Work/Residence Patterns—A STATS Indiana Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2004

Adams County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Adams County and work (implied resident labor force) 23,967
Number of persons who live AND work in Adams County 20,258
Total number of persons who work in Adams County (implied work force) 23,891

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Adams County but work outside the county 3,709
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Adams County 3,633

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Adams County:

Jay County 978 
Allen County 762 
Wells County 708 
Ohio (State) 463 
Out of State 132 
Total of above 3,043workers
( 12.7% of Adams County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Adams County:

Allen County 2,386 
Wells County 670 
Jay County 107 
Ohio (State) 107 
Out of State 86 
Total of above 3,356workers
( 14.0% of Adams County labor force)
 
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More detail for this county:

(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)

County nameCommute INTO
Adams County
% of
Adams County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Adams County To:
% of
Adams County
Labor Force
Allen County 762 3.2 2,386 10.0
Bartholomew County 10 0.0 3 0.0
Blackford County 79 0.3 11 0.0
Dekalb County 11 0.0 26 0.1
Decatur County 11 0.0 0 0.0
Delaware County 25 0.1 25 0.1
Elkhart County 3 0.0 17 0.1
Grant County 17 0.1 22 0.1
Huntington County 78 0.3 37 0.2
Illinois 51 0.2 6 0.0
Jay County 978 4.1 107 0.4
Kentucky 20 0.1 2 0.0
Kosciusko County 11 0.0 9 0.0
Lake County 14 0.1 3 0.0
Marion County 11 0.0 51 0.2
Michigan 11 0.0 4 0.0
Noble County 23 0.1 12 0.1
Ohio (State) 463 1.9 107 0.4
Out of State 132 0.6 86 0.4
Randolph County 57 0.2 4 0.0
Tippecanoe County 4 0.0 12 0.1
Wells County 708 3.0 670 2.8
Whitley County 17 0.1 15 0.1

Note:  Commuters to/from Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania are shown
separately and are not included in the 'Out of State' category.

These figures are provided to give a summary of commuting patterns, not employment patterns, and will not
match labor force or employment numbers from sources such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Data source: Indiana Department of Revenue
This table was produced by STATS Indiana on Apr 26, 2006