The population of Scott county is estimated at 22,028. In 2017 there were 171 births and 286 deaths in Scott county. Scott county has 3,068 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,440 that are owned free and clear and 2,267 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Scott County filed 8,200 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Virginia filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Scott had a combined total federal tax liability of $46,387,000 on earned income of $340,077,000. Other notable statistics from Scott County were 220 unemployment claims which collected a total of $784,000 and 740 charitable contributions valued at $4,078,000. 860 filings from Scott County paid a combined total of $1,482,000 in property taxes and 720 filings paid $4,053,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Scott county had 71 religious congregations with an estimated 9,790 members.
13.3% of the Scott population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 20.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Scott County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 91 votes.
At $39,640 the median income is 55.4% of the Virginia average. An estimated 384 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Scott, the equivalant of around 4.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Scott County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
962	Manufacturing
709	Retail trade
679	Health care and social assistance
347	Restaurants and other eating places
237	Limited-service restaurants
166	Gasoline stations
110	Full-service restaