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Hancock County

Hancock County is the southernmost county of the U.S. state of Mississippi and is named for Founding Father John Hancock. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,053. Its county seat is Bay St. Louis. Hancock County is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is situated along the Gulf of Mexico and the state line with Louisiana. The area is home to the John C. Stennis Space Center, NASA's largest rocket engine test facility. The county was severely damaged from Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, which caused a huge storm surge and catastrophic damage.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 168568
FIPS state: 28
FIPS county: 045
FIPS place: 99045
Census record name: COUNTY OF HANCOCK
Mailing address: 854 HIGHWAY 90, BAY SAINT LOUIS 39520