Hancock County, Mississippi
The Hancock County Courthouse in Bay St. Louis, listed on the NRHP |
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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 |
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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
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 | |||
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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 |
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 711756. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Mississippi . National Park Service , accessed February 1, 2018.
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 1, 2018.
- ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 19, 2011
- ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 19, 2011
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Hancock County, Mississippi Datasheet with the 2000 census results at factfinder.census.gov
Web links
Coordinates: 30 ° 23 ′ N , 89 ° 28 ′ W