Houma Thibodaux News

14.5 percent of people 25 years or older had an associate's degree or higher in Bayou Blue in 2017, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

This number was 14.7 percent lower than the state average of 29.2 percent. In 2017 the total municipality population reached 12,434.

75.3 percent of the population had at least a high school diploma or the equivalent. The table below shows how many

Bayou Blue residents who were at least 25 years old in 2017 held each of the listed degrees.

Degree	Number of people	Percentage of population
No degree	2,011	24.7
Regular high school diploma	2,744	33.7
GED or alternative credential	587	7.2
Some college less than 1 year	549	6.7
Some college 1 or more years no degree	1,068	13.1
Associate's degree	392	4.8
Bachelor's degree	597	7.3
Master's degree	105	1.3
Professional school degree	67	0.8
Doctorate degree	15	0.2

*All data is for residents who were at least 25 years old in 2017.