Adams County, Pennsylvania Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Adams County is 9th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Home median value

Adams County is 11th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Income per household

Adams County is 12th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Adams County is 16th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in People per household

Adams County is 17th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Income per capita

Adams County is 19th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	101,482	31st	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	518.7	45th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	195.5	27th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	36th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.3%	23rd	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.1%	41st	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.2%	50th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.8%	29th	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	96.0%	25th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.8%	44th	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	24th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	28th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	49th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	30th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	12th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.3%	43rd	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	50.8%	32nd	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.0%	19th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	41,020	34th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.6%	52nd	20.5%	25.9%
Households	38,431	32nd	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.0%	23rd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$202,800	9th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	16th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	167	26th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$26,326	17th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$57,097	11th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.8%	63rd	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,884	35th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	27,901	31st	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,687	31st	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$832,377	35th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,222	57th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$160,108	27th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732