General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2205525, place: Bayou Vista CDP, Louisiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,180 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 125 (10.59%)
Kindergarten: 39 (3.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 509 (43.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 342 (28.98%)
College or graduate school: 165 (13.98%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 2,424 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 292 (12.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 460 (18.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 966 (39.85%)
Some college, no degree: 415 (17.12%)
Associate degree: 105 (4.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 133 (5.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 53 (2.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 3,158 (100%)
Never married: 809 (25.62%)
Now married, except separated: 1,634 (51.74%)
Separated: 70 (2.22%)
Total Widowed: 214 (6.78%)
Widowed Female: 146 (4.62%)
Total Divorced: 431 (13.65%)
Divorced Female: 229 (7.25%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 2,908 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 327 (11.24%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,025 (100%)
--With a disability: 121 (11.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,295 (100%)
--With a disability: 647 (28.19%)
----Percent employed: 47.8%
--No disability: 1,648 (71.81%)
----Percent employed: 70.3%
Population 65 years and over: 413 (100%)
--With a disability: 283 (68.52%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 3,733 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,177 (58.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,475 (39.51%)
--Same county: 1,025 (27.46%)
--Different county: 450 (12.05%)
----Same state: 250 (6.7%)
----Different state: 200 (5.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 81 (2.17%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 4,013 (100%)
Native: 3,934 (98.03%)
--Born in United States: 3,907 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,011 (75.03%)
----Different state: 896 (22.33%)
--Born outside United States: 27 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 79 (1.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 58 (1.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.3%)
--Not a citizen: 67 (1.67%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 79 (100%)
Europe: 12 (15.19%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 12 (15.19%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 55 (69.62%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 3,733 (100%)
English only: 3,451 (92.45%)
Language other than English: 282 (7.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 92 (2.46%)
--Spanish: 77 (2.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 205 (5.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (1.74%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 4,013 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,095% (102.04%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 35 (0.87%)
English: 214 (5.33%)
French (except Basque): 1,053 (26.24%)
French Canadian: 253 (6.3%)
German: 443 (11.04%)
Greek: 39 (0.97%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 383 (9.54%)
Italian: 41 (1.02%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 17 (0.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 868 (21.63%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 749 (18.66%)
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