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Employer firms in Hancock County

Employer firms in Hancock County was 102 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 7.4% from 2022. That is the 102nd highest of 120 counties in 2023.

2023, count102
Change on 2022+7.4%
Rank102nd of 120Counties in Kentucky ranked
Series high1202004
Series low411978

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Employer firms in Hancock County, 1978 to 2023

40608010012019781985199219992006201320231978: 41 count1979: 44 count1980: 47 count1981: 50 count1982: 47 count1983: 45 count1984: 48 count1985: 49 count1986: 55 count1987: 61 count1988: 64 count1989: 66 count1990: 68 count1991: 70 count1992: 73 count1993: 77 count1994: 86 count1995: 93 count1996: 89 count1997: 92 count1998: 101 count1999: 100 count2000: 102 count2001: 101 count2002: 108 count2003: 106 count2004: 120 count2005: 117 count2006: 108 count2007: 104 count2008: 106 count2009: 109 count2010: 102 count2011: 97 count2012: 96 count2013: 99 count2014: 98 count2015: 95 count2016: 96 count2017: 99 count2018: 90 count2019: 88 count2020: 88 count2021: 94 count2022: 95 count2023: 102 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Periodcount
2023102
202295
202194
202088
201988
201890
201799
201696
201595
201498
201399
201296
201197
2010102
2009109
2008106
2007104
2006108
2005117
2004120
2003106
2002108
2001101
2000102
1999100
1998101
199792
199689
199593
199486
199377
199273
199170
199068
198966
198864
198761
198655
198549
198448
198345
198247
198150
198047
197944
197841

Compared with Kentucky and United States

Place2023
Hancock County102
Kentucky61,917
United States5,593,727

Rankings

Definition

Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Employer firms, Hancock County, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Hancock County, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/hancock-county-kentucky. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Employer firms, Hancock County, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/hancock-county-kentucky.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Hancock County, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/hancock-county-kentucky (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_hancock_county_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Hancock County, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/hancock-county-kentucky. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023\_st\_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.},
}
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What is the employer firms in Hancock County?

Employer firms in Hancock County was 102 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 7.4% from 2022. That is the 102nd highest of 120 counties in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest employer firms in Hancock County?

120 in 2004, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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