Adams County, Illinois (IL)

Races in Adams County, Illinois:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $155,859

Here:	$155,859
State:	$249,958

Townhouses or other attached units: $184,178

Here:	$184,178
State:	$231,967

In 2-unit structures: $469,713

Here:	$469,713
State:	$270,571

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $80,426

Here:	$80,426
State:	$249,493

Mobile homes: $35,348

Here:	$35,348
State:	$51,570

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $2,402 (1.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $2,077 (1.7%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Adams County is $380 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $492 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $639 a month.

Cities in this county include: Quincy, Camp Point, Payson, Clayton, Mendon, Golden, Ursa, Liberty, Loraine, Plainville.

2012 air pollution in Adams County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.031 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 9.5 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Fountain County, Indiana , Grand County, Colorado , Hendricks County, Indiana , Licking County, Ohio , Macon County .

Current college students: 3,338
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 25.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 819 (82.7% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Adams County population

• 3172010 or later
• 2342000 to 2009
• 681990 to 1999
• 821980 to 1989
• 731970 to 1979
• 218Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 16.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 92.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 23,139
• One, attached: 1,065
• Two: 1,056
• 3 or 4: 1,626
• 5 to 9: 713
• 10 to 19: 271
• 20 to 49: 122
• 50 or more: 594
• Mobile homes: 1,431

Housing units in Adams County with a mortgage: 11,196 (412 second mortgage, 1,123 home equity loan, 86 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,459

Religion statistics for Adams County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Adams County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Illinois Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding, Incident Period: April 16, 2013 to May 05, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4116: May 10, 2013, FEMA Id: 4116, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Illinois Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 03, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1960: March 17, 2011, FEMA Id: 1960, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Illinois Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 19, 2010 to August 07, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1935: August 19, 2010, FEMA Id: 1935, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 01, 2008 to July 22, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1771: June 24, 2008, FEMA Id: 1771, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Snow, Incident Period: November 30, 2006 to December 01, 2006, Emergency Declared EM-3269: December 29, 2006, FEMA Id: 3269, Natural disaster type: Snow
• Illinois Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3230: September 07, 2005, FEMA Id: 3230, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Illinois Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 06, 2003 to May 11, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1469: May 15, 2003, FEMA Id: 1469, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Illinois Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 21, 2002 to May 23, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1416: May 21, 2002, FEMA Id: 1416, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Illinois Flooding, Incident Period: April 18, 2001 to May 29, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1368: May 09, 2001, FEMA Id: 1368, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Illinois Winter Snow Storm, Incident Period: January 01, 1999 to January 15, 1999, Emergency Declared EM-3134: January 08, 1999, FEMA Id: 3134, Natural disaster type: Storm, Snow
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

3.47% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($37,862 average adjusted gross income)

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($562 average AGI)

Adams County:	0.04%
Illinois average:	0.03%

1.31% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($14,828 average AGI)
2.11% relocated from other states ($22,473 average AGI)

Adams County:	2.11%
Illinois average:	1.87%

from Marion County, MO	0.27% ($23,548 average AGI)
from Lewis County, MO	0.18% ($25,447)
from Hancock County, IL	0.15% ($66,268)
from Pike County, IL	0.15% ($25,537)
from Cook County, IL	0.15% ($27,564)
from McDonough County, IL	0.08% ($40,318)
from St. Louis County, MO	0.08% ($33,952)

3.64% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($50,866 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.31% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($12,709 average AGI)
2.33% relocated to other states ($38,157 average AGI)

Adams County:	2.33%
Illinois average:	2.36%

to Marion County, MO	0.24% ($29,359 average AGI)
to Lewis County, MO	0.19% ($27,275)
to Cook County, IL	0.14% ($29,132)
to Sangamon County, IL	0.14% ($57,105)
to Hancock County, IL	0.11% ($33,500)
to Pike County, IL	0.11% ($24,467)
to St. Louis County, MO	0.09% ($55,480)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 11.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Adams County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 54,750 (9,311 male householders, 9,132 female householders)

  14,506 spouses, 17,581 children (16,164 natural, 284 adopted, 1,133 stepchildren), 1,135 grandchildren, 766 brothers or sisters, 60 parents, 816 other relatives, 1,443 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 10,379 (3,405 male householders (2,978 living alone)), 5,566 female householders (4,957 living alone)), 1,408 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,449

Size of family households: 9,141 2-persons, 4,355 3-persons, 2,946 4-persons, 814 5-persons, 1,027 6-persons, 160 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,935 1-person, 942 2-persons, 94 4-persons.

9,703 married couples with children.
4,069 single-parent households (1,176 men, 2,893 women).

97.6% of residents of Adams speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (42% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $390,489,000 ($5,836 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $28,534,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $173,422,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $88,535,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,553,000
Federal grants: $71,585,000
Federal procurement contracts: $25,802,000 ($20,706,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $20,592,000 ($3,153,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,181,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $15,799,000
Federal Government insurance: $63,063,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-15 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 9.34 millions of gallons per day (21% from ground, 79% from surface)

Note: State values scaled to Adams County population

• 2432014 or later
• 7242010 to 2013
• 3,6652000 to 2009
• 3,1591990 to 1999
• 2,4181980 to 1989
• 3,9921970 to 1979
• 3,4301960 to 1969
• 3,7131950 to 1959
• 1,7591940 to 1949
• 6,9141939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Adams County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Adams County population

• 191 room
• 192 rooms
• 1413 rooms
• 1,5444 rooms
• 3,8095 rooms
• 4,3846 rooms
• 3,2337 rooms
• 2,6638 rooms
• 3,8439+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Adams County population

• 5421 room
• 3852 rooms
• 1,7713 rooms
• 1,6754 rooms
• 1,3785 rooms
• 1,0406 rooms
• 3687 rooms
• 3638 rooms
• 2379+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Adams County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Adams County population

• 19no bedroom
• 9731 bedroom
• 3,9252 bedrooms
• 9,4823 bedrooms
• 4,0284 bedrooms
• 1,2285+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Adams County population

• 578no bedroom
• 1,9711 bedroom
• 3,1472 bedrooms
• 1,4613 bedrooms
• 6024 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Adams County, Illinois in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Adams County population

• 513no vehicle
• 5,1641 vehicle
• 9,1742 vehicles
• 3,7123 vehicles
• 7154 vehicles
• 3775+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Adams County population

• 1,144no vehicle
• 4,6101 vehicle
• 1,4592 vehicles
• 5233 vehicles
• 234 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

90.2% of Adams County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 50,859
• Other state: 14,783
• Northeast: 382
• Midwest: 9,498
• South: 2,815
• West: 2,088

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,217
• Number of aged recipients: 70
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,147
• Number of recipients under 18: 183
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 882
• Number of recipients older than 64: 152
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 450
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 538

Adams County on our top lists:

• #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
• #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #54 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
• #66 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"