Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Ames city GEOCODE:19-0115 IA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 45,775 100.0% 47,193 100.0% 1,418 3.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 24,898 54.4% 24,539 52.0% -359 -1.4 -2.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 11,683 25.5% 10,336 21.9% -1,347 -11.5 -3.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 43,306 94.6% 42,450 89.9% -856 -2.0 -4.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 836 1.8% 1,190 2.5% 354 42.3 0.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,251 2.7% 3,221 6.8% 1,970 157.5 4.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 38 0.1% 56 0.1% 18 47.4 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 554 1.2% 601 1.3% 47 8.5 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,266 5.0% 2,386 5.1% 120 5.3 0.1 5-17.................. 5,027 11.0% 4,778 10.1% -249 -5.0 -0.9 18-24.................. 20,297 44.3% 19,264 40.8% -1,033 -5.1 -3.5 25-44.................. 10,925 23.9% 12,742 27.0% 1,817 16.6 3.1 45-64.................. 4,689 10.2% 4,847 10.3% 158 3.4 0.0 65 AND OVER............ 2,571 5.6% 3,176 6.7% 605 23.5 1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,293 15.9% 7,164 15.2% -129 -1.8 -0.8 40 AND OVER............ 8,886 19.4% 10,214 21.6% 1,329 15.0 2.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 22.6 23.7 1.1 4.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,506 $24,636 -2,870 -10.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $37,923 $36,478 -1,445 -3.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,440 $11,347 -93 -0.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,416 15.8% 8,893 24.1% 3,477 64.2 8.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 14,085 100.0% 15,686 100.0% 1,601 11.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,431 59.9% 8,401 53.6% -30 -0.4 -6.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,796 41.2% 5,702 36.4% -94 -1.6 -4.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,603 54.0% 7,276 46.4% -327 -4.3 -7.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,724 26.4% 3,514 22.4% -210 -5.6 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 659 4.7% 819 5.2% 160 24.3 0.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 461 3.3% 557 3.6% 96 20.8 0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,427 24.3% 4,247 27.1% 820 23.9 2.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -2.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 18,185 100.0% 20,765 100.0% 2,580 14.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,057 22.3% 3,105 15.0% -952 -23.5 -7.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 8,778 48.3% 11,243 54.1% 2,465 28.1 5.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 22,568 100.0% 26,442 100.0% 3,874 17.2 FEMALE................ 10,258 45.5% 11,673 44.1% 1,415 13.8 -1.3 EMPLOYED.............. 21,672 96.0% 25,307 95.7% 3,635 16.8 -0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 7,362 32.6% 9,756 36.9% 2,394 32.5 4.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,672 16.3% 3,884 14.7% 212 5.8 -1.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 14,809 100.0% 16,051 100.0% 1,242 8.4 OCCUPIED.............. 14,015 94.6% 15,608 97.2% 1,593 11.4 2.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,571 46.9% 6,874 44.0% 303 4.6 -2.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $103,858 $82,002 -21,857 -21.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 7,444 53.1% 8,734 56.0% 1,290 17.3 2.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $398 $404 6 1.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,169 48.4% 7,839 48.8% 670 9.3 0.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 605 4.1% 698 4.3% 93 15.4 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1961.1 1965.0 3.9 0.2 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis