Wisconsin · Census place 5500275
Adams, Wisconsin
Adams is a city in Adams County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,771 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 276th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,771
- #276 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +0.3%
- +6 people
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 600 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Adams population, 2020 to 2024
Adams added 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -11.
Adams covers 2.95 square miles of land, for 600 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Adams is less dense than the typical town.
What county Adams is in
All of Adams's residents live in Adams County, which had 21,352 residents in 2024. Adams holds 8.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Adams
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Adams by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53910. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Adams is
The Census internal point of Adams is at 43.955200, -89.816500. Madison, the capital, is 64.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mauston, WI (4,147 people), 16.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 63.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.955200, -89.816500
- DMS
- 43°57'18.72"N 89°48'59.40"W
- UTM
- 16N 274016.3E 4870753.9N
- Geohash
- dpb4h1v9e
- Plus code
- 86MGX54M+39
Daylight in Adams
At 43.96° N, Adams gets about 15 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Adams
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Westfield, 16.8 miles away, with 1,303 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Adams, WI?
1,771 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6 (0.3%) from 1,765 in July 2020.
What county is Adams in?
Adams County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Adams?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53910.
How far is Adams from Madison?
64.6 miles (103.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Adams.
What is the nearest larger city to Adams?
Mauston, WI, with 4,147 residents, 16.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.