County profile
Hancock County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#1177 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,827
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
850
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
46,873
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$67.7k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
26.8%±2.4%
Poverty rate
13.8%±2.4%
Business applications
866 · 2025
Retail establishments
140
30.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Food & accommodation35%
Retail trade24%
Professional services12%
Health care12%
Manufacturing11%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
46,873
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $50.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,447
International migration+266
Natural change−978
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B2019
$1.7B2020
$1.9B2021
$2.0B2022
$2.2B2023
$2.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$224.2k±$10.4k
Median gross rent
$977/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
14.7%±1.8%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$66.6M
243 units · 5.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
82.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 95Lightning 91Wildfire 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2782016
3082017
3162018
3452019
3542020
3972021
4502022
5052023
5172024
5572025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -71% since 20218272021
1742022
3362023
2442024
2432025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.2 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
11.4 km
USG
Nearest port
13.2 km
STENNIS SPACE CENTER NASA TEST STANDS
Nearest commercial airport
6.3 km
STENNIS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.6k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hancock?
Hancock's economy produced $2.3B in 2024, growing 4.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.