People QuickFacts	Ames	Iowa
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	51,557	2,982,085
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	1.5%	1.9%
  	Population, 2000    	50,731	2,926,324
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	4.4%	6.4%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	14.6%	25.1%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	7.7%	14.9%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	47.8%	50.9% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	87.3%	93.9%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.6%	2.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.2%	0.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	7.7%	1.3%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.4%	1.1%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	2.0%	2.8% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	28.6%	56.9%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	10.3%	3.1%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	12.9%	5.8%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	95.3%	86.1%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	58.6%	21.2%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	15.0	18.5 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	18,757	1,232,511
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	46.1%	72.3%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$130,900	$82,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	18,085	1,149,276
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.30	2.46
  	Median household income, 1999    	$36,042	$39,469
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$18,881	$19,674
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	20.4%	9.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Ames	Iowa
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	186,984	33,546,948
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	672,733	31,195,012
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$13,067	$10,631
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	98,762	3,698,955
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	3,544	236,515
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.7%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.3%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	3.2%	0.8%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.6%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	22.3%	27.0% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Ames	Iowa
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	21	55,869
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	2,351.9	52.4
  	FIPS Code    	01855	19
 	Counties    	Story County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts