County profile
Adams County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#744 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
31,699
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,787
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
64,267
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$66.2k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
27.5%±1.8%
Poverty rate
12.8%±1.5%
Business applications
552 · 2025
Retail establishments
255
39.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Titan International, Inc.Industrials$1.8B51D2First Bankers Trustshares, Inc.Financial Services$39.1M33DHQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care30%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade8%
Finance & insurance7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
64,267
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $62.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−801
International migration+69
Natural change−641
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.6B2019
$3.5B2020
$4.0B2021
$4.3B2022
$4.5B2023
$4.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$162.6k±$4.2k
Median gross rent
$828/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
7.9%±1.2%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$8.8M
36 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
64.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 91Strong wind 90Drought 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2312016
2362017
2392018
2422019
2492020
2652021
3012022
3192023
3282024
3552025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -49% since 2021702021
662022
612023
692024
362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.0 km
I-172
Nearest freight rail
3.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
20.4 km
ADM/QUINCY DOCK NO. 1
Nearest commercial airport
5.1 km
QUINCY RGNL-BALDWIN FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Adams?
Adams's economy produced $4.7B in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.