Adams County, Washington

Adams County is a located in the  of. Its name is in honor of the second,. As of, the population is 16,428. The county seat is at, and its largest city is.

Adams County was formed out of on,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,998 (1,930 ). 4,986 km² (1,925 sq mi) of it is land and 12 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.25%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 16,428 people, 5,229 households, and 4,094 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (8/sq mi). There were 5,773 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 64.96%, 0.28% or , 0.68% , 0.60% , 0.04% , 30.69% from , and 2.75% from two or more races. 16.3% were of, 6.2% or American and 5.6%  ancestry according to Census 2000. 57.0% spoke, 41.7% and 1.2%  as their first language.

There were 5,229 households out of which 44.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.50% were living together, 10.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.70% were non-families. 18.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.09 and the average family size was 3.52.

In the county, the population was spread out with 34.20% under the age of 18, 9.80% from 18 to 24, 26.30% from 25 to 44, 19.40% from 45 to 64, and 10.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 104.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,888, and the median income for a family was $37,075. Males had a median income of $28,740 versus $21,597 for females. The for the county was $13,534. About 13.60% of families and 18.20% of the population were below the, including 24.00% of those under age 18 and 8.90% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
Adams County is a dominated county. In 2004, it gave 73.16% of the vote. Of the 31 precincts in the county, none voted for John Kerry, and only two gave him more than 40 percent of the vote. Republicans generally receive large margins of victory in and, and 4-to-1 or 5-to-1 landslides in the rural areas.

Census-recognized communities

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