PAGE 1
000 A000000 06/30/2015
000 C000000 0000002230
000 D000000 N
000 E000000 NF
000 F000000 Y
000 G000000 N
000 H000000 N
000 I000000 6.1
000 J000000 A
001 A000000 ADAMS DIVERSIFIED EQUITY FUND, INC.
001 B000000 811-2624
001 C000000 4107525900
002 A000000 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1300
002 B000000 BALTIMORE
002 C000000 MD
002 D010000 21202
003 000000 N
004 000000 N
005 000000 N
006 000000 N
007 A000000 N
007 B000000 0
007 C010100 1
007 C010200 2
007 C010300 3
007 C010400 4
007 C010500 5
007 C010600 6
007 C010700 7
007 C010800 8
007 C010900 9
007 C011000 10
019 B000000 0
020 A000001 EMPIRICIAL RESEARCH PARTNERS LLC
020 B000001 42-1541228
020 C000001 47
020 A000002 MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL SERVICES LLC
020 B000002 20-8764829
020 C000002 46
020 A000003 SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN & CO. LLC
020 B000003 13-4132953
020 C000003 31
020 A000004 MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC.
020 B000004 13-5674085
020 C000004 23
020 A000005 INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY & INVESTMENT GROUP LLC
020 B000005 13-3599877
020 C000005 17
020 A000006 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
020 B000006 13-2730828
020 C000006 16
PAGE 2
020 A000007 STIFEL NICOLAUS & CO. INC.
020 B000007 43-0538770
020 C000007 9
020 A000008 COWEN & COMPANY, LLC
020 B000008 84-1702964
020 C000008 7
020 A000009 UBS SECURITIES LLC
020 B000009 13-3873456
020 C000009 5
020 A000010 SIMMONS & COMPANY INTERNATIONAL
020 B000010 76-0266412
020 C000010 4
021 000000 211
022 A000001 FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS
022 B000001 04-2270522
022 C000001 21100
022 D000001 7200
022 A000002 M&T BANK
022 B000002 16-0968385
022 C000002 10633
022 D000002 16405
022 A000003 BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN
022 B000003 13-4973745
022 C000003 0
022 D000003 15506
022 A000004 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
022 B000004 13-2730828
022 C000004 2313
022 D000004 0
022 C000005 0
022 D000005 0
022 C000006 0
022 D000006 0
022 C000007 0
022 D000007 0
022 C000008 0
022 D000008 0
022 C000009 0
022 D000009 0
022 C000010 0
022 D000010 0
023 C000000 34045
023 D000000 39111
024 000000 N
025 D000001 0
025 D000002 0
025 D000003 0
025 D000004 0
025 D000005 0
025 D000006 0
025 D000007 0
PAGE 3
025 D000008 0
028 A010000 0
028 A020000 0
028 A030000 0
028 A040000 0
028 B010000 0
028 B020000 0
028 B030000 0
028 B040000 0
028 C010000 0
028 C020000 0
028 C030000 0
028 C040000 0
028 D010000 0
028 D020000 0
028 D030000 0
028 D040000 0
028 E010000 0
028 E020000 0
028 E030000 0
028 E040000 0
028 F010000 0
028 F020000 0
028 F030000 0
028 F040000 0
028 G010000 0
028 G020000 0
028 G030000 0
028 G040000 0
028 H000000 0
030 A000000 0
030 B000000 0.00
030 C000000 0.00
031 A000000 0
031 B000000 0
032 000000 0
033 000000 0
035 000000 0
036 B000000 0
038 000000 0
042 A000000 0
042 B000000 0
042 C000000 0
042 D000000 0
042 E000000 0
042 F000000 0
042 G000000 0
042 H000000 0
043 000000 0
044 000000 0
048 000000 0.000
PAGE 4
048 A010000 0
048 A020000 0.000
048 B010000 0
048 B020000 0.000
048 C010000 0
048 C020000 0.000
048 D010000 0
048 D020000 0.000
048 E010000 0
048 E020000 0.000
048 F010000 0
048 F020000 0.000
048 G010000 0
048 G020000 0.000
048 H010000 0
048 H020000 0.000
048 I010000 0
048 I020000 0.000
048 J010000 0
048 J020000 0.000
048 K010000 0
048 K020000 0.000
057 000000 N
061 000000 0
062 A000000 N
062 B000000 0.0
062 C000000 0.0
062 D000000 0.0
062 E000000 0.0
062 F000000 0.0
062 G000000 0.0
062 H000000 0.0
062 I000000 0.0
062 J000000 0.0
062 K000000 0.0
062 L000000 0.0
062 M000000 0.0
062 N000000 0.0
062 O000000 0.0
062 P000000 0.0
062 Q000000 0.0
062 R000000 0.0
063 A000000 0
063 B000000 0.0
066 A000000 Y
066 E000000 Y
071 A000000 134885
071 B000000 168921
071 C000000 1528404
071 D000000 9
072 A000000 6
PAGE 5
072 B000000 10
072 C000000 13367
072 D000000 0
072 E000000 21
072 F000000 0
072 G000000 0
072 H000000 7774
072 I000000 77
072 J000000 42
072 K000000 19
072 L000000 74
072 M000000 239
072 N000000 49
072 O000000 164
072 P000000 0
072 Q000000 39
072 R000000 46
072 S000000 159
072 T000000 0
072 U000000 0
072 V000000 63
072 W000000 786
072 X000000 9531
072 Y000000 0
072 Z000000 3868
072AA000000 51458
072BB000000 1618
072CC010000 0
072CC020000 17220
072DD010000 7671
072DD020000 0
072EE000000 1907
073 A010000 0.0800
073 A020000 0.0000
073 B000000 0.0200
073 C000000 0.0000
074 A000000 357
074 B000000 0
074 C000000 21567
074 D000000 0
074 E000000 0
074 F000000 1514233
074 G000000 0
074 H000000 0
074 I000000 82
074 J000000 6641
074 K000000 0
074 L000000 1572
074 M000000 3860
074 N000000 1548312
074 O000000 0
PAGE 6
074 P000000 0
074 Q000000 0
074 R010000 0
074 R020000 0
074 R030000 0
074 R040000 1822
074 S000000 0
074 T000000 1546490
074 U010000 95542
074 U020000 0
074 V010000 16.19
074 V020000 0.00
074 W000000 0.0000
074 X000000 39036
074 Y000000 408
075 A000000 0
075 B000000 1549051
076 000000 13.97
077 A000000 Y
077 C000000 Y
077 Q010000 Y
080 C000000 0
081 B000000 0
082 B000000 0
083 B000000 0
084 B000000 0
085 A000000 Y
085 B000000 N
086 A010000 0
086 A020000 0
086 B010000 765
086 B020000 10749
086 C010000 0
086 C020000 0
086 D010000 0
086 D020000 0
086 E010000 0
086 E020000 0
086 F010000 0
086 F020000 0
SIGNATURE BRIAN S. HOOK
TITLE CFO & TREASURER