Adams County, North Dakota Demographics

Adams County is 2nd in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Female residents

Adams County is 10th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Adams County is 10th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Adams County is 15th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Adams County is 15th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Adams County is 15th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Adams County is 17th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Home median value

Adams County is 17th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Asian

Adams County is 18th in North Dakota out of 53 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Size Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	2,311	44th	699,628	313,914,040
Size in square miles	987.6	40th	69,000.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2.4	40th	9.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	39th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.4%	48th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	24.4%	15th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.9%	10th	90.0%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.4%	15th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Race - White	96.9%	23rd	90.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	38th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	40th	5.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	17th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	18th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	22nd	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	44th	2.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.9%	15th	88.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Female residents	51.5%	2nd	49.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.4%	21st	2.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Housing units	1,369	42nd	320,909	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.5%	10th	25.8%	25.9%
Households	1,097	39th	278,669	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.2%	43rd	66.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$86,300	17th	$118,200	$186,200
People per household	2.1	47th	2.3	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	52nd	10,340	829,658

Income Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Income per capita	$25,292	36th	$27,305	$27,915
Income per household	$40,236	43rd	$49,415	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.6%	40th	12.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	North Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	104	36th	22,370	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	801	34th	306,064	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	52nd	61,546	27,092,908
Retail sales	$30,739	35th	$10,527,300	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,406	22nd	$16,495	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	45th	$1,214,201	$613,795,732