Adams County, Ohio QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts	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 QuickFacts	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 QuickFacts	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