People QuickFacts Adams County Nebraska Population, 2012 estimate 31,459 1,855,525 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 31,364 1,826,341 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.3% 1.6% Population, 2010 31,364 1,826,341 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.5% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.7% 25.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.5% 13.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.1% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 95.6% 90.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 4.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.5% 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.1% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 8.2% 9.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 88.3% 81.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 81.1% 82.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.0% 6.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 7.5% 9.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 89.4% 90.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 22.4% 27.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,450 148,078 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 14.7 18.0  Housing units, 2011 13,330 801,185 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.7% 68.3% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 16.6% 19.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $96,900 $125,400 Households, 2007-2011 12,441 715,703 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.39 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $24,390 $26,113 Median household income, 2007-2011 $47,469 $50,695 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.2% 12.0%     Business QuickFacts Adams County Nebraska Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 960 51,886 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 13,406 769,436 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -5.7 2.4 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,073 123,900  Total number of firms, 2007 2,853 159,665 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.5% 25.7%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 40,157,999 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 499,735 24,019,868 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 360,802 26,486,612 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,976 $14,965 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 43,747 2,685,580 Building permits, 2011 126 5,203     Geography QuickFacts Adams County Nebraska Land area in square miles, 2010 563.27 76,824.17 Persons per square mile, 2010 55.7 23.8 FIPS Code 001 31 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Hastings, NE Micro Area   (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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts