The population of Scott county is estimated at 28,378. In 2017 there were 462 births and 302 deaths in Scott county. Scott county has 3,825 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,672 that are owned free and clear and 2,751 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Scott County filed 11,710 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.0% of all Mississippi filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Scott had a combined total federal tax liability of $66,953,000 on earned income of $448,918,000. Other notable statistics from Scott County were 200 unemployment claims which collected a total of $679,000 and 1,460 charitable contributions valued at $9,801,000. 1,170 filings from Scott County paid a combined total of $1,842,000 in property taxes and 950 filings paid $4,926,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Scott county had 93 religious congregations with an estimated 19,144 members.
12.7% of the Scott population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 25.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 35% of Scott County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 717 votes.
At $37,201 the median income is 85.3% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 537 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Scott, the equivalant of around 4.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Scott County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,883	Manufacturing
3,711	Food manufacturing
1,188	Retail trade
551	Accommodation and food services
514	Food services and drinking places
504	Health care and social assistance
381	Limited-service restaurants
376	General merchandise stores
376	Other general merchandise stores
358	Transportation and warehousing
321	Truck transportation
284	Transportation equipment manufacturing
284	Motor vehicle parts manufacturing
262	General freight trucking
246	General freight trucking, long-distance

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