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Specialty Definition: Adams

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Adams is the name of some places in the United States of America:

• Adams, North Dakota
• Adams, Wisconsin
• Adams County, Colorado
• Adams County, Idaho
• Adams County, Illinois
• Adams County, Indiana
• Adams County, Iowa
• Adams County, Mississippi
• Adams County, Nebraska
• Adams County, North Dakota
• Adams County, Ohio
• Adams County, Pennsylvania
• Adams County, Washington
• Adams County, Wisconsin
• Adams Township, Michigan
• Adams Township, Pennsylvania

and in Canada:

• Adams Landing, Alberta
• Adams Lake, British Columbia
• Adams Gulch, New Brunswick
• Adamsville, New Brunswick
• East Adamsville, New Brunswick
• Adams Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Adams Island, Nunavut
• Adams Apple, Ontario
• Adams Township, Ontario
• Adamsdale, Ontario
• Adamsville, Ontario
• Adams, Quebec
• Adams Camp, Quebec
• Adamsville, Quebec
• Adamsville Electoral District, Quebec
• Adams, Saskatchewan

People whose surname is or was Adams include:

• Abigail Adams - U.S. First Lady
• Ansel Adams - photographer
• Bryan Adams - singer
• Cecil Adams - author
• Christian Adams - oenologist, terrorist victim
• Clifford Adams - composer
• Clifford Adams - computer programmer
• Donald Adams - terrorist victim
• Douglas Adams - author
• Gerry Adams - Irish politician
• Henry Adams - historian and novelist
• John Adams - U.S. President
• John Adams - composer
• John Adams - mutineer
• John Couch Adams - mathematician
• John Quincy Adams - U.S. President
• Katherine Adams - British MP
• Milivi Adams - cancer patient
• Neal Adams - comic book artist
• Richard Adams - novelist
• Ryan Adams - singer
• Sam Adams - American football player
• Samuel Adams - American revolutionary
• Samuel Adams - former Governor of Arkansas
• Samuel Adams - American naval officer
• Scott Adams - cartoonist
• Scott Adams - computer game designer and programmer
• Thomas Adams - urban planner
• Tony Adams - English footballer
• Victoria Adams - singer
• William Adams - navigator

There is also a novel by Booth Tarkington entitled Alice Adams and a brand of beer called Samuel Adams.

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Adams (CDP), Massachusetts

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Adams is a town located in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 5,784.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.9 km² (2.3 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 5,784 people, 2,729 households, and 1,555 families residing in the town. The population density is 988.1/km² (2,554.6/mi²). There are 3,005 housing units at an average density of 513.4 persons/km² (1,327.2 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.24% White, 0.35% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. 1.02% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,729 households out of which 25.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.1% are married couples living together, 12.4% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 43.0% are non-families. 39.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 20.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.12 and the average family size is 2.80. In the town the population is spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 22.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 87.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.3 males. The median income for a household in the town is $28,703, and the median income for a family is $37,574. Males have a median income of $31,096 versus $23,802 for females. The per capita income for the town is $18,210. 11.8% of the population and 7.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 16.7% are under the age of 18 and 11.9% are 65 or older.

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Adams (city), Wisconsin

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Adams is a city located in Adams County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,914.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.6 km² (2.9 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 1,914 people, 769 households, and 470 families residing in the city. The population density is 251.4/km² (650.1/mi²). There are 847 housing units at an average density of 111.2 persons/km² (287.7 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 97.75% White, 0.16% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.05% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.47% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. 1.93% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 769 households out of which 31.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.1% are married couples living together, 15.0% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 38.8% are non-families. 35.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.34 and the average family size is 3.00. In the city the population is spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 23.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 81.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 75.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $26,250, and the median income for a family is $32,981. Males have a median income of $32,039 versus $20,917 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,744. 14.6% of the population and 9.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 14.4% are under the age of 18 and 15.9% are 65 or older.

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Adams (town), Massachusetts

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Adams is a town located in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 8,809.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 59.4 km² (22.9 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 8,809 people, 3,992 households, and 2,431 families residing in the town. The population density is 148.3/km² (384.1/mi²). There are 4,362 housing units at an average density of 73.4 persons/km² (190.2 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.02% White, 0.36% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.27% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. 0.82% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 3,992 households out of which 26.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% are married couples living together, 11.9% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 39.1% are non-families. 34.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.20 and the average family size is 2.81. In the town the population is spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $32,161, and the median income for a family is $40,559. Males have a median income of $34,110 versus $23,556 for females. The per capita income for the town is $18,572. 10.3% of the population and 7.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.7% are under the age of 18 and 12.9% are 65 or older.

