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  People QuickFacts Hancock County Illinois
  Population, 2001 estimate 19,90912,482,301
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -1.1%0.5%
  Population, 2000 20,12112,419,293
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 -5.9%8.6%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 67.4%56.8%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 85.7%81.4%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 15.6%26.1%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 20.828.0
  Housing units, 2000 8,9094,885,615
  Homeownership rate, 2000 80.4%67.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 7.6%34.0%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $58,200$130,800
  Households, 2000 8,0694,591,779
  Persons per household, 2000 2.452.63
  Median household money income, 1999 $36,654$46,590
  Per capita money income, 1999 $17,478$23,104


  Business QuickFacts Hancock County Illinois
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 489306,899
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 4,9185,342,675
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 22.1%15.0%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 1,399665,553
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 193,236200,019,991
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 101,529108,002,177
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,800$8,992
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 2251,944
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 138,34165,035,608
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 851459,893


  Geography QuickFacts Hancock County Illinois
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 79555,584
  Persons per square mile, 2000 25.3223.4
  Metropolitan Area None 
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