Ames, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4803072, place: Ames city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 396 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (3.28%)
Kindergarten: 17 (4.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 195 (49.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 134 (33.84%)
College or graduate school: 37 (9.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 714 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 84 (11.76%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 157 (21.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 274 (38.38%)
Some college, no degree: 125 (17.51%)
Associate degree: 32 (4.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 30 (4.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (1.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 904 (100%)
Never married: 281 (31.08%)
Now married, except separated: 418 (46.24%)
Separated: 37 (4.09%)
Total Widowed: 94 (10.4%)
Widowed Female: 78 (8.63%)
Total Divorced: 74 (8.19%)
Divorced Female: 48 (5.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 92 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 47 (51.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 816 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 110 (13.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 361 (100%)
--With a disability: 56 (15.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 602 (100%)
--With a disability: 173 (28.74%)
----Percent employed: 19.1%
--No disability: 429 (71.26%)
----Percent employed: 69.7%
Population 65 years and over: 159 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (62.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,122 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 678 (60.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 442 (39.39%)
--Same county: 327 (29.14%)
--Different county: 115 (10.25%)
----Same state: 82 (7.31%)
----Different state: 33 (2.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,184 (100%)
Native: 1,178 (99.49%)
--Born in United States: 1,178 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,024 (86.49%)
----Different state: 154 (13.01%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.42%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 1 (16.67%)
Asia: 4 (66.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1 (16.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,122 (100%)
English only: 1,087 (96.88%)
Language other than English: 35 (3.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.18%)
--Spanish: 12 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 19 (1.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,184 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,002% (84.63%)
Arab: 3 (0.25%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 0 (0%)
French (except Basque): 17 (1.44%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 2 (0.17%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 7 (0.59%)
Italian: 3 (0.25%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (1.52%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 82 (6.93%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 870 (73.48%)

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