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Adams (town), New York

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Adams is a town located in Jefferson County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 4,782.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 109.9 km² (42.4 mi²). 109.8 km² (42.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.0 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.05% water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 4,782 people, 1,864 households, and 1,293 families residing in the town. The population density is 43.5/km² (112.8/mi²). There are 2,019 housing units at an average density of 18.4 persons/km² (47.6 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.97% White, 0.29% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races. 0.65% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,864 households out of which 35.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% are married couples living together, 9.5% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 30.6% are non-families. 24.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.56 and the average family size is 3.05. In the town the population is spread out with 27.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $38,012, and the median income for a family is $48,354. Males have a median income of $34,000 versus $25,610 for females. The per capita income for the town is $17,707. 9.6% of the population and 6.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.7% are under the age of 18 and 7.0% are 65 or older.

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Adams (town), Wisconsin

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Adams is a town located in Adams County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,267.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 131.0 km² (50.6 mi²). 130.8 km² (50.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.18% water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 1,267 people, 547 households, and 363 families residing in the town. The population density is 9.7/km² (25.1/mi²). There are 856 housing units at an average density of 6.5 persons/km² (16.9 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.55% White, 0.32% African American, 0.71% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.63% from other races, and 0.47% from two or more races. 1.66% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 547 households out of which 22.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% are married couples living together, 7.7% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 33.6% are non-families. 27.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.32 and the average family size is 2.75. In the town the population is spread out with 21.1% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 102.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 101.6 males. The median income for a household in the town is $34,286, and the median income for a family is $38,482. Males have a median income of $32,171 versus $22,188 for females. The per capita income for the town is $18,225. 9.0% of the population and 4.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 8.4% are under the age of 18 and 14.4% are 65 or older.

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Adams (village), New York

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Adams is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,624.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.0 km² (1.5 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 1,624 people, 705 households, and 425 families residing in the village. The population density is 407.2/km² (1,054.0/mi²). There are 781 housing units at an average density of 195.8 persons/km² (506.9 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 97.91% White, 0.74% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.18% from other races, and 0.80% from two or more races. 1.11% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 705 households out of which 29.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.4% are married couples living together, 11.5% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 39.6% are non-families. 33.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.30 and the average family size is 2.96. In the village the population is spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 88.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.1 males. The median income for a household in the village is $30,677, and the median income for a family is $41,667. Males have a median income of $31,058 versus $25,724 for females. The per capita income for the village is $18,452. 15.3% of the population and 12.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 22.6% are under the age of 18 and 12.2% are 65 or older.

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Adams, Green County, Wisconsin

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Adams is a town located in Green County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 464.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 93.7 km² (36.2 mi²). 93.7 km² (36.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there are 464 people, 165 households, and 121 families residing in the town. The population density is 5.0/km² (12.8/mi²). There are 180 housing units at an average density of 1.9/km² (5.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.49% White, 0.86% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.43% from two or more races. 0.22% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 165 households out of which 37.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.3% are married couples living together, 1.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% are non-families. 21.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.81 and the average family size is 3.30. In the town the population is spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 108.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 117.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $46,731, and the median income for a family is $48,750. Males have a median income of $30,208 versus $24,688 for females. The per capita income for the town is $20,826. 8.7% of the population and 6.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 15.6% are under the age of 18 and 4.3% are 65 or older.

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Adams, Jackson County, Wisconsin

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Adams is a town located in Jackson County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,208.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 95.9 km² (37.0 mi²). 93.3 km² (36.0 mi²) of it is land and 2.7 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.81% water.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there are 1,208 people, 485 households, and 353 families residing in the town. The population density is 13.0/km² (33.6/mi²). There are 564 housing units at an average density of 6.0/km² (15.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 94.54% White, 0.33% African American, 3.73% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.50% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races. 1.24% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 485 households out of which 27.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.8% are married couples living together, 8.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% are non-families. 20.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.47 and the average family size is 2.84. In the town the population is spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 29.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 113.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 109.7 males. The median income for a household in the town is $44,191, and the median income for a family is $50,288. Males have a median income of $30,481 versus $22,188 for females. The per capita income for the town is $19,729. 4.8% of the population and 2.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.4% are under the age of 18 and 13.4% are 65 or older.

