Ames (Texas)

Liberty County

48-03072

Ames is a small town in Liberty County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States of America.

Geography

The city is situated in southeastern Texas on Leon River, to the east is about 80 miles from Louisiana, located in the south about 60 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and has a total area of 8.2 km ², without significant water surface. The distance to Houston in the southwest is about 80 kilometers.

History

The city was named after William Ames, an early settler in the area and later railway official. The first post office opened in 1893 and the first telephone call came into existence in 1905. Links to the public power grid got the place until 1941. The school, which was supervised until then by two teachers, closed in 1940 and the students were driven daily to neighboring Gatesville. The post office was closed in 1957, as the only church in town.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 1079 people in 407 households and 293 families. The population density was 131.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population itself is made ​​up of 7.04 % White, 89.34 % African American, 0.28 % Native American, 0.28 % Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander residents from the and 1.58 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 1.48% are descended from two or more races and 1.58 % of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 407 households 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 42.3 % were married couples living together. 24.8% were single mothers and 27.8 % were non-families. 25.1 % of all households were single-person households and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size is 3.18 people.

28.3 % of the population were under 18 years old, 8.2 % from 18 to 24, 25.3% 25-44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.5 % were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 89.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 83.4 males.

The median income for a household in the 23 421 U.S. dollars, and the median income for a family 26 429 U.S. dollars. Males have a median income of $ 28 833 U.S. dollar against the women with 21,250 U.S. dollars. The per capita income was 12,491 dollars. 31.6 % of the population and 28.6 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 38.3 % have children under the age of 18 and 27.7 % of those 65 or older.