REGIONAL FACTS & FIGURES: Demographics
Population:
Hancock County– 81,633 (2023)
Greenfield – 25,920 (2023)
McCordsville – 11,273 (2023)
Fortville – 4,814 (2023)
New Palestine – 3,541 (2023)
Wilkinson – 409 (2023)
Median Income: $85,262 (Household Hancock County)
THE COUNTY OF HANCOCK:
- Named for John Hancock, Harvard College graduate, President of the Continental Congress and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Was organized effective March 1, 1828
- Birthplace of the Hoosier Poet, James Whitcomb Riley
- Birthplace of World War 1 Air Ace, Colonel Weir Cook
- Approximately 20 miles east of Indianapolis
THE CITY OF GREENFIELD:
- Chosen as the Hancock County Seat on April 11, 1828
- Incorporated in 1876
- Comprises 13.56 sq miles of land area
- Birthplace of Reverend Charles O’Donnell – scholar, writer and statesman who became the 11th President of Notre Dame University