Hancock County, Kentucky

Hancock County is a located in the  of. It was formed in 1829. As of, the population is 8,392. It is included in the. Its is. The county is named for. Hancock is a prohibition or.

Geography
Hancock County is part of the region of. According to the, the county has a total area of 515 (199 ). 489 km² (189 sq mi) of it is land and 26 km² (10 sq mi) of it (5.09%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 8,392 people, 3,215 households, and 2,436 families residing in the county. The was 17/km² (44/sq mi). There were 3,600 housing units at an average density of 7/km² (19/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.97%, 0.85% or , 0.29% , 0.17% , 0.17% from , and 0.56% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,215 households out of which 36.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.40% were living together, 8.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.20% were non-families. 21.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.70% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 29.00% from 25 to 44, 24.90% from 45 to 64, and 11.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,914, and the median income for a family was $42,994. Males had a median income of $35,294 versus $23,574 for females. The for the county was $16,623. About 11.40% of families and 13.60% of the population were below the, including 18.00% of those under age 18 and 15.80% of those age 65 or over.