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Adams, Minnesota

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Adams is a city located in Mower County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 800.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there are 800 people, 329 households, and 208 families residing in the city. The population density is 305.8/km² (791.6/mi²). There are 351 housing units at an average density of 134.2/km² (347.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 99.25% White, 0.00% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.25% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.62% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 329 households out of which 24.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% are married couples living together, 5.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% are non-families. 35.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 24.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.21 and the average family size is 2.85. In the city the population is spread out with 20.9% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 19.3% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 36.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 49 years. For every 100 females there are 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 80.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $31,289, and the median income for a family is $38,125. Males have a median income of $31,083 versus $22,639 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,550. 6.3% of the population and 4.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 5.8% are under the age of 18 and 8.2% are 65 or older.

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Adams, Nebraska

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Adams is a village located in Gage County, Nebraska. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 489.

Geography

Adams is located at 40°27'27" North, 96°30'37" West (40.457526, -96.510322)¹. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there are 489 people, 187 households, and 123 families residing in the village. The population density is 314.7/km² (821.8/mi²). There are 200 housing units at an average density of 128.7/km² (336.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 99.18% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races. 1.23% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 187 households out of which 31.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% are married couples living together, 6.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% are non-families. 32.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 23.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.25 and the average family size is 2.85. In the village the population is spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 14.7% from 45 to 64, and 35.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 45 years. For every 100 females there are 76.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 73.0 males. The median income for a household in the village is $35,625, and the median income for a family is $44,792. Males have a median income of $30,139 versus $17,431 for females. The per capita income for the village is $15,243. 3.0% of the population and 1.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 10.0% are 65 or older.

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Adams, North Dakota

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Adams is a city located in Walsh County, North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 203.

Geography

Adams is located at 48°25'17" North, 98°4'27" West (48.421471, -98.074215)¹. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.98% water.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there are 203 people, 87 households, and 60 families residing in the city. The population density is 79.2/km² (205.3/mi²). There are 118 housing units at an average density of 46.0/km² (119.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 94.58% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.97% from other races, and 3.45% from two or more races. 7.39% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 87 households out of which 34.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.6% are married couples living together, 6.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% are non-families. 28.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.33 and the average family size is 2.87. In the city the population is spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 16.7% from 45 to 64, and 29.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 97.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.3 males. The median income for a household in the city is $25,938, and the median income for a family is $30,750. Males have a median income of $29,750 versus $15,833 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,224. 16.8% of the population and 12.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 24.0% are under the age of 18 and 13.5% are 65 or older.

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Adams, Oregon

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Adams is a city located in Umatilla County, Oregon. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 297.

Geography

Adams is located at 45°46'2" North, 118°33'49" West (45.767112, -118.563738)¹. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there are 297 people, 106 households, and 80 families residing in the city. The population density is 337.3/km² (863.1/mi²). There are 118 housing units at an average density of 134.0/km² (342.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 95.96% White, 0.00% African American, 2.02% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 1.01% from two or more races. 0.34% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 106 households out of which 31.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.1% are married couples living together, 7.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% are non-families. 22.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.75 and the average family size is 3.16. In the city the population is spread out with 29.0% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 102.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.1 males. The median income for a household in the city is $42,500, and the median income for a family is $45,556. Males have a median income of $33,750 versus $21,538 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,974. 6.4% of the population and 4.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 3.1% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.

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Adams, Tennessee

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Adams is a city located in Robertson County, Tennessee. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 566.

Geography

Adams is located at 36°34'54" North, 87°3'54" West (36.581689, -87.065116)¹. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.3 km² (2.5 mi²). 6.3 km² (2.5 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there are 566 people, 203 households, and 158 families residing in the city. The population density is 89.2/km² (231.2/mi²). There are 230 housing units at an average density of 36.2/km² (94.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 90.11% White, 8.48% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.88% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 1.94% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 203 households out of which 41.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% are married couples living together, 15.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% are non-families. 17.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.79 and the average family size is 3.13. In the city the population is spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.3 males. The median income for a household in the city is $32,500, and the median income for a family is $40,179. Males have a median income of $31,932 versus $21,190 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,067. 12.5% of the population and 6.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 18.2% are under the age of 18 and 7.4% are 65 or older.

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Adams, Wisconsin

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Adams is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin:
*Adams, Green County, Wisconsin
*Adams, Jackson County, Wisconsin

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John Adams

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For other people named John Adams, see John Adams (disambiguation)

John Adams Order: 2nd President Term of Office: March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1801 Followed: George Washington Succeeded by: Thomas Jefferson Date of Birth October 30, 1735 Place of Birth: Quincy, Massachusetts Date of Death: July 4, 1826 Place of Death: Quincy, Massachusetts First Lady: Abigail Smith Occupation: lawyer Political Party: Federalist Vice President: Thomas Jefferson

John Adams (October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826) was the first (1789-1797) Vice President of the United States, and the second (1797-1801) President of the United States.

Biography

Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in what is now the town of Quincy, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer, also named John, was a fourth generation descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from Devon, England, to Massachusetts about 1636; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.

Young Adams graduated from Harvard College in 1755, and for a time taught school at Worcester and studied law in the office of Rufus Putnam. In 1758, he was admitted to the bar. From an early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events and impressions of men. The earliest of these is his report of the argument of James Otis in the superior court of Massachusetts as to the constitutionality of Writs of Assistance. This was in 1761, and the argument inspired him with zeal for the cause of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, Adams undertook to write out, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.

John Adams had none of the qualities of popular leadership which were so marked a characteristic of his second cousin, Samuel Adams; it was rather as a constitutional lawyer that he influenced the course of events. He was impetuous, intense and often vehement, unflinchingly courageous, devoted with his whole soul to the cause he had espoused; but his vanity, his pride of opinion and his inborn contentiousness were serious handicaps to him in his political career. These qualities were particularly manifested at a later period---as, for example, during his term as president.

Politics

He first made his influence widely felt and became conspicuous as a leader of the Massachusetts Whigs during the discussions with regard to the Stamp Act of 1765. In that year he drafted the instructions which were sent by the town of Braintree to its representatives in the Massachusetts legislature, and which served as a model for other towns in drawing up instructions to their representatives; in August, 1765 he anonymously contributed four notable articles to the Boston Gazette (republished separately in London in 1768 as A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law), in which he argued that the opposition of the colonies to the Stamp Act was a part of the never-ending struggle between individualism and corporate authority; and in December, 1765 he delivered a speech before the governor and council in which he pronounced the Stamp Act invalid on the ground that Massachusetts being without representation in parliament, had not assented to it.

In 1768 Adams moved to Boston. In 1770, two years later, with that degree of moral courage which was one of his distinguishing characteristics, he, aided by Josiah Quincy, Jr., defended the British soldiers who were arrested after the "Boston Massacre," charged with causing the death of four persons, inhabitants of the colony. The trial resulted in an acquittal of the officer who commanded the detachment, and most of the soldiers; but two soldiers were found guilty of manslaughter. These claimed benefit of clergy and were branded in the hand and released. Adams's upright and patriotic conduct in taking the unpopular side in this case met with its just reward in the following year, in the shape of his election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives by a vote of 418 to 118.

John Adams was a member of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1778. In June, 1775, with a view to promoting the union of the colonies, he seconded the nomination of Washington as commander-in-chief of the army. His influence in congress was great, and almost from the beginning he was impatient for a separation of the colonies from Great Britain. On June 7, 1776 he seconded the famous resolution introduced by Richard Henry Lee (q.v.) that "these colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent states," and no man championed these resolutions (adopted on July 2, 1776) so eloquently and effectively before the congress.

On June 8, 1776 he was appointed on a committee with Jefferson, Franklin, Livingston and Sherman to draft a Declaration of Independence; and although that document was by the request of the committee written by Thomas Jefferson, it was John Adams who occupied the foremost place in the debate on its adoption. Before this question had been disposed of, Adams was placed at the head of the Board of War and Ordinance, and he also served on many other important committees.

Post Continental Congress

In 1778 John Adams sailed for France to supersede Silas Deane in the American commission there. But just as he embarked that commission concluded the desired treaty of alliance, and soon after his arrival he advised that the number of commissioners be reduced to one. His advice was followed and he returned home in time to be elected a member of the convention which framed the Massachusetts constitution of 1780, still the organic law of that commonwealth. With James Bowdoin and Samuel Adams, he formed a sub-committee which drew up the first draft of that instrument, and most of it probably came from John Adams's pen.

