Michigan · Census place 2636300

Hancock, Michigan

Hancock is a city in Houghton County, Michigan with an estimated 4,620 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 160th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,620
#160 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+1.8%
+80 people
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
1,662 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Hancock. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

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Hancock population, 2020 to 2024

Hancock added 80 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +26.

4,54020204,57220214,58620224,59420234,6202024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,554. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hancock covers 2.78 square miles of land, for 1,662 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Hancock is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hancock is in

All of Hancock's residents live in Houghton County, which had 38,041 residents in 2024. Hancock holds 12.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hancock

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hancock by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49930. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Hancock is

The Census internal point of Hancock is at 47.136700, -88.597800. Lansing, the capital, is 362.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Houghton, MI (8,543 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 183.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.136700, -88.597800
DMS
47°08'12.12"N 88°35'52.08"W
UTM
16N 378837.7E 5221593.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86VH4CP2+MV

Daylight in Hancock

At 47.14° N, Hancock gets about 15 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hancock

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Houghton, 2.2 miles away, with 8,543 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hancock, MI?

4,620 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 80 (1.8%) from 4,540 in July 2020.

What county is Hancock in?

Houghton County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hancock?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49930.

How far is Hancock from Lansing?

362.7 miles (583.7 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Hancock.

What is the nearest larger city to Hancock?

Houghton, MI, with 8,543 residents, 2.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.