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Population (year 2000): 1,285
Males: 654 (50.9%), Females: 631 (49.1%)
St. Charles County
Zip code:
70031
Median resident age: 34.8 years
Median household income: $41,691 (year 2000)
Median house value: $81,500 (year 2000)
Races in Ama:
- White Non-Hispanic (64.4%)
- Black (34.4%)
- Hispanic (1.0%)
Ancestries: French (13.7%), United States
(9.2%), Italian (7.3%), German (6.1%), French Canadian (4.1%),
Irish (1.6%).
Elevation: 6 feet
Land area: 3.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ama
- High school or higher: 84.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
- Unemployed: 4.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 32.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ama CDP
- Never married: 29.5%
- Now married: 53.2%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 5.5%
- Divorced: 10.5%
0.7% Foreign born
Hospitals/medical centers near Ama:
- LULING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 5 miles;
LULING, LA)
- ST CHARLES HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; LULING, LA)
- KENNER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles;
KENNER, LA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Ama:
- LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL (about 5 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; ID: MSY)
- LAKEFRONT (about 21 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; ID: NEW)
- STENNIS INTL (about 66 miles; BAY ST LOUIS, MS; ID:
HSA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ama:
- NEW ORLEANS DOWNTOWN (about 17 miles; NEW ORLEANS,
LA; ID: 7N0)
- ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH (about 21 miles; RESERVE,
LA; ID: 1L0)
- NEW ORLEANS NAS JRB/ALVIN CALLENDER FIELD/ (about 21
miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; ID: NBG)
Amtrak station near Ama:
- 16 miles: NEW ORLEANS (1001 LOYOLA AVE.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack
bar, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking,
call for car rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus
service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ama:
- TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA (about 13 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; Full-time enrollment: 10,230)
- LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS (about 13 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 4,399)
- XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA (about 14 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 3,659)
- DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 16 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 8,193)
- LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
(about 16 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 2,496)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS (about 18 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 12,442)
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS (about 21 miles;
NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 3,217)
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