Hancock County, Iowa

administration
The Hancock County Courthouse in Garner, listed on the NRHP since 1981
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Garner
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 855 State Street Garner, IA 50438-1637
Foundation :	January 15, 1851
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 641
Demographics
Residents :	11,341 (2010)
Population density :	7.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1484 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.hancockcountyia.org

The Hancock County is a county in the US state of Iowa . At the 2010 census , the county had 11,341 residents and a population density of 7.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Garner , named after one of the leaders of the Milwaukee Road railroad company .

geography

The county is located in northern Iowa, about 35 km north of Minnesota and has an area of 1,484 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

	Winnebago County	Worth County
Kossuth County		Cerro Gordo County
Humboldt County	Wright County	Franklin County

history

Hancock

Hancock County was formed on January 15, 1851. It was named after John Hancock (1737-1793), one of the signatories of the US Declaration of Independence and President of the Continental Congress .

In 1858, the first elections were held in Hancock County. The first administrative seat was in the Amsterdam Township and a court and administrative building was planned, but this was reversed by a change of government in the county. Until 1865 a school house in the Amsterdam Township was used for the county administration.

The administration was later moved to Concord Township and two small wooden buildings were built for the county administration. In 1867 the desire arose to build a stone building for the county government and local jurisdiction, which was turned over in 1869.

Although the county’s administrative headquarters were still in Concord Township, a decision was made in the town of Garner to build a new brick courthouse, which was completed in 1899. In 1903, the county administration finally moved to Garner, which is still the seat of the administration of Hancock County today.

9 of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	179	-
1870	999	458.1%
1880	3453	245.6%
1890	7621	120.7%
1900	13,752	80.4%
1910	12,731	-7.4%
1920	14,723	15.6%
1930	14,802	0.5%
1940	15,402	4.1%
1950	15,077	-2.1%
1960	14,604	-3.1%
1970	13,227	-9.4%
1980	13,833	4.6%
1990	12,638	-8.6%
2000	12,100	-4.3%
2010	11,341	-6.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2010

As of the 2010 census , there were 11,341 people in 4,752 households in Hancock County. The population density was 7.7 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Statistically, there were 2.34 people in each of the 4,752 households.

23.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 48,040 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,530. 9.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line