The population of Hancock county is estimated at 46,647. In 2017 there were 473 births and 484 deaths in Hancock county. Hancock county has 7,240 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 6,120 that are owned free and clear and 4,020 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Hancock County filed 18,230 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.5% of all Mississippi filings and 0.012% of the entire nation. Hancock had a combined total federal tax liability of $137,341,000 on earned income of $935,554,000. Other notable statistics from Hancock County were 490 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,856,000 and 3,240 charitable contributions valued at $13,367,000. 3,390 filings from Hancock County paid a combined total of $8,474,000 in property taxes and 2,810 filings paid $17,435,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Hancock county had 52 religious congregations with an estimated 13,302 members.
20.9% of the Hancock population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 38% of Hancock County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 494 votes.
At $45,535 the median income is 104.5% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 1,025 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Hancock, the equivalant of around 5.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Hancock County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,163	Professional, scientific, and technical services
1,328	Retail trade
867	Restaurants and other eating places
836	Architectural, engineering, and related services
827	Engineering services
819	Manufacturing
695	Computer systems design services
695	Computer systems integrators
500	General merchandise stores
422	Full-service restaurants
416	Limited-service restaurants
381	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
317	Ambulatory health care services
302	Finance and insurance
291	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.29% in Hancock County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 39520 and 39525).

In 2018 11.36% of listings in Hancock County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 39525 and 39520) dropped their price.

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