Hancock County, Mississippi QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Hancock County Mississippi
?  Population, 2000 42,9672,844,658
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 35.3%10.5%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.3%7.2%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 25.1%27.3%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 14.0%12.1%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 90.2%61.4%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 6.8%36.3%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.6%0.4%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.9%0.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%0.5%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.1%0.7%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.4%51.7%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.8%1.4%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 88.9%60.7%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 13,868989,312
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 2,911226,947
?  Housing units, 2000 21,0721,161,953
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 79.6%72.3%
?  Households, 2000 16,8971,046,434
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.522.63
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 35.5%39.6%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $29,168$28,527
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 15.3%18.1%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 22.5%24.5%

Business QuickFacts Hancock County Mississippi
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 71859,771
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 8,672937,023
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 37.9%29.6%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,964121,668
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA39,658,260
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 214,21320,774,508
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $5,447$7,605
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 10716,386
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 53240,879
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 9412,871
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 473,83416,487,905
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,561122,256

Geography QuickFacts Hancock County Mississippi
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 47746,907
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 90.160.6
?  Metropolitan Area Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS MSA 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown