Hancock County, Mississippi

• White (non-Hispanic) 38,523 83.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,943 4.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,288 7.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 449 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,505 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 146 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 313 0.7%

• Under 18 8,875 19.2%
• 18–24 3,160 6.8%
• 25–44 10,275 22.3%
• 45–64 13,444 29.1%
• 65 and over 10,413 22.6%

Median household income

$62,485

90% interval $55,999–$68,971

+$3,184 vs MS · 10th of 82

Below poverty line

16.5%

90% interval 13.6%–19.4%

−1.3 pp vs MS · 63rd of 82

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.63 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

1.44% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,887

Establishments

1,089

• Leisure & hospitality 2,919 20.2%
• Public administration 2,445 16.9%
• Education & health services 2,378 16.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,272 15.7%
• Professional & business services 1,980 13.7%
• Manufacturing 1,194 8.2%
• Construction 616 4.3%
• Financial activities 355 2.5%
• Other services 212 1.5%
• Information 94 0.6%
• Natural resources & mining 8 0.1%

Home ownership

79.2%

+9.2 pp vs MS · 21st of 82

Median gross rent

$977

+$23 vs MS · 9th of 82

Owner-occupied

16,035

Renter-occupied

4,202

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $95,935/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,325/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 16,684 78.8%
• Democratic 4,262 20.1%
• Other / third-party 229 1.1%

• Spanish 850 1.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 251 0.6%
• Arabic 88 0.2%
• Chinese 72 0.2%
• Vietnamese 70 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 24 0.1%
• Tagalog 24 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 9 0.0%

Households

20,237

Family households

13,549

67.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,085

22.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,218

9.0% of families

Veterans

3,786

10.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 5,925 12.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,530 9.8%
• Mainline Protestant 1,540 3.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 698 1.5%
• Black Protestant 626 1.4%

Health insured

90.7%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

9.3%

±1.5 pp

69th of 82

With a disability

20.4%

±1.9 pp

33rd of 82

Bachelor's or higher

26.8%

±2.4 pp

+1.7 pp vs MS · 14th of 82

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.5%

90% interval 10.3%–12.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

2nd Circuit Court District

Judges

4 (Circuit Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); Chancery Court judges (equity matters, separate 20 Chancery Court Districts) and limited-jurisdiction County Court judges are not counted here. Vintage 2026 courts.ms.gov; statutory judgeship allocations are set district-by-district in Miss. Code § 9-7-3 et seq. Counts for the smallest rural districts (22nd, 23rd) are approximate and may reflect single-judgeship statutory allocations.)

Court seats

Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi, Wiggins

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

26.82 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10