Hancock County, Tennessee Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Hancock County is 40th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Hancock County is 1st in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income below poverty line

Hancock County is 2nd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Hancock County is 5th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	6,720	92nd	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	222.3	87th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	30.7	91st	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	63rd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	70th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.8%	37th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	69.5%	92nd	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	7.6%	91st	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	98.0%	5th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	92nd	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	75th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	78th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	42nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	65th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	95th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.7%	2nd	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	50.7%	65th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.4%	90th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	3,652	90th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.1%	47th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	2,938	90th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.7%	75th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$76,500	90th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.2	92nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	76th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$13,417	94th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$22,052	95th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	31.9%	1st	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	57	94th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	459	94th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	305	92nd	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$24,369	90th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,649	83rd	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,382	91st	$10,626,759	$613,795,732