County profile
Adams County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#1065 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,926
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
989
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
31,071
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$68.4k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
29.6%±2.5%
Poverty rate
12.7%±2.4%
Business applications
259 · 2025
Retail establishments
138
44.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-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
Manufacturing28%
Health care25%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction8%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
31,071
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $69.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−426
International migration+314
Natural change+13
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.2B2021
$2.5B2022
$2.6B2023
$2.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$193.1k±$11.2k
Median gross rent
$857/mo±$49/mo
Vacancy rate
6.2%±1.5%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$28.1M
119 units · 3.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
64.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 99Strong wind 93Drought 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4302016
4522017
4682018
4882019
5052020
5482021
6402022
6742023
7262024
7552025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 222% since 2021372021
1302022
582023
2172024
1192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.5 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
5.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
224.9 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
48.3 km
KEARNEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.9k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Adams?
Adams's economy produced $2.7B in 2024, growing 2.7% year over year — slower than 66% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.