Hancock County, West Virginia Demographics

Hancock County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Hancock County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Female residents

Hancock County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Hancock County is 8th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per capita

Hancock County is 9th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Hancock County is 13th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Hancock County is 14th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Foreign born residents

Hancock County is 14th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Two or More

Hancock County is 15th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Hancock County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	30,305	19th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	82.6	55th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	371.3	2nd	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	4.8%	47th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.8%	42nd	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.3%	13th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.2%	6th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.5%	18th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	95.8%	39th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.4%	17th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	53rd	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	27th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	38th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	14th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	18th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.8%	39th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	51.8%	6th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	14th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	14,486	19th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.6%	9th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	13,149	18th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.0%	39th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$87,400	28th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.3	45th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	10	29th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$23,381	8th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$38,369	20th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.3%	40th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Hancock County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	602	17th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	9,559	15th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,790	24th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$238,492	21st	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,934	27th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$33,983	17th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732