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Hancock County Facts

Census Statistics

	Hancock County	Mississippi
Population, 2003 estimate	45,145	2,881,281
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	5.1%	1.3%
Population, 2000	42,967	2,844,658
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	35.3%	10.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.3%	7.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.1%	27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.0%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.4%	51.7%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	90.2%	61.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	6.8%	36.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.1%	0.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.8%	1.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	88.9%	60.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	56.6%	58.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.4%	1.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.4%	3.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	77.9%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	17.3%	16.9%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	10,776	607,570
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	32.5	24.6?
Housing units, 2002	22,363	1,195,133
Homeownership rate, 2000	79.6%	72.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	8.6%	13.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$92,500	$71,400?
Households, 2000	16,897	1,046,434
Persons per household, 2000	2.52	2.63
Median household income, 1999	$35,202	$31,330
Per capita money income, 1999	$17,748	$15,853
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	14.4%	19.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	747	59,056
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	9,163	926,868
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-8.2%	-3.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,476	134,853
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	39,658,260
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	214,213	20,774,508
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,447	$7,605
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	4.3%	13.1%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	32.1%	22.8%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	117	11,276
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	524,154	21,308,498
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	477	46,907
Persons per square mile, 2000	90.1	60.6
Metropolitan Area	Biloxi-Gulfport-Pasc	?
FIPS Code	045	28

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