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EDITION 2026.08 /8,821 RECORDS / PUBLIC DOMAIN

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County / FIPS 17067

Hancock County

Illinois

Hancock County runs 16 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.

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At a glance

Public schools

16schools

Hospitals

1facilities

With a star rating

1facilities

Land area

794sq mi

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Hancock County in numbers

American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.

Population

17,281people

2022nd of 3,222

Median household income

$65,865

1559th of 3,222

Poverty rate

12.3%

± 1.9% — wide margin, not ranked

Unemployment rate

Not published

Sample too small here — the margin exceeds the figure by too much to report.

Median home value

$113,800

2787th of 3,222, tied with 3

Median gross rent

$782

2241st of 3,222, tied with 12

Bachelor's degree or higher

25.1%

1207th of 3,222

One figure is withheld above. The Census Bureau publishes them, but with a margin of error wider than 30% of the value — which for a place this size means the survey sampled too few households to say. They are left out rather than shown with a caveat nobody reads.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates. Margins of error are the Bureau’s own, at 90% confidence; margins for rates are derived using the Bureau’s published formulas.

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Hancock County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$149.2M

1949th of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$8,4692020 population

Change since FY2021

−2%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Hancock County, FY2021–FY2025
$120M$130M$140M$150M$160M
$149M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$152M
2022$140M
2023$126M
2024$128M
2025$149M

Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Hancock County ranks 1949th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Hospitals in Hancock County

Hospitals in Hancock County
HospitalCityCMS rating
Memorial HospitalCarthage
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Public schools in Hancock County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Hancock County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Carthage Middle SchoolCarthage ESD 317Carthage171
Carthage Primary SchoolCarthage ESD 317Carthage245
Dallas City Elem SchoolDallas ESD 327Dallas City169
Hamilton Elementary SchoolHamilton CCSD 328Hamilton419
Hamilton High SchoolHamilton CCSD 328Hamilton170
Illini West High SchoolIllini West H S Dist 307Carthage342
La Harpe Elementary SchoolLa Harpe CSD 347La Harpe200
Nauvoo Elem SchoolNauvoo-Colusa CUSD 325Nauvoo203
Southeastern Elementary SchoolSoutheastern CUSD 337Bowen251
Southeastern Jr/Sr High SchoolSoutheastern CUSD 337Augusta203
Warsaw Elem SchoolWarsaw CUSD 316Warsaw211
Warsaw Sr High SchoolWarsaw CUSD 316Warsaw207
Royals Academy CarthageHancck/Fultn/Schuylr/Mcdonogh RoeCarthage
Wcisec Hs MdWest Central Il Spec Educ CoopCarthage
La Harpe Junior High SchoolLa Harpe CSD 347La Harpe
Royals Rssp CarthageHancck/Fultn/Schuylr/Mcdonogh RoeCarthage
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