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Population (year 2000): 50,731. Estimated
population in July 2005: 52,263 (+3.0% change)
Males: 26,491 (52.2%), Females: 24,240 (47.8%)
Story County
Zip codes:
50010,
50014.
Median resident age: 23.6 years
Median household income: $36,042 (year 2000)
Median house value: $130,900 (year 2000)
Races in Ames:
- White Non-Hispanic (86.3%)
- Chinese (3.1%)
- Black (2.6%)
- Hispanic (2.0%)
- Korean (1.4%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- Asian Indian (1.2%)
- Other Asian (1.2%)
- Other race (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (33.4%), Irish (11.4%),
English (10.2%), Norwegian (8.6%), Swedish (4.1%), Dutch (3.3%).
Land area: 21.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ames
- High school or higher: 95.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 58.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 28.1%
- Unemployed: 5.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 15.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ames city
- Never married: 54.4%
- Now married: 37.5%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 2.9%
- Divorced: 4.6%
10.3% Foreign born (6.4% Asia, 1.6% Europe, 1.1%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +3,352 (+7.1%).
Hospital/medical center in Ames:
- MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER (1111 DUFF
AVENUE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Ames:
- STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; NEVADA, IA)
- BOONE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; BOONE, IA)
- IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL (about 30 miles; DES MOINES,
IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ames:
- DES MOINES INTL (about 34 miles; DES MOINES, IA; ID:
DSM)
- FORT DODGE REGIONAL (about 53 miles; FORT DODGE, IA;
ID: FOD)
- MASON CITY MUNI (about 81 miles; MASON CITY, IA; ID:
MCW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ames:
- AMES MUNI (about 4 miles; AMES, IA; ID: AMW)
- BOONE MUNI (about 14 miles; BOONE, IA; ID: BNW)
- DRAKE (about 24 miles; RADCLIFFE, IA; ID: 2Y1)
Colleges/Universities in Ames:
- IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment:
24,473; Public; Website: www.iastate.edu; Offers
Doctor's degree)
- PROFESSIONAL COSMETOLOGY INSTITUTE (FT
enrollment: 62; Location: 627 MAIN ST; Private,
for-profit)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Ames:
- DES MOINES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 21 miles;
ANKENY, IA; Full-time enrollment: 6,959)
- DRAKE UNIVERSITY (about 30 miles; DES MOINES, IA; FT
enrollment: 4,227)
- IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 51 miles; FT
DODGE, IA; FT enrollment: 2,807)
- NORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 83 miles;
MASON CITY, IA; FT enrollment: 2,161)
- HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 93 miles; WATERLOO,
IA; FT enrollment: 3,292)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA (about 97 miles; CEDAR
FALLS, IA; FT enrollment: 12,524)
- GRACELAND UNIVERSITY-LAMONI (about 99 miles; LAMONI,
IA; FT enrollment: 2,026)
Public high school in Ames:
- AMES HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,563; Location:
1921 AMES HIGH DRIVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Ames:
- AMES MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 688; Location:
321 STATE AVE; Grades: 07 - 08)
- FELLOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 446;
Location: 1400 MC KINLEY; Grades: KG - 06)
- ABBIE SAWYER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
326; Location: 4316 ONTARIO ST; Grades: KG - 06)
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 285;
Location: 921 9TH ST; Grades: KG - 06)
- MEEKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 283;
Location: 300 20TH STREET; Grades: KG - 06)
- EDWARDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 270;
Location: 3622 WOODLAND ST; Grades: KG - 06)
- KATE MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
250; Location: 3521 JEWEL DR; Grades: KG - 06)
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 230;
Location: 601 28TH ST; Grades: KG - 06)
- WILLSON BEARDSHEAR SCHOOL (Students: 158;
Location: 920 CARROLL AVE; Grades: PK - KG)
- LOUISE CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
40; Location: 415 STANTON AVE; Grades: KG - KG)
Private primary/middle schools in Ames:
- ST CECILIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 181;
Location: 2900 HOOVER AVE; Grades: KG - 6)
- AMES CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 54;
Location: PO BOX 1822; Grades: KG - 8)
Library in Ames:
- AMES PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$2,466,141; Location: 515 DOUGLAS AVE; 154,916 books;
19,013 audio materials; 7,855 video materials; 371
serial subscriptions)
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