Bay, AR

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0504180, place: Bay city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 477 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 42 (8.81%)
Kindergarten: 20 (4.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 270 (56.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 106 (22.22%)
College or graduate school: 39 (8.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,154 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 137 (11.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 212 (18.37%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 498 (43.15%)
Some college, no degree: 206 (17.85%)
Associate degree: 14 (1.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 58 (5.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 29 (2.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,385 (100%)
Never married: 239 (17.26%)
Now married, except separated: 837 (60.43%)
Separated: 30 (2.17%)
Total Widowed: 123 (8.88%)
Widowed Female: 95 (6.86%)
Total Divorced: 156 (11.26%)
Divorced Female: 78 (5.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 63 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (57.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,295 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 166 (12.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 462 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (9.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 972 (100%)
--With a disability: 234 (24.07%)
----Percent employed: 50.9%
--No disability: 738 (75.93%)
----Percent employed: 76.6%
Population 65 years and over: 254 (100%)
--With a disability: 156 (61.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,689 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 987 (58.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 700 (41.44%)
--Same county: 490 (29.01%)
--Different county: 210 (12.43%)
----Same state: 133 (7.87%)
----Different state: 77 (4.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,828 (100%)
Native: 1,803 (98.63%)
--Born in United States: 1,801 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,396 (76.37%)
----Different state: 405 (22.16%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.11%)
Foreign born: 25 (1.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (0.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.38%)
--Not a citizen: 18 (0.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 25 (100%)
Europe: 8 (32%)
Asia: 7 (28%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (24%)
Northern America: 4 (16%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,689 (100%)
English only: 1,646 (97.45%)
Language other than English: 43 (2.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (1.12%)
--Spanish: 26 (1.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,828 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,271% (69.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.16%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 52 (2.84%)
English: 72 (3.94%)
French (except Basque): 8 (0.44%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 109 (5.96%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 165 (9.03%)
Italian: 2 (0.11%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.11%)
Polish: 13 (0.71%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.11%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.66%)
Scottish: 21 (1.15%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 623 (34.08%)
Welsh: 3 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 184 (10.07%)

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