Hancock County, Mississippi Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Hancock County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Hancock County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Two or More

Hancock County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White

Hancock County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Hancock County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Hancock County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home median value

Hancock County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per capita

Hancock County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Foreign born residents

Hancock County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Asian

Hancock County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	45,255	18th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	473.8	54th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	92.7	15th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	72nd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	61st	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.4%	19th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.7%	9th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.0%	9th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	88.5%	4th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.8%	80th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	12th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	9th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	2nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	2nd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	17th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.6%	4th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	50.5%	65th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.6%	9th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	22,658	15th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.6%	32nd	13.4%	25.9%
Households	17,166	17th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.3%	30th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$149,700	5th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	74th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	451	5th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$22,596	8th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$42,591	10th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.8%	65th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	705	24th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	12,237	17th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,258	15th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$383,192	24th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,642	30th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$133,842	13th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732