Hancock County, Illinois (IL)

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Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (24.1%), Educational,health and social services (20.0%), Retail trade (11.7%).

Type of workers:

Hancock County, Illinois business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Hancock County, Illinois:

Median resident age:	40.3 years
Illinois median age:	34.7 years

Males: 9,762	(48.5%)
Females: 10,359	(51.5%)

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Mean price in 2009:

Detached houses: $131,915

Here:	$131,915
State:	$252,233

Townhouses or other attached units: $178,951

Here:	$178,951
State:	$249,884

In 2-unit structures: $41,180

Here:	$41,180
State:	$282,193

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $154,439

Here:	$154,439
State:	$320,044

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $96,461

Here:	$96,461
State:	$280,866

Mobile homes: $50,113

Here:	$50,113
State:	$35,670

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $116,072

Here:	$116,072
State:	$62,382

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,327 (1.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $954 (1.3%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Hancock County is $411 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $492 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $591 a month.

Cities in this county include: Hamilton, Carthage, Warsaw, La Harpe, Nauvoo, Dallas City, Augusta, Plymouth, Bowen, West Point.

Neighboring counties: Adams County , Clark County, Missouri , Henderson County , McDonough County , Lee County, Iowa , Lewis County, Missouri , Schuyler County .

Current college students: 731
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 110 (56% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 57.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 7,421
• One, attached: 63
• Two: 217
• 3 or 4: 246
• 5 to 9: 162
• 10 to 19: 43
• 20 or more: 8
• Mobile homes: 740
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9

Housing units in Hancock County with a mortgage: 2,532 (200 second mortgage, 200 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,250

Religion statistics:

Here		57.8%
USA		50.2%

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Hancock County:

Tornado activity:

Means of transportation to work: Drove a car alone: 8,025 (81%) Carpooled: 925 (9%) Bus or trolley bus: 30 (0%) Motorcycle: 7 (0%) Bicycle: 21 (0%) Walked: 275 (3%) Other means: 37 (0%) Worked at home: 544 (6%)

5.34% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,620 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.43% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($13,941 average AGI)
2.90% relocated from other states ($18,678 average AGI)

Hancock County:	2.90%
Illinois average:	2.13%

from Lee County, IA	0.83% ($26,359 average AGI)
from McDonough County, IL	0.68% ($22,288)
from Adams County, IL	0.59% ($24,822)
from Des Moines County, IA	0.23% ($32,111)
from Henderson County, IL	0.20% ($35,067)

6.54% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,870 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.80% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($15,591 average AGI)
3.74% relocated to other states ($17,279 average AGI)

Hancock County:	3.74%
Illinois average:	2.58%

to Lee County, IA	1.03% ($31,675 average AGI)
to Adams County, IL	0.89% ($53,000)
to McDonough County, IL	0.59% ($21,848)
to Des Moines County, IA	0.27% ($32,238)
to Henderson County, IL	0.21% ($37,688)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.2

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 4,112 (3,711 aged, 401 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 16,923 (4,812 male householders, 822 female householders)

  4,790 spouses, 5,869 children (5,266 natural, 157 adopted, 446 stepchildren), 175 grandchildren, 65 brothers or sisters, 51 parents, 86 other relatives, 253 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 2,836 (1,059 male householders (861 living alone)), 1,395 female householders (1,311 living alone)), 382 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 362 (270 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,713 2-persons, 1,129 3-persons, 1,122 4-persons, 469 5-persons, 127 6-persons, 74 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,172 1-person, 225 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 4 6-persons.

98.2% of residents of Hancock County speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-43 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.89 millions of gallons per day (13% from ground, 87% from surface)

68% of Hancock County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 11684
• Northeast: 134
• Midwest: 6985
• South: 762
• West: 400

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $34,200

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 287
• Number of aged recipients: 16
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 271
• Number of recipients under 18: 52
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 191
• Number of recipients older than 64: 44
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 96
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 145

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