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People QuickFacts Adams County Wisconsin
Population, 2003 estimate  20,567 5,472,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003  3.2% 2.0%
Population, 2000  18,643 5,363,675
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000  18.9% 9.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000  4.8% 6.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000  20.8% 25.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000  20.9% 13.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000  49.3% 50.6%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 97.6% 88.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 5.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.6% 0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 1.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000  0.8% 1.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000  96.7% 87.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.4% 3.6%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000  59.4% 56.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  2.3% 3.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  4.8% 7.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  76.7% 85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  10.0% 22.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  4,055 790,917
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  26.9……………. 20.8………..
Housing units, 2002  14,663 2,386,848
Homeownership rate, 2000  85.3% 68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  3.0% 26.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $83,600 $112,200
Households, 2000  7,900 2,084,544
Persons per household, 2000  2.33……………. 2.5………….
Median household income, 1999  $33,408 $43,791
Per capita money income, 1999  $17,777 $21,271
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999  10.4% 8.7%
Business QuickFacts Adams County Wisconsin
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001  273…………….. 140,540
Private nonfarm employment, 2001  2,303 2,400,575
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001  -0.3% -0.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000  733…………….. 268,268
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)  NA 117,382,992
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)  64,734 50,520,463
Retail sales per capita, 1997  $3,560 $9,715
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997  F 3.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997  13.6% 24.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002  322……………. 38,208
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)  107,145 28,843,652
Geography QuickFacts Adams County Wisconsin
Land area, 2000 (square miles)  648……………. 54,310
Persons per square mile, 2000  28.8……………. 98.8………..
Metropolitan Area  None  
FIPS Code  1……………… 55………….
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts
Adams County Wisconsin Census Statistics
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