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Ames city is a Census place in IA. Its published county relationships are Story County, Iowa. Use the service address to confirm county-based assignments; a postal city name alone does not establish a Census boundary.
Geography source: 2025 Census county relationships; 2025 Gazetteer. These boundaries do not establish an AnSer office or your business’s service territory.
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Ames city has an estimated 65,724 residents aged five and over in the 2020–2024 ACS. The table below breaks down home-language categories for this place; it does not measure your business’s callers.
Reported local estimates to compare with your caller records in Ames: Other Indo-European languages: 2,315 ±587; Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese): 1,573 ±418; Spanish: 1,475 ±296. These are the largest point estimates among non-English home-language categories whose estimates exceed their margins of error. Differences have not been tested for statistical significance. Identify the actual caller language within grouped categories before discussing coverage.
| Language spoken at home | Estimated residents | Margin of error (±) |
|---|---|---|
| All residents aged 5 and over | 65,724 | 210 |
| Speak only English | 56,506 | 894 |
| Spanish | 1,475 | 296 |
| French, Haitian, or Cajun | 121 | 115 |
| German or other West Germanic languages | 294 | 158 |
| Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages | 290 | 141 |
| Other Indo-European languages | 2,315 | 587 |
| Korean | 764 | 294 |
| Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese) | 1,573 | 418 |
| Vietnamese | 333 | 256 |
| Tagalog (including Filipino) | 179 | 180 |
| Other Asian and Pacific Island languages | 783 | 269 |
| Arabic | 444 | 318 |
| Other and unspecified languages | 647 | 224 |
Estimates have uncertainty; home language does not establish preferred call language or provider capabilities. Read the data definitions, limitations and planning method.
Source: Census table C16001 for Ames.
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