Hancock County, Mississippi (MS)

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• • 39,70684.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,8238.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,8553.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,0832.3%Two or more races
  • 2780.6%Asian alone
  • 2730.6%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 690.1%Some other race alone

Health of residents in Hancock County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

Health of residents in Hancock County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,369 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $826 (0.6%)

Area name: Gulfport-Biloxi, MS MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Hancock County is $526 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $615 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $801 a month.

Cities in this county include: Bay St. Louis, Waveland, Diamondhead, Shoreline Park, Kiln, Pearlington.

2018 air pollution in Hancock County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.028 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 7.4 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Acadia Parish, Louisiana , Beauregard Parish, Louisiana , Burnet County, Texas , Liberty County, Florida , Terrell County, Texas .

Current college students: 1,463
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 22.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 831 (75.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 622010 or later
• 1152000 to 2009
• 361990 to 1999
• 1031980 to 1989
• 971970 to 1979
• 203Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 32.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 59.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 18,493
• One, attached: 408
• Two: 712
• 3 or 4: 730
• 5 to 9: 1,026
• 10 to 19: 537
• 20 to 49: 250
• 50 or more: 402
• Mobile homes: 2,949
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 51

Housing units in Hancock County with a mortgage: 7,178 (252 second mortgage, 493 home equity loan, 30 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,708

Religion statistics for Hancock County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Hancock County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Mississippi Hurricane Zeta, Incident Period: October 28, 2020 - October 29, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4576-MS: December 31, 2020, FEMA Id: 4576, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4528, Natural disaster type: Other
• Mississippi Hurricane Nate, Incident Period: October 6, 2017 - October 10, 2017, FEMA Id: 4350, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Tropical Storm Isaac, Incident Period: August 26, 2012 to September 11, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3348: August 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3348, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Mississippi Hurricane Isaac, Incident Period: August 26, 2012 to September 11, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4081: August 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 4081, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: August 28, 2008 to September 08, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1794: September 22, 2008, FEMA Id: 1794, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: August 28, 2008 to September 08, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3291: August 30, 2008, FEMA Id: 3291, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1604: August 29, 2005, FEMA Id: 1604, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 27, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3213: August 28, 2005, FEMA Id: 3213, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Hurricane Dennis, Incident Period: July 10, 2005 to July 15, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1594: July 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 1594, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.90% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($46,417 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.97% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($17,347 average AGI)
4.93% relocated from other states ($29,070 average AGI)

Hancock County:	4.93%
Mississippi average:	2.61%

from Harrison County, MS	1.93% ($34,077 average AGI)
from Pearl River County, MS	0.87% ($42,163)
from St. Tammany Parish, LA	0.85% ($45,341)
from Jefferson Parish, LA	0.33% ($48,959)
from Orleans Parish, LA	0.24% ($75,778)
from Jackson County, MS	0.21% ($64,677)
from Forrest County, MS	0.16% ($24,500)

8.04% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($46,902 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.97% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($20,463 average AGI)
4.07% relocated to other states ($26,439 average AGI)

Hancock County:	4.07%
Mississippi average:	2.94%

to Harrison County, MS	2.50% ($41,946 average AGI)
to St. Tammany Parish, LA	0.86% ($40,772)
to Pearl River County, MS	0.71% ($40,596)
to Jefferson Parish, LA	0.32% ($53,553)
to Jackson County, MS	0.18% ($33,423)
to Orleans Parish, LA	0.16% ($43,826)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Hancock County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 9,852 (2,792 living alone), Female householders: 10,103 (3,297 living alone)

• 8,461 spouses (8,407 opposite-sex spouses), 1,398 unmarried partners, (1,354 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 11,454 children (9,553 natural, 709 adopted, 1,266 stepchildren), 2,143 grandchildren, 330 brothers or sisters, 678 parents, 122 foster children, 692 other relatives, 1,304 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 256

Size of family households: 6,344 2-persons, 2,820 3-persons, 2,080 4-persons, 1,451 5-persons, 219 6-persons, 255 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,092 1-person, 1,004 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 10 5-persons.

4,067 married couples with children.
3,410 single-parent households (805 men, 2,605 women).

96.2% of residents of Hancock speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 56% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $535,325,000 ($11,654 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $130,018,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $131,103,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $52,883,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $400,000
Federal grants: $28,589,000
Federal procurement contracts: $207,540,000 ($41,692,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $114,810,000 ($75,190,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $974,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $15,451,000
Federal Government insurance: $661,596,000

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

Here:	+68 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.26 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Hancock County, Mississippi
• 9362014 or later
• 8082010 to 2013
• 9,2222000 to 2009
• 4,8591990 to 1999
• 2,9661980 to 1989
• 2,7851970 to 1979
• 1,5551960 to 1969
• 8051950 to 1959
• 1941940 to 1949
• 1,1631939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Hancock County, Mississippi

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Hancock County, Mississippi
• 1431 room
• 2602 rooms
• 5583 rooms
• 1,6064 rooms
• 3,0975 rooms
• 3,4896 rooms
• 2,3287 rooms
• 1,4808 rooms
• 1,8459+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hancock County, Mississippi
• 2241 room
• 1602 rooms
• 6483 rooms
• 1,3534 rooms
• 1,2985 rooms
• 7086 rooms
• 3637 rooms
• 1298 rooms
• 1169+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Hancock County, Mississippi

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Hancock County, Mississippi
• 136no bedroom
• 5051 bedroom
• 2,7552 bedrooms
• 8,1353 bedrooms
• 2,8824 bedrooms
• 4845+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hancock County, Mississippi
• 245no bedroom
• 7711 bedroom
• 1,5292 bedrooms
• 2,2253 bedrooms
• 2464 bedrooms
• 185+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Hancock County, Mississippi in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Hancock County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 535no vehicle
• 4,3211 vehicle
• 5,7842 vehicles
• 2,8473 vehicles
• 1,0344 vehicles
• 3245+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Hancock County in renter-occupied apartments
• 662no vehicle
• 2,6741 vehicle
• 1,3582 vehicles
• 2713 vehicles
• 394 vehicles
• 175+ vehicles

87.9% of Hancock County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Mississippi.

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

• This state: 21,395
• Other state: 24,227
• Northeast: 1,619
• Midwest: 2,998
• South: 17,318
• West: 2,331

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 978
• Number of aged recipients: 82
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 896
• Number of recipients under 18: 135
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 659
• Number of recipients older than 64: 184
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 379
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 402

Hancock County on our top lists:

• #5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
• #43 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the worst general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #55 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #83 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest average weight of females"