Bay St. Louis, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2803980, place: Bay St. Louis city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,152 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 118 (5.48%)
Kindergarten: 108 (5.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,011 (46.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 555 (25.79%)
College or graduate school: 360 (16.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,506 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 325 (5.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 617 (11.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,629 (29.59%)
Some college, no degree: 1,216 (22.08%)
Associate degree: 339 (6.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 796 (14.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 584 (10.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,577 (100%)
Never married: 1,683 (25.59%)
Now married, except separated: 3,236 (49.2%)
Separated: 142 (2.16%)
Total Widowed: 678 (10.31%)
Widowed Female: 581 (8.83%)
Total Divorced: 838 (12.74%)
Divorced Female: 464 (7.05%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 322 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 122 (37.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,167 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,007 (16.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,970 (100%)
--With a disability: 134 (6.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,336 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,165 (26.87%)
----Percent employed: 62.7%
--No disability: 3,171 (73.13%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,224 (100%)
--With a disability: 581 (47.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,827 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,383 (56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,351 (42.81%)
--Same county: 1,547 (19.76%)
--Different county: 1,804 (23.05%)
----Same state: 779 (9.95%)
----Different state: 1,025 (13.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 93 (1.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,288 (100%)
Native: 8,150 (98.33%)
--Born in United States: 8,108 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,089 (49.34%)
----Different state: 4,019 (48.49%)
--Born outside United States: 42 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 138 (1.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 57 (0.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 66 (0.8%)
--Not a citizen: 72 (0.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 138 (100%)
Europe: 24 (17.39%)
Asia: 66 (47.83%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (5.07%)
Latin America: 21 (15.22%)
Northern America: 20 (14.49%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,827 (100%)
English only: 7,271 (92.9%)
Language other than English: 556 (7.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 223 (2.85%)
--Spanish: 289 (3.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 146 (1.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 183 (2.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 84 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.51%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,288 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,425% (101.65%)
Arab: 9 (0.11%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 8 (0.1%)
Dutch: 42 (0.51%)
English: 649 (7.83%)
French (except Basque): 1,224 (14.77%)
French Canadian: 320 (3.86%)
German: 837 (10.1%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,206 (14.55%)
Italian: 770 (9.29%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 33 (0.4%)
Polish: 96 (1.16%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.11%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 164 (1.98%)
Scottish: 81 (0.98%)
Slovak: 9 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 28 (0.34%)
Swiss: 9 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 655 (7.9%)
Welsh: 64 (0.77%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,206 (26.62%)

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