Hancock County, KY

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2022 Population

9,058

0.0884% 1-year growth

US Senator

Mitch McConnell

Republican Party

US Senator

Rand Paul

Republican Party

About

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None of the households in Hancock County, KY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

Most people in Hancock County, KY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 25.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Hancock County, KY was 2 cars per household.

Hancock County, KY borders Perry County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Daviess County, KY, and Ohio County, KY.

United States Kentucky Owensboro, KY

Economy

The economy of Hancock County, KY employs N/A people. The largest industries in Hancock County, KY are Manufacturing (1,342 people), Retail Trade (546 people), and Educational Services (474 people), and the highest paying industries are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($103,000), Manufacturing ($68,266), and Utilities ($66,495).

Employment

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Hancock County, KY, are Production Occupations (810 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (474 people), and Management Occupations (330 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Hancock County, KY.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Kentucky (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Hancock County, KY, are Manufacturing (1,342 people), Retail Trade (546 people), and Educational Services (474 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Hancock County, KY, though some of these residents may live in Hancock County, KY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($114,531), Information ($77,679), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($73,958).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($65,326), Manufacturing ($59,875), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($48,594).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

2.51%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.98M people employed in Kentucky. This represents a 2.51% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14.4%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Kentucky.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

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Other Services (except Public Administration)
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Health Care and Social Assistance
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Finance and Insurance

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Hancock County, KY went to Donald J. Trump with 68.6% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (29.5%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.46%).

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing the state of Kentucky. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (68.6%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (29.5%)
Democratic Party
Jo Jorgensen (1.46%)
Libertarian Party

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Hancock County, KY for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Kentucky

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Mitch McConnell

Senator from Kentucky

Assumed office on January 3, 1985

Rand Paul

Senator from Kentucky

Assumed office on January 3, 2011

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing Kentucky.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Kentucky over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Kentucky

Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Kentucky have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Hancock County, KY have an average commute time of 25.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Hancock County, KY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the tracts in Hancock County, KY colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

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The following chart displays the households in Hancock County, KY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Hancock County, KY is from Hancock County, KY.

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This chart shows the number of workers in Hancock County, KY across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (89.4%)
Carpooled (8.12%)
Worked At Home (2.04%)

In 2022, 89.4% of workers in Hancock County, KY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (8.12%) and those who worked at home (2.04%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

25.3 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Hancock County, KY have a shorter commute time (25.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 2.81% of the workforce in Hancock County, KY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Hancock County, KY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Hancock County, KY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Hancock County, KY have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

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The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Hancock County, KY is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

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Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

N/A% of the population of Hancock County, KY has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

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The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Hancock County, KY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.