Census Data for Ames

As far as we can tell, Ames has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Ames, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Ree Heights
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Ree Heights is located in Hand County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ree Heights
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• Miller
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Miller is located in Hand County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miller <1>
• Saint Lawrence
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Saint Lawrence is located in Hand County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Lawrence <1>
• Wessington
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Wessington is located in Beadle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wessington
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wessington <1>
• Highmore
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Highmore is located in Hyde County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmore
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highmore <1>
• Wessington Springs
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wessington Springs is located in Jerauld County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wessington Springs
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wessington Springs <1>

Hand County ...

Ames is located in Hand County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Hand County.

Miscellaneous Information for Ames ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Hand County or the community of Ames:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Ames:
  • GNIS ID for Ames: 1260975
  • GNIS ID for Hand County: 1265783
  • GNIS ID for State of South Dakota: 1785534

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 46 (South Dakota)
  • County Code: 059 (Hand County)
  • Place Code: 01380 (Ames)
  • State & County Code: 46/059 (South Dakota / Hand County)
  • State & Place Code: 46/01380 (South Dakota / Ames)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Ames is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Ames.