31,196 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.1% since 2020)
563 square miles of land · 55 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
9 active community water systems list Adams County in the area they serve, reporting 27,841 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HASTINGS, CITY OF groundwater · local government · NE3100101 | 24,927 served |
| KENESAW, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · NE3100106 | 919 served |
| JUNIATA, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · NE3100107 | 744 served |
| KINGSWOOD PLAZA MHC LLC buys groundwater · private · NE3120346 | 450 served |
| ROSELAND, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · NE3130003 | 250 served |
| HOLSTEIN, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · NE3100103 | 187 served |
| K & K MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY buys groundwater · local government · NE3121481 | 180 served |
| NEBRASKAN MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY buys groundwater · local government · NE3121478 | 108 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 36 people were held in Adams County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 186 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2013 it was about 32.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
4 school districts have their office in Adams County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $53.6 million — $50.4 million to run schools, about $13,831 per student, plus $1.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $22.3 million local (mostly property tax), $26.6 million state, $7.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $41 million.
Spent $18.2 million — $16.3 million to run schools, about $16,269 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.3 million local (mostly property tax), $3.1 million state, $743,000 federal. Long-term debt: $14.3 million.
Spent $5.6 million — $4.7 million to run schools, about $16,777 per student, plus $576,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.6 million local (mostly property tax), $932,000 state, $445,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.9 million.
Spent $6.3 million — $5.5 million to run schools, about $24,319 per student, plus $189,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.8 million local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $509,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.3 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Adams County about $29.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
210 bridges in Adams County: 128 in good condition, 69 fair, and 13 poor (6.2%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US6/US34 over W BR THIRTY-TWO MILE CR · built 1931 | 3,025 vehicles a day |
| S1C REGIONAL CENTR over PAWNEE CREEK · built 1974 | 1,110 vehicles a day |
| OSAGE AVENUE over SCOTT CREEK · built 1935 | 55 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD over LITTLE BLUE RIVER · built 1935 | 30 vehicles a day |
| TOWNSHIP ROAD over COTTONWOOD CREEK · built 1935 | 30 vehicles a day |
| IDLEWILDE ROAD over W BR THIRTY-TWO MILE CR · built 1958 | 30 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $4.7 million of work in Adams County in fiscal 2025, about $151 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Nebraska are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Adams County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Adams County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Webster County (23 mi) · Kearney County (23 mi) · Clay County (24 mi) · Hall County (24 mi) · Nuckolls County (34 mi) · Franklin County (34 mi).