 80.8
WASHINGTON 749 70 679 70.0 27.7 83.1
WAYNE 145 34 111 46.2 20.0 77.1
WEBSTER 50 24 26 33.3 21.0 72.2
WILKINSON 82 3 79 59.4 8.6 76.7
WINSTON 129 24 105 47.6 19.0 72.4
YALOBUSHA 100 30 70 56.5 32.6 82.4
YAZOO 272 40 232 65.7 28.2 85.3
