Ames, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1901855, place: Ames city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 27,275 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 657 (2.41%)
Kindergarten: 408 (1.5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,120 (11.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,662 (6.09%)
College or graduate school: 21,428 (78.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 22,932 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 498 (2.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 574 (2.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,818 (12.29%)
Some college, no degree: 4,290 (18.71%)
Associate degree: 1,314 (5.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,996 (30.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6,442 (28.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 58.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 44,525 (100%)
Never married: 24,215 (54.39%)
Now married, except separated: 16,702 (37.51%)
Separated: 258 (0.58%)
Total Widowed: 1,309 (2.94%)
Widowed Female: 1,135 (2.55%)
Total Divorced: 2,041 (4.58%)
Divorced Female: 1,284 (2.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 170 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 43 (25.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 43,186 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,033 (7.02%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,790 (100%)
--With a disability: 740 (5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 29,732 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,123 (7.14%)
----Percent employed: 66.3%
--No disability: 27,609 (92.86%)
----Percent employed: 79%
Population 65 years and over: 3,601 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,138 (31.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 48,387 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 13,853 (28.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 31,321 (64.73%)
--Same county: 8,775 (18.14%)
--Different county: 22,546 (46.6%)
----Same state: 15,114 (31.24%)
----Different state: 7,432 (15.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,213 (6.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 50,656 (100%)
Native: 45,452 (89.73%)
--Born in United States: 45,113 (100%)
----State of residence: 29,790 (58.81%)
----Different state: 15,323 (30.25%)
--Born outside United States: 339 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 5,204 (10.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,991 (7.88%)
--Naturalized citizen: 785 (1.55%)
--Not a citizen: 4,419 (8.72%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,204 (100%)
Europe: 797 (15.32%)
Asia: 3,240 (62.26%)
Africa: 485 (9.32%)
Oceania: 45 (0.86%)
Latin America: 540 (10.38%)
Northern America: 97 (1.86%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 48,387 (100%)
English only: 42,167 (87.15%)
Language other than English: 6,220 (12.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,625 (5.43%)
--Spanish: 1,448 (2.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 496 (1.03%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,679 (3.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 383 (0.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,621 (5.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,603 (3.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 50,656 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 56,472% (111.48%)
Arab: 314 (0.62%)
Czech: 1,036 (2.05%)
Danish: 1,076 (2.12%)
Dutch: 1,683 (3.32%)
English: 5,180 (10.23%)
French (except Basque): 1,044 (2.06%)
French Canadian: 126 (0.25%)
German: 16,961 (33.48%)
Greek: 184 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 53 (0.1%)
Irish: 5,793 (11.44%)
Italian: 1,072 (2.12%)
Lithuanian: 156 (0.31%)
Norwegian: 4,365 (8.62%)
Polish: 1,065 (2.1%)
Portuguese: 46 (0.09%)
Russian: 314 (0.62%)
Scotch-Irish: 612 (1.21%)
Scottish: 1,207 (2.38%)
Slovak: 104 (0.21%)
Subsaharan African: 638 (1.26%)
Swedish: 2,096 (4.14%)
Swiss: 301 (0.59%)
Ukrainian: 69 (0.14%)
United States or American: 1,573 (3.11%)
Welsh: 342 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 38 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 9,024 (17.81%)

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