Adams County, IL

Local Health Department
Adams County Health Department
333 North Sixth St
Quincy, IL 62301
Phone: 217-222-8440
Fax: 217-222-8508
www.co.adams.il.us/health

Hospitals
Blessing Hospital
PO Box 7005
Broadway at 11th St.
Quincy, IL 62305-7005
Phone: 217-223-8400
www.blessinghospital.org

Hospice Services
The Blessing Hospice
PO Box 7005
Quincy, IL 62305-7005
Phone: 217-228-5221
www.blessinghospital.org/

Cass-Schuyler Area Hospice
331 S Main St
Virginia, IL 62691-1519
Phone: 217-452-3057

Mental Health Services
Transitions of Western Illinois
4409 Maine Street
PO Box 3646
Quincy, IL 62305
Phone: 217-223-0413
Phone: 217-222-1166 (after hours crisis number)
Fax: 217-223-0461
www.twi.org/

Support Organizations
American Cancer Society
Springfield - Western Regional Office
1305 Wabash Avenue
Springfield, IL, 62704
Phone: 217-546-7586
Fax: 217-546-7631
www.cancer.org

American Lung Association
3000 Kelly Lane
Springfield, IL 62707
Phone: 217-787-5864
www.lungusa.org

Illinois Tobacco Quitline
1-866-QUIT-YES (784-8937)

County Profile

Demographics		County	Illinois	U.S.
2000 Population		68,277
Racial/Ethnic rates
	White	95.1%	73.5%	75.1%
	Black or African American	3.1%	15.1%	12.3%
	American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%	0.9%
	Asian	0.4%	3.4%	3.6%
	Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
	Other	0.3%	5.8%	5.5%
	Hispanic or Latino (any race)	0.8%	12.3%	12.5%
Age
	18 years and older	75.1%	73.9%	74.3%
	65 years and older	17.6%	12.1%	12.4%
Education Levels
	Over 25 with high school education	87.7%	81.4%	80.4%
Labor Force
	Over 16	65.8%	65.4%	63.9%
Poverty
	Families below poverty level	7.4%	7.8%	9.2%
	Individuals below poverty level	10.0%	10.7%	12.4%

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