Ames, Iowa Demographics

Ames is 1st in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Ames is 1st in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Ames is 2nd in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Income below poverty line

Ames is 2nd in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - Asian

Ames is 3rd in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Ames is 4th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Ames is 8th in Iowa out of 74 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Ames is 8th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Current population (2012)

Ames is 8th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Foreign born residents

Ames is 9th in Iowa out of 75 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Ames	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	60,634	8th	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	24.2	14th	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,435.2	4th	54.5	87.4

Education Demographics
	Ames	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	97.1%	3rd	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	60.8%	1st	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Ames	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	84.5%	72nd	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.4%	19th	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	48th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	8.8%	2nd	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	57th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	27th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	36th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	82.5%	68th	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Ames	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	47.0%	79th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	11.2%	8th	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Ames	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	23,876	10th	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	52.0%	1st	18.5%	25.9%
Households	22,567	10th	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	42.5%	81st	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$170,700	11th	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.2	62nd	2.4	2.6

Business Demographics
	Ames	Rank	Iowa	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,225	9th	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$836,057	11th	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,093	48th	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$136,159	8th	$4,737,719	$613,795,732