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Ames city, Iowa

People
Population67,669B01003
Population, 2020 census66,427P1
Median age23.3B01002
Under 1811.2%B01001
65 and over11.1%B01001
Households25,785B11001
Foreign born11.6%B05002
Money
Median household income$60,991B19013
Median family income$120,134B19113
Per capita income$34,343B19301
Poverty rate25.5%B17001
Unemployment rate5.8%B23025
Civilian labor force40,498B23025
Mean commute (minutes)15.6B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher65.8%B15003
Housing
Housing units28,041B25001
Owner-occupied42.1%B25003
Renters57.9%B25003
Median home value$277,400B25077
Median gross rent$1,023B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic76.8%B03002
Black3.8%B03002
Hispanic or Latino5.1%B03002
Asian9.3%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the county: median household income here is 88% of Story County's ($69,685); poverty 25.5% against 18.2%.

Map

Ames city: 67,669ZIP 50010: 414 nonprofits, $484,321,672ZIP 50014: 246 nonprofits, $58,135,325ZIP 50013: 3 nonprofits, $68,162ZIP 50012: 1 nonprofits

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FURP records in Ames, IA

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits710$554,242,195 revenue (latest return)IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ($196,181,104)
Nonprofit contractors53$162,253,456 paid by nonprofitsSTORY CONSTRUCTION ($96,614,940)
Colleges and schools230,347 enrollmentIowa State University (30,177)
Form D issuers33$139,052,387 amount soldRenewable Energy Group, Inc. ($30,498,679)
Political committees24MISKELL FOR CONGRESS
Form 5500 plan sponsors228301 plansDANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS US COMPANY (14)
Open Payments recipients313$3,285,927 industry paymentsMcfarland Clinic PC Admin Office ($1,255,130)
Food recall firms27 recallsAmeriHerb International Inc (6)
Patent and trademark owners3061,988 patents and marksIowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (548)
IPO registrants425 filingsRenewable Energy Group, Inc. (14)
Federal award recipients2,717$17,853,445,606 federal awardsIOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ($12,543,455,060)
State business registrations277AGCERTAIN INDUSTRIES, INC.

Cross-reference: 710 nonprofits for 67,669 residents is 104.9 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $554,242,195 is $8,190 per resident, 35.2% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1Barbara WilsonPresidentMILLER ENDOWMENT INCORPORATED$1,359,301202422.3x
2Wendy WintersteenTrusteeIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY 1993 TRUST$1,223,332202520.1x
3THERESE SCANLAN EDDPRESIDENTRESURRECTION UNIVERSITY$633,203202210.4x
4David SpaldingTreasurer (Thru 9/24)MILLER ENDOWMENT INCORPORATED$624,218202410.2x
5LARISSA HOLTMYER JONESPRESIDENT AND CEOIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$619,730202410.2x
6DAN ROBISONTRUSTEE/DIRECOMMITTEE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INC$477,40420257.8x
7SCOTT ZAHNLECEOGREATER IOWA CREDIT UNION$466,12820257.6x
8KENDALL LAMKEYEXEC DIRECTOCOMMITTEE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INC$409,40020256.7x
9DANIEL ROBISONDIRECTORIOWA CROP IMPPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION$405,95620256.7x
10SHELLY OLSANPRESIDENTKRELL INSTITUTE INC$394,36820246.5x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $60,991.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Food recall firms: biggest by recalls

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

IPO registrants: biggest by filings

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0