# X labels not right! pgfplots bar chart

I am pretty new to pgfplots, and I am attempting to make a bar chart using, but the xtick labels are not appearing with respect to the bars.

Code:

\documentclass{amsart}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{width=12cm,compat=1.13}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\captionsetup{labelformat=empty}
\caption{What Do You Do When You Are Bored?}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
ybar,
grid style=dashed,
axis lines=left,
enlargelimits=0.5,
ymin=0,
ytick={0,.1,.2,.3,.4},
bar width=1cm,
xtick={18 \& under,19-64 ,65+,all ages}
axis lines=left,
legend style={at={(0.5,-0.2)},
anchor=north,legend columns=-1},
ylabel={Popularity},
symbolic x coords={18 \& under,19-64,65+,all ages},
xtick={18 \& under,19-64,65+,all ages},
nodes near coords,
nodes near coords align={vertical},
x tick label style={rotate=45,anchor=east},
]
\addplot coordinates {(18 \& under,.314)};
\addplot coordinates {(all ages,.2255)};
\legend{Texting, Watching TV, Reading, Talking with friends}
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}
\end{document}


This produces:

However, as you can see the x labels are not anywhere near the bars. Any help would be great.

As a side note, how would I decrease the amount of space between the x axis and the beginning of the bars?

• The problem with the xticklabels is essentially the same as in tex.stackexchange.com/questions/335126/…: use a single \addplot. For the spacing, instead of enlargelimits=0.5, use enlarge x limits=0.5, and optionally add enlarge y limits=<some value> if you need more vertical space. – Torbjørn T. Nov 1 '16 at 0:19

This is my solution, I added enlarge y limits and enlarge x limits and ybar=-1cm in the axis options. The first two commands set the x and y limits of the plot and the last one sets the space between the bars. I also included title=... inside the plot instead of using figure environment and adding caption. I hope it's what you were looking for.

\documentclass{amsart}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
title=What Do You Do When You Are Bored?,
ybar=-1cm, % because of bar width=1cm
axis lines=left,
enlarge y limits=0.1,
enlarge x limits=0.2,
ymin=0,
ytick={0,.1,.2,.3,.4},
bar width=1cm,
legend style={at={(0.5,-0.2)},
anchor=north,legend columns=-1},
ylabel={Popularity},
symbolic x coords={18 \& under,19-64,65+,all ages},
xtick={18 \& under,19-64,65+,all ages},
nodes near coords,
nodes near coords align={vertical},
x tick label style={rotate=45,anchor=east},
]
\addplot coordinates {(18 \& under,.314)};