Adams County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 18,503 87.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 933 4.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 424 2.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 135 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 912 4.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 105 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 111 0.5%

• Under 18 2,847 13.5%
• 18–24 1,056 5.0%
• 25–44 4,074 19.3%
• 45–64 6,343 30.0%
• 65 and over 6,803 32.2%

Median household income

$61,027

90% interval $56,974–$65,080

−$16,530 vs WI · 69th of 72

Below poverty line

12.1%

90% interval 9.8%–14.4%

+1.8 pp vs WI · 18th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+1.71 pp vs. state

County GDP

$760.9M

0.17% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,538

Establishments

494

• Leisure & hospitality 847 19.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 717 16.3%
• Public administration 594 13.5%
• Natural resources & mining 511 11.6%
• Education & health services 461 10.5%
• Manufacturing 332 7.5%
• Construction 198 4.5%
• Professional & business services 133 3.0%
• Other services 128 2.9%
• Financial activities 126 2.9%
• Information 20 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 92.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

86.2%

+18.4 pp vs WI · 4th of 72

Median gross rent

$828

−$259 vs WI · 47th of 72

Owner-occupied

8,207

Renter-occupied

1,310

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 49% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $71,338/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,725/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 7,763 60.4%
• Democratic 4,443 34.6%
• Other / third-party 647 5.0%

• Spanish 430 2.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 226 1.1%
• German or other West Germanic 38 0.2%
• Tagalog 30 0.1%
• Arabic 16 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5 0.0%

Households

9,517

Family households

5,757

60.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

791

13.7% of families

Single-mother families

181

3.1% of families

Veterans

1,884

10.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 1,022 4.9%
• Mainline Protestant 621 3.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 611 3.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 312 1.5%

Health insured

95.4%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

4.6%

±0.7 pp

47th of 72

With a disability

21.7%

±1.3 pp

1st of 72

Bachelor's or higher

17.5%

±1.4 pp

−15.9 pp vs WI · 64th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.6%

90% interval 6.8%–8.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Adams County Circuit Court (7th Judicial District)

Judges

18 (Circuit Court judges aggregated across all counties in each administrative Judicial District (Wis. Stat. § 753.06); vintage 2026 wicourts.gov. Note: WI's Circuit Court is per-county (72 trial venues); the 9 active numbered Judicial Districts are administrative chief-judge regions, not jurisdictions. Municipal Court judges (limited jurisdiction: city ordinances) are separate and not counted here.)

Court seats

Friendship

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

38.3 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7