Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	3,117	32	9.2%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	7,030	38	20.7%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	2,939	46	8.6%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	8,341	52	24.5%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	7,885	53	23.2%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	4,673	49	13.8%	12.8%
Median Age	33.8			Median Age = 36.7

Sources: US Census Bureau; Indiana Business Research Center

Population Estimates by Race or Hispanic Origin in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
American Indian or Alaska Native Alone	68	56	0.2%	0.3%
Asian Alone	74	69	0.2%	1.4%
Black Alone	128	66	0.4%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	16	33	0.0%	0.0%
White Alone	33,503	44	98.6%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	196	61	0.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	32,830	45	96.6%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1,155	35	3.4%	5.2%

Source: US Census Bureau

Household Types	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Households in 2000 (Includes detail not shown below)	11,818	50	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	3,562	42	30.1%	23.8%
Married Without Children	3,726	54	31.5%	29.8%
Single Parents	867	53	7.3%	9.1%
Living Alone	2,833	48	24.0%	25.9%

Source: US Census Bureau

Housing	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Total Housing Units in 2008 (estimate)	13,248	52	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	12,404	52	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	9,095 $85,400	51 48	73.3% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	2,723 $393	48 80	22.0% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	4,774	60	0.4%	1,154,826
Public	4,761	59	0.5%	1,045,702
Private	13	93	0.0%	109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	350	48	0.6%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	285	52	0.5%	52,698
4-year	202	44	0.5%	38,566
2-year	43	91	0.4%	9,783
Voc/tech.	40	18	0.9%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	20,158	50	0.5%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	80%	57		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	10.7%	64		19.4%

Sources: Indiana Department of Education; US Census Bureau
Notes: 1) Private enrollment includes home schools. 2) County rankings for high-school graduates continuing to higher education are subject to revision.

Income and Poverty	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Per Capita Personal Income (annual) in 2007	$27,144	77	81.7%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$46,601	39	98.3%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	12.5%	30	101.6%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	22.9%	9	133.9%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	67	71	0.2%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	2,209	62	0.3%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	1,615	64	0.4%	436,945

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; US Census Bureau; Indiana Family Social Services Administration;
Indiana Department of Education

Health and Vital Statistics in 2005	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Births	641	31	0.7%	87,088
Births to Teens	47	49	0.5%	9,604
Deaths	308	48	0.6%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	16,273	51	0.5%	3,230,367
Employed	15,075	51	0.5%	3,039,795
Unemployed	1,198	40	0.6%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	7.4	12	125.4%	5.9
October 2009 Unemployment Rate	12.5	7	133.0%	9.4

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Employment and Earnings by Industry in 2007 (NAICS)	Employment	Pct Dist. in County	Earnings ($000)	Pct Dist. In County	Avg. Earnings Per Job
Total by place of work	22,712	100.0%	$670,739	100.0%	$29,532
Wage and Salary	15,169	66.8%	$453,266	67.6%	$29,881
Farm Proprietors	1,139	5.0%	$15,880	2.4%	$13,942
Nonfarm Proprietors	6,404	28.2%	$77,759	11.6%	$12,142
Farm	1,349	5.9%	$21,104	3.1%	$15,644
Nonfarm	21,363	94.1%	$649,635	96.9%	$30,409
Private	19,215	84.6%	$567,566	84.6%	$29,538
Accommodation, Food Serv.	1,022	4.5%	$10,368	1.5%	$10,145
Arts, Ent., Recreation	209	0.9%	$1,313	0.2%	$6,282
Construction	2,389	10.5%	$40,655	6.1%	$17,018
Health Care, Social Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Information	305	1.3%	$11,454	1.7%	$37,554
Manufacturing	5,899	26.0%	$304,375	45.4%	$51,598
Professional, Tech. Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Retail Trade	2,491	11.0%	$40,085	6.0%	$16,092
Trans., Warehousing	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Wholesale Trade	527	2.3%	$23,084	3.4%	$43,803
Other Private (not above)	3,706*	16.3%*	$64,064*	9.6%*	$17,287*
Government	2,148	9.5%	$82,069	12.2%	$38,207

Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis
* These totals do not include county data that are not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.

Residential Building Permits in 2008	Units	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State	Cost ($000)	State Cost ($000)
Total Permits Filed	65	100.0%	100.0%	$7,964	$2,470,264
Single Family	53	81.5%	70.8%	$7,364	$2,136,514
Two Family	0	0.0%	1.9%	$0	$28,170
Three & Four Family	0	0.0%	1.2%	$0	$18,059
Five families and More	12	18.5%	26.0%	$600	$287,521

Source: US Census Bureau (Greene County totals are not included as it does not currently issue building permits.) Note: Detail cost may not sum to total due to rounding.

Commuting Patterns - Top 5 in 2007
Into Adams FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Adams TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	3,723	15.1%	All Areas	3,786	15.3%
Allen County	851	3.5%	Allen County	2,322	9.4%
Jay County	806	3.3%	Wells County	685	2.8%
Wells County	759	3.1%	Jay County	158	0.6%
Ohio (State)	588	2.4%	Ohio (State)	139	0.6%
Out of state	110	0.4%	Out of state	98	0.4%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue