Hancock County, Mississippi

The Hancock County Courthouse in Bay St. Louis, listed on the NRHP
administration
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Bay Saint Louis
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 429 Bay Saint Louis, MS 39520-0008
Foundation :	December 18, 1812
Made up from:	Mobile District
Area code :	001 228
Demographics
Residents :	43,929  (2010)
Population density :	35.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1431 km²
Water surface :	197 km²
map
Website : www.hancockcountyms.gov

The Hancock County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Bay Saint Louis , named after Louis IX. , King of France.

geography

The county is located in the extreme south of Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico and borders Louisiana to the west . Hancock County covers an area of ​​1,431 square kilometers, of which 196 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by the following counties and parishes:

	Pearl River County	Stone County
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana		Harrison County

history

J. Hancock

Hancock County was formed on December 18, 1812 from parts of the Mobile District. It was named after John Hancock , an American merchant and one of the leaders of the uprising against motherland Britain . He was the third president of the Continental Congress and the first signatory to the American Declaration of Independence and the first governor of Massachusetts .

One site has National Historic Landmark status , the Rocket Propulsion Test Complex . A total of 16 buildings and sites in the county are registered on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 1, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1820	1594		-
1830	1962		23.1%
1840	3367		71.6%
1850	3672		9.1%
1860	3139		-14.5%
1870	4239		35%
1880	6439		51.9%
1890	8318		29.2%
1900	11,886		42.9%
1910	11.207		-5.7%
1920	10,380		-7.4%
1930	11,415		10%
1940	11,328		-0.8%
1950	11,891		5%
1960	14,039		18.1%
1970	17,387		23.8%
1980	24,537		41.1%
1990	31,760		29.4%
2000	42,967		35.3%
2010	43,929		2.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Hancock County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Hancock County had 42,967 people in 16,897 households and 11,827 families. The population density was 35 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 90.19 percent white, 6.83 percent African American, 0.60 percent Native American, 0.88 percent Asian, 0.04 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.33 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.14 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.80 percent of the population.

Of the 16,897 households, 31.5 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.9 percent were married couples living together, 11.3 percent were single mothers, and 30.0 percent were non-families. 24.7 percent of all households were single households and 9.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

25.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.3 percent between 18 and 24, 28.0 percent between 25 and 44, 25.6 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 14.0 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 38 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 98.3 males and for every 100 females aged 18 years or over there were 95.5 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 35,202 USD , for a family is 40,307 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,229 versus $ 22,066 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,748. About 11.2 percent of families and 14.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line .

cities and communes

Bay Saint Louis Bayou caddy Clermont Harbor

Diamondhead Kiln Lakeshore

Pearlington Shoreline Park Waveland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 711756. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Mississippi . National Park Service , accessed February 1, 2018.
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 1, 2018.
4. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 19, 2011
5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 19, 2011
6. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 4, 2012 
7. ↑ Hancock County, Mississippi Datasheet with the 2000 census results at factfinder.census.gov

Web links

Commons : Hancock County, Mississippi  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• District Court photos
• www.city-data.com

Coordinates: 30 ° 23 ′  N , 89 ° 28 ′  W