Before this work had been completed he was again sent to Europe, having been chosen on September 27 1779 as minister plenipotentiary for negotiating a treaty of peace and a treaty of commerce with Great Britain. Conditions were not then favourable for peace, however; the French government, moreover, did not approve of the choice, inasmuch as Adams was not sufficiently pliant and tractable and was from the first suspicious of Vergennes; and subsequently Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay and Henry Laurens were appointed to co-operate with Adams. Jefferson, however, did not cross the Atlantic, and Laurens took little part in the negotiations. This left the management of the business to the other three. Jay and Adams distrusted the good faith of the French government. Outvoting Franklin, they decided to break their instructions, which required them to "make the most candid confidential communications on all subjects to the ministers of our generous ally, the king of France; to undertake nothing in the negotiations for peace or truce without their knowledge or concurrence; and ultimately to govern yourself by their advice and opinion"; and, instead, they dealt directly with the British commissioners, without consulting the French ministers.

Throughout the negotiations Adams was especially determined that the right of the United States to the fisheries along the British-American coast should be recognized. Political conditions in Great Britain, at the moment, made the conclusion of peace almost a necessity with the British ministry, and eventually the American negotiators were able to secure a peculiarly favourable treaty. This preliminary treaty was signed on November 30, 1782. Before these negotiations began, Adams had spent some time in the Netherlands. In July, 1780 he had been authorized to execute the duties previously assigned to Henry Laurens, and at the Hague was eminently successful, securing there recognition of the United States as an independent government (April 19, 1782), and negotiating both a loan and, in October, 1782, a treaty of amity and commerce, the first of such treaties between the United States and foreign powers after that of February, 1778 with France.

In 1785 John Adams was appointed the first of a long line of able and distinguished American ministers to the court of St James's. When he was presented to his former sovereign, George III, the King intimated that he was aware of Mr Adams's lack of confidence in the French government. Replying, Mr Adams admitted it, closing with the outspoken sentiment: "I must avow to your Majesty that I have no attachment but to my own country" -- a phrase which must have jarred upon the monarch's sensibilities. While in London Adams published a work entitled A Defence of the Constitution of Government of the United States (1787). In this work he ably combated the views of Turgot and other European writers as to the viciousness of the framework of the state governments. Unfortunately, in so doing, he used phrases savouring of aristocracy which offended many of his countrymen -- as in the sentence in which he suggested that "the rich, the well-born and the able" should be set apart from other men in a senate.

Partly for this reason, while Washington had the vote of every elector in the first presidential election of 1789, Adams received only thirty-four out of sixty-nine. As this was the second largest number he was declared vice-president, being inaugurated 9 days before Washington himself (on April 21, 1789), but he served in that office (1789- 1797) with a sense of grievance and of suspicion of many of the leading men. Differences of opinion with regard to the policies to be pursued by the new government gradually led to the formation of two well-defined political groups -- the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans -- and Adams became recognized as one of the leaders, second only to Alexander Hamilton, of the former.

His Presidency

In 1796, on the refusal of Washington to accept another election, Adams was chosen president, defeating Thomas Jefferson; though Alexander Hamilton and other Federalists had asked that an equal vote should be cast for Adams and Thomas Pinckney, the other Federalist in the contest, partly in order that Jefferson, who was elected vice-president, might be excluded altogether, and partly, it seems, in the hope that Pinckney should in fact receive more votes than Adams, and thus, in accordance with the system then obtaining, be elected president, though he was intended for the second place on the Federalist ticket.

Adams's four years as chief magistrate (1797-1801) were marked by a succession of intrigues which embittered all his later life; they were marked, also, by events, such as the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts, which brought discredit on the Federalist party. Moreover, factional strife broke out within the party itself; Adams and Hamilton became alienated, and members of Adams's own cabinet virtually looked to Hamilton rather than to the president as their political chief. The United States was, at this time, drawn into the vortex of European complications, and Adams, instead of taking advantage of the militant spirit which was aroused, patriotically devoted himself to securing peace with France, much against the wishes of Hamilton and of Hamilton's adherents in the cabinet.

In 1800, Adams was again the Federalist candidate for the presidency, but the distrust of him in his own party, the popular disapproval of the Alien and Sedition Acts and the popularity of his opponent, Thomas Jefferson, combined to cause his defeat. He then retired into private life. On July 4, 1826, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, he died at Quincy. Jefferson died on the same day. In 1764 Adams had married Miss Abigail Smith (1744-1818), the daughter of a Congregational minister at Weymouth, Massachusetts. She was a woman of much ability, and her letters, written in an excellent English style, are of great value to students of the period in which she lived. John Quincy Adams, who later served as President and in the House of Representatives, was their eldest son.

AUTHORITIES.--C. F. Adams, The Works of John Adams, with Life (10 vols., Boston, 1850-1856); John and Abigail Adams, Familiar Letters during thc Revolution (Boston, 1875); J. T. Morse, John Adams (Boston, 1885: later edition, 1899), in the ``American Statesmen Series''; and Mellen Chamberlain, John Adams, the Statesman of the Revolution; with other Essays and Addresses (Boston, 1898). (E. CH.)

The basis of the above text was a public domain encyclopedia from the early twentieth century published in 1911 in the United States.

Supreme Court appointments

• Bushrod Washington - 1799
• Alfred Moore - 1800
• John Marshall - Chief Justice - 1801

Related articles

• U.S. presidential election, 1789
• U.S. presidential election, 1792
• U.S. presidential election, 1796
• U.S. presidential election, 1800

External links

• Inaugural Address

Preceded by: George Washington

Presidents of the United States

Succeeded by: Thomas Jefferson

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John Adams (composer)

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John Coolidge Adams (born 1947) is an American minimalist composer.

Adams' work On the Transmigration of Souls, a choral work commemorating the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Music.

Adams' notable works include:

• Harmonielehre
• Shaker Loops
• Short Ride in a Fast Machine
• Phrygian Gates
• Nixon in China
• John's Book of Alleged Dances
• Violin Concerto

Similar modern composers include Philip Glass, Steve Reich, and Terry Riley.

Not to be confused with another postminimalist composer, John Luther Adams.

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John Couch Adams

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John Couch Adams (June 5, 1819 - January 21, 1892), was a British mathematician. His most famous achievement is the discovery of Neptune, using only mathematics. The calculations were made to explain discrepancies with Uranus's orbit and the laws of Kepler and Newton. At the same time, but unknown to both, the same calculations were made by Urbain Le Verrier. Le Verrier would assist Galle in locating the planet (September 1846); which was found within 1° of its predicted location, a point in Aquarius. Adams was born in Laneast, England and died in Cambridge.

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United States National Republican Party

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The National Republican Party was a United States political party that existed in the first half of the 19th century. It was the forerunner of the United States Whig Party.

During John Quincy Adams's presidency the United States Democratic-Republican Party began to split, those who supported Adams became known as the National Republicans, while others supported Andrew Jackson and formed the modern day Democratic Party.

See also: List of political parties in the United States

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	Crew of the MATCHLESS Officers - 1) M. D. Glessner; 2) Marsh; 3) Kenneth T. Adams; 4) H. W. Ferguson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		"The Southern Party on Board the Nimrod. Left to right - Wild, Shackleton, Marshall, Adams. In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume I, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P. 364. Library Call Number G149 S52. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	People having fun at the beach of Lake Icaria in the Walters Creek Watershed project in Adams County. Lake Icaria was formed by a watershed dam that was built to control erosion and flooding. Credit: Gene Alexander.		Resource Conservationist Tom Adams discussing orchard soil quality and conservation planning with farmers. Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Credit: Lynn Betts.
	Children at John Adams Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. enjoy the school lunch program. Credit: USDA.		Students at John Adams Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. reaches for a pancake at the breakfast meal. Credit: USDA.
	A food service worker at John Adams Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. . Credit: USDA.		L to R Tommy Roger, Larry Adams, William Jones and Adrian Celestino load tobacco into a drying barn on the Rogers Farm in the Danville, VA area. Credit: USDA.
	Children in the lunch line at John Adams Elementary School in Alexandria, VA. Credit: USDA.		Adams National Historical Park. Credit: NPS.
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"Rust never sleeps 3" by Barry Edwards Commentary: "Old farm generator in Adams, TN home of the Bell Witch."	"Snow in Washington, DC" by Geoff Hartman Commentary: "Shot of new-fallen snow in the Adams Morgan neighbourhood of Washington, DC."
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