ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY SEAT:  Gettysburg         YEAR FOUNDED:  1800

 

Land Area

 520 square miles

 

2000 Population

  91,292 persons

Water Area

 2 square miles

 

 

 

County Area

  522 square miles

 

Population Density

 175 persons per square mile

 

 

 

 

 

Adams County contains a total land area of 522 square miles and according to the 2000 census contained a population of 91,292 persons.  This is a net increase of 12,562 persons (15.9 %) from the 1990 census of 78,730 persons.  The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Adams County in 2004 to be 98,322, which continues the previous decade’s trend.