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Hancock County, Indiana

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Population

Hancock County population is growing, but unemployment is declining.  

• 1990 Population: 45,527; Unemployment rate: 3.2%

• 2006 Population: 65,050; Unemployment rate: 3.8%

• Growth since 1990: 38.7%

Median Age of Population in Hancock County (2003)

• Total: 37.5

• Male: 36.6

• Female: 38.2

Growth in population has been spread evenly throughout the county.  In the last three decades of the 1990s Hancock County's population has grown by 57.8%

Family Income Levels/Median Income in Hancock County (2004)

• Median income: $62,657

• Total families: 20,718

• Per Capita Personal Income in 2004: $36,096

• Poverty Rate: 5.4% In 1999: 4.3%

• Children under 18: 6.9% In 1999: 5.5%

• Welfare (TANF) Families in 2001: 73

more information at www.indypartnership.com 

Education

Educational Attainment: Years of School Completed for Total Population 25 Years and Older/Hancock County (2000)

• Total 25 or Older: 37,073

• Less than 9th Grade: 1,113

• 9-12th Grade (no diploma): 3,420

• High School Graduate: 13,878

• College (no degree): 7,911

• Associate Degree: 2,526

• Bachelor's Degree: 5,570

• Graduate or Professional Degree: 2,655

• Percentage High School Graduate or Higher: 87.8%

• Percentage Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 22.2%

Secondary Education

• Number of School Districts 2004-05:  4

• Total Enrollment 2004-05: 11,584

• K-6 Enrollment 2004-05:  6,201

• 7-12 Enrollment 2004-05:   5,383

• Student/Teacher Ratio 2004-05:  13/1 to 21/1

• SAT Scores 2004-05:    975 to 1004

• Graduation Rate 2004-05:    89.1% to 97.1%

• Grads to Higher Education 2004-05:   80.2%

Links to each school

Eastern Hancock School Corp.  www.ehancock.k12.in.us

Greenfield-Central School Corp.  www.gcsc.k12.in.us

Southern Hancock Community School Corp.  www.shancock.newpal.k12.in.us 

Mount Vernon School Corp.  www.mvcsc.k12.in.us

Hancock Economic Development Council

One Courthouse Plaza

Greenfield, IN 46140

Dennis Maloy, Executive Director

Connie Schmidt, Administrative Assistant

Phone: (317) 477-7241

Fax: (317) 477-2353

Email: dmaloy@cedhc.org

Website: www.cedhc.org