Bay County, MI Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Bay county michigan dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	27,880	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,843	6.6
Kindergarten	1,467	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	12,576	45.1
High school (grades 9-12)	6,550	23.5
College or graduate school	5,444	19.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	74,146	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,522	6.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	8,505	11.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	27,407	37.0
Some college, no degree	17,264	23.3
Associate degree	5,933	8.0
Bachelor's degree	7,224	9.7
Graduate or professional degree	3,291	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	88,069	100.0
Never married	21,947	24.9
Now married, except separated	49,673	56.4
Separated	911	1.0
Widowed	6,999	7.9
Female	5,779	6.6
Divorced	8,539	9.7
Female	4,873	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,447	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	562	38.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	83,243	100.0
Civilian veterans	11,798	14.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	24,248	100.0
With a disability	1,883	7.8

Population 21 to 64 years	62,734	100.0
With a disability	11,578	18.5
Percent employed	51.5	(X)
No disability	51,156	81.5
Percent employed	77.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	15,554	100.0
With a disability	6,740	43.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	103,467	100.0
Same house in 1995	67,351	65.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	35,842	34.6
Same county	24,959	24.1
Different county	10,883	10.5
Same state	7,955	7.7
Different state	2,928	2.8
Elsewhere in 1995	274	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	110,157	100.0
Native	108,621	98.6
Born in United States	108,355	98.4
State of residence	98,856	89.7
Different state	9,499	8.6
Born outside United States	266	0.2
Foreign born	1,536	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	486	0.4
Naturalized citizen	859	0.8
Not a citizen	677	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,536	100.0
Europe	546	35.5
Asia	463	30.1
Africa	19	1.2
Oceania	5	0.3
Latin America	277	18.0
Northern America	226	14.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	103,467	100.0
English only	98,294	95.0
Language other than English	5,173	5.0
Speak English less than 'very well	1,506	1.5
Spanish	2,388	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	708	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	2,303	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	584	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	393	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	212	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	110,157	100.0
Total ancestries reported	131,262	119.2
Arab	269	0.2
Czech¹	495	0.4
Danish	155	0.1
Dutch	2,948	2.7
English	9,333	8.5
French (except Basque)¹	15,813	14.4
French Canadian¹	4,692	4.3
German	34,534	31.3
Greek	246	0.2
Hungarian	1,066	1.0
Irish¹	11,961	10.9
Italian	2,052	1.9
Lithuanian	256	0.2
Norwegian	444	0.4
Polish	23,816	21.6
Portuguese	14	0.0
Russian	632	0.6
Scotch-Irish	1,276	1.2
Scottish	2,384	2.2
Slovak	139	0.1
Subsaharan African	81	0.1
Swedish	1,092	1.0
Swiss	317	0.3
Ukrainian	352	0.3
United States or American	4,473	4.1
Welsh	396	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7	0.0
Other ancestries	12,019	10.9

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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