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Ames is a city located in Story County, Iowa. It is home to Iowa State University, one of the state's major educational institutions.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Oakes Ames
- Official name
- Ames
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Story County
- Population
- 66427
- Area
- 62.878363
- Elevation
- 287
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Official website
- www.cityofames.org
- Image
- Ames Montage.jpg
- Households
- 25174
- Dialing code
- 515
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- Commons category
- Ames, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Ames, Iowa
- inception
- 1864-01-01
- postal code
- 50014
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ames, Iowa
- different from
- Ames
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Ames, Iowa
- water as percent of area
- 0.2611
- per capita income
- 27483
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- P12749
- Explorer 24
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Encyclopedic overview
Ames (/eɪmz/) is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of Des Moines in central Iowa. It is the home of Iowa State University (ISU). According to the 2020 census, Ames had a population of 66,427, making it the state's ninth-most populous city. Iowa State University was home to 30,177 students as of fall 2023, which make up approximately one half of the city's population.
A United States Department of Energy national laboratory, Ames National Laboratory, is located on the ISU campus. Ames also hosts United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) sites: the largest federal animal disease center in the United States, the USDA Agricultural Research Service's National Animal Disease Center (NADC), as well as one of two national USDA sites for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), which comprises the National Veterinary Services Laboratory and the Center for Veterinary Biologics. Ames also hosts the headquarters of the Iowa Department of Transportation.
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