Adams County, ND Census Data

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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Adams County, North Dakota

People QuickFactsAdams CountyNorth Dakota
Population, 2005 estimate 2,433636,677
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -6.3%-0.9%
Population, 2000 2,593642,200
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 3.2%5.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 17.2%21.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 26.6%14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2005 52.2%50.1%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)98.2%92.3%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.1%0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%5.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.0%1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)0.3%1.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 97.9%90.8%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 66.1%56.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 1.5%1.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 3.6%6.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 83.1%83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 16.6%22.0%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 47697,817
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 12.615.8
Housing units, 2005 1,420304,458
Homeownership rate, 2000 71.1%66.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 19.8%24.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $37,500$74,400
Households, 2000 1,121257,152
Persons per household, 2000 2.242.41
Median household income, 2003 $30,907$38,223
Per capita money income, 1999 $18,425$17,769
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 10.0%10.5%
Business QuickFactsAdams CountyNorth Dakota
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 9420,8221
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 686265,6631
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -9.1%4.1%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 22142,804
Total number of firms, 2002 27856,781
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.4%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA23.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) NA6,856,653
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 47,8698,806,340
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 33,2137,723,945
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $13,222$12,187
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) D854,656
Building permits, 2005 34,038
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 29,6906,034,7991
Geography QuickFactsAdams CountyNorth Dakota
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 98768,975
Persons per square mile, 2000 2.69.3
FIPS Code 00138
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(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 U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:05:46 EST
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