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MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT
Race of Bride and Groom
In the year 2003, 95.7% of Louisiana marriages were between brides and grooms of the same race. This percentage excluded
brides or grooms of unknown race and assumed that brides and grooms of other races, i.e., other than black or white, were of
the same race (Table 7.9).
Month of Marriage
Table 7.9 Number of Marriages by Race of Groom and Race of Bride
Louisiana, 2003
Race of
Groom
All Races
White
Race of Bride
Page 144 Louisiana Office of Public Health, State Center for Health Statistics
Black
Other
Unknown
All Races 37288 26163 10490 619 16
White 25913 25290 363 254 ****
Black 10842 675 10104 60 ****
Other 521 193 23 305 0
Unknown 12 5 0 0 7
**** Suppressed to protect confidentiality.
Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics.
On average, there were 3,107 marriages celebrated in Louisiana each month in the year 2003. In January, the number
decreased to 2,057 (5.5% of all marriages); in May, it increased to 3,846 or 10.3% of all marriages (Table 7.10).
Table 7.10 Number and Percent of Marriages By Month of Occurrence
Louisiana, 2003
Daily
Month Number Percent Average
Total 37288 100 102
January 2057 5.5 66
February 3124 8.4 112
March 3299 8.8 106
April 3158 8.5 105
May 3846 10.3 124
June 3782 10.1 126
July 3342 9 108
August 3329 8.9 107
September 2595 7 87
October 2991 8 96
November 3146 8.4 105
December 2619 7 84
Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics.