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Adams township, Wapello County, Iowa (IA)

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Adams township, IA map Land area: 36.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 736 (all rural)

Males: 363  (49.3%)
Females: 373  (50.7%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 736 (604 owner occupied, 132 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  18%
State:  28%


Races in Adams township:

  • White Non-Hispanic: 98.8%
  • Black: 0.1%
  • Asian: 0.4%
  • Two or more races: 0.4%

Median age of males: 39.3
Median age of females: 39.8

Average houshold size: 2.34
Average family size: 2.77

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Population density: 20 people per square mile 
 
  (low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This township:  12.7%
Whole state:  9.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This township:  8.1%
Whole state:  3.8%

Cities in this township include: Blakesburg.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemeteries: Jay Cemetery, Mount Zion Cemetery, Wellman Cemetery, Denton Cemetery, Hopewell Cemetery, Abegg Cemetery, Ralston Cemetery.

Number of foreign born residents: 9 (0% naturalized citizens)

Adams township:  1.2%
State:  3.1%

70% of Adams township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Iowa.


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

  • This state: 437
  • Northeast: 0
  • Midwest: 9
  • South: 107
  • West: 27
Adams township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 204
  • 3 or 4: 5
  • Mobile homes: 76

Median worth of mobile homes: $13,300


Housing units in Adams township with a mortgage: 33 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 51



Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 12
  • 1995 to 1998: 9
  • 1990 to 1994: 5
  • 1980 to 1989: 51
  • 1970 to 1979: 90
  • 1960 to 1969: 48
  • 1950 to 1959: 21
  • 1940 to 1949: 18
  • 1939 or earlier: 31


Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Adams township, Iowa:
  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 10
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 14
  • 5 rooms: 57
  • 6 rooms: 37
  • 7 rooms: 49
  • 8 rooms: 21
  • 9 or more rooms: 7


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Adams township, Iowa:
  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 10
  • 5 rooms: 12
  • 6 rooms: 8
  • 7 rooms: 2
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 0


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Adams township:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 10
  • 2 bedrooms: 42
  • 3 bedrooms: 118
  • 4 bedrooms: 19
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 6


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Adams township:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 16
  • 3 bedrooms: 14
  • 4 bedrooms: 2
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0


Cars and other vehicles available in Adams township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 77
  • 2 vehicles: 70
  • 3 vehicles: 29
  • 4 vehicles: 5
  • 5 or more vehicles: 14


Cars and other vehicles available in Adams township in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 4
  • 1 vehicle: 13
  • 2 vehicles: 15
  • 3 vehicles: 0
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0


Most common industries for males:
  • Machinery (17%)
  • Construction (15%)
  • Food (14%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
  • Repair and maintenance (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Petroleum and coal products (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (16%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (15%)
  • Food (12%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Social assistance (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)
  • U. S. Postal service (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (17%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (12%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
  • Child care workers (4%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)


Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Adams township:
  • United States or American (50.0%)
  • English (22.7%)
  • Irish (12.8%)
  • French (except Basque) (4.1%)
  • Finnish (1.7%)
  • German (1.7%)
  • Scotch-Irish (0.9%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
  • Sweden (67%)
  • Venezuela (33%)

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 211 (69%)
  • Carpooled: 80 (26%)
  • Other means: 5 (2%)
  • Worked at home: 10 (3%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (40%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
  • Utility gas (16%)
  • Wood (6%)

98.4% of residents of Adams township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship


Households: 594
  • In family households: 523 (138 male householders, 27 female householders)
    133 spouses, 173 children (135 natural, 3 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 1 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 71 (46 male householders (41 living alone)), 11 female householders (6 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 73 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person, 5 2-persons, 5 3-persons.

105 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (15 men, 28 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here:  0.0%
Iowa:  10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here:  0.0%
Iowa:  7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here:  0.0%
Iowa:  25.4%



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