| Population Change from 1990 to 2000 | ||||
| County or Municipality | 2000 Population | 1990 Population | Population Change | Percent Change |
| Pennsylvania | 12 281 054 | 11 881 643 | 399 411 | 3.4 |
| Adams County | 91 292 | 78 274 | 13 018 | 16.6 |
| Abbottstown borough | 905 | 539 | 366 | 67.9 |
| Arendtsville borough | 848 | 693 | 155 | 22.4 |
| Bendersville borough | 576 | 560 | 16 | 2.9 |
| Berwick township | 1 818 | 1 831 | - 13 | - 0.7 |
| Biglerville borough | 1 101 | 993 | 108 | 10.9 |
| Bonneauville borough | 1 378 | 1 282 | 96 | 7.5 |
| Butler township | 2 678 | 2 514 | 164 | 6.5 |
| Carroll Valley borough | 3 291 | 1 457 | 1 834 | 125.9 |
| Conewago township | 5 709 | 4 532 | 1 177 | 26.0 |
| Cumberland township | 5 718 | 5 431 | 287 | 5.3 |
| East Berlin borough | 1 365 | 1 175 | 190 | 16.2 |
| Fairfield borough | 486 | 524 | - 38 | - 7.3 |
| Franklin township | 4 590 | 4 126 | 464 | 11.2 |
| Freedom township | 844 | 692 | 152 | 22.0 |
| Germany township | 2 269 | 1 949 | 320 | 16.4 |
| Gettysburg borough | 7 490 | 7 025 | 465 | 6.6 |
| Hamilton township | 2 044 | 1 760 | 284 | 16.1 |
| Hamiltonban township | 2 216 | 1 872 | 344 | 18.4 |
| Highland township | 825 | 815 | 10 | 1.2 |
| Huntington township | 2 233 | 1 989 | 244 | 12.3 |
| Latimore township | 2 528 | 2 209 | 319 | 14.4 |
| Liberty township | 1 063 | 938 | 125 | 13.3 |
| Littlestown borough | 3 947 | 2 974 | 973 | 32.7 |
| McSherrystown borough | 2 691 | 2 769 | - 78 | - 2.8 |
| Menallen township | 2 974 | 2 700 | 274 | 10.1 |
| Mount Joy township | 3 232 | 2 848 | 384 | 13.5 |
| Mount Pleasant township | 4 420 | 4 076 | 344 | 8.4 |
| New Oxford borough | 1 696 | 1 617 | 79 | 4.9 |
| Oxford township | 4 876 | 3 437 | 1 439 | 41.9 |
| Reading township | 5 106 | 3 828 | 1 278 | 33.4 |
| Straban township | 4 539 | 4 565 | - 26 | - 0.6 |
| Tyrone township | 2 273 | 1 829 | 444 | 24.3 |
| Union township | 2 989 | 2 178 | 811 | 37.2 |
| York Springs borough | 574 | 547 | 27 | 4.9 |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Prepared by: Pennsylvania State Data Center | |||