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Hancock County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 103 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21091

Within Kentucky
Hancock County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Hawesville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
9,050
-54 (-0.6%) since 2020
Land area
187.7
square miles. A further 5.7% of the total area is water
Population density
48.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hawesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1829
196 years ago
Largest city
Lewisport city
Population 1,747.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Hancock County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Hancock County, Kentucky from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 683 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Hancock County ranks

Position among the 120 counties of Kentucky, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn KentuckyNationally
Population9,050103rd of 1202,485th of 3,144
Land area187.7 sq mi108th of 1203,016th of 3,144
Population density48.2 per sq mi72nd of 1201,510th of 3,144
Median household income$65,46427th of 1201,597th of 3,143

Full data for Hancock County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,050Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,104Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,095Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area187.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area198.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?48.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,464American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$141,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,638American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,928American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
0
104 births, 104 deaths
Net migration
+33
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Hancock County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Daviess CountyKentucky32 mi104,898
Perry CountyIndiana19 mi19,389
Breckinridge CountyKentucky15 mi21,503
Ohio CountyKentucky11 mi23,934
Spencer CountyIndiana11 mi20,061

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 120 counties of Kentucky

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.