General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0104660, place: Bay Minette city, Alabama)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,899 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 140 (7.37%)
Kindergarten: 105 (5.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 779 (41.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 451 (23.75%)
College or graduate school: 424 (22.33%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 4,810 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 395 (8.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,083 (22.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,369 (28.46%)
Some college, no degree: 840 (17.46%)
Associate degree: 380 (7.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 439 (9.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 304 (6.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 6,121 (100%)
Never married: 1,661 (27.14%)
Now married, except separated: 2,941 (48.05%)
Separated: 204 (3.33%)
Total Widowed: 579 (9.46%)
Widowed Female: 473 (7.73%)
Total Divorced: 736 (12.02%)
Divorced Female: 431 (7.04%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 217 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 121 (55.76%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 5,798 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 817 (14.09%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,833 (100%)
--With a disability: 201 (10.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,669 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,063 (28.97%)
----Percent employed: 50.1%
--No disability: 2,606 (71.03%)
----Percent employed: 73.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,010 (100%)
--With a disability: 517 (51.19%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 7,101 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,779 (53.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,227 (45.44%)
--Same county: 2,019 (28.43%)
--Different county: 1,208 (17.01%)
----Same state: 651 (9.17%)
----Different state: 557 (7.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 95 (1.34%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 7,683 (100%)
Native: 7,610 (99.05%)
--Born in United States: 7,584 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,855 (76.21%)
----Different state: 1,729 (22.5%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 73 (0.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 34 (0.44%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (0.42%)
--Not a citizen: 41 (0.53%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 73 (100%)
Europe: 20 (27.4%)
Asia: 21 (28.77%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 6 (8.22%)
Latin America: 20 (27.4%)
Northern America: 6 (8.22%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 7,101 (100%)
English only: 6,844 (96.38%)
Language other than English: 257 (3.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.56%)
--Spanish: 173 (2.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 51 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 33 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.2%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 7,683 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,427% (83.65%)
Arab: 8 (0.1%)
Czech: 9 (0.12%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 80 (1.04%)
English: 373 (4.85%)
French (except Basque): 98 (1.28%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.2%)
German: 452 (5.88%)
Greek: 7 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 614 (7.99%)
Italian: 76 (0.99%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.08%)
Polish: 36 (0.47%)
Portuguese: 18 (0.23%)
Russian: 7 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 227 (2.95%)
Scottish: 86 (1.12%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 279 (3.63%)
Swedish: 31 (0.4%)
Swiss: 6 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,054 (13.72%)
Welsh: 21 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 2,917 (37.97%)
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