Adams County 2000 Census

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Adams County 2000 Census

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People Quick Facts Adams County Ohio

Population, 2000 27,330 11,353,140

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 7.7% 4.7%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.4% 6.6%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 26.4% 25.4%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 13.3% 13.3%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 97.8% 85.0%

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 11.5%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.7% 0.2%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% 1.2%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z Z

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% 0.8%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.1% 1.4%

Female population, percent, 2000 51.0% 51.4%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.6% 1.9%

White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 97.3% 84.0%

High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 9,090 5,239,876

College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 812 1,175,336

Housing units, 2000 11,822 4,783,051

Homeownership rate, 2000 73.9% 69.1%

Households, 2000 10,501 4,445,773

Persons per household, 2000 2.57 2.49

Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 37.1% 34.5%

Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $24,708 $36,029

Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 18.3% 11.0%

Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 25.3% 16.0%

Business Quick Facts Adams County Ohio

Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 412 270,343

Private nonfarm employment, 1998 4,459 4,806,046

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 87.4% 13.2%

Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,614 575,489

Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) D 241,902,924

Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 134,469 102,938,830

Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,749 $9,181

Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA 33,844

Women-owned firms, 1992 488 224,693

Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 7 55,880

Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 152,256 53,262,164

Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,419 421,092

Geography Quick Facts Adams County Ohio

Land area, 2000 (square miles) 584 40,948

Persons per square mile, 2000 46.8 277.3

Metropolitan Area None

(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

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Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority- and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments

Last Revised: Friday, 07-Sep-2001 13:28:44 EDT