Adrian is a medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 20,442 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Adrian is the 66th largest community in Michigan.Adrian is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Adrian is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Adrian who work in food service (10.25%), office and administrative support (9.93%), and sales jobs (7.81%).In addition, Adrian is a college town. There are a lot of students in Adrian attending college, and as a result Adrian provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students. The percentage of adults in Adrian who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.32% of the adults in Adrian have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Adrian in 2022 was $24,078, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,312 for a family of four. However, Adrian contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Adrian is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Adrian home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Adrian residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Adrian also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Adrian include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Adrian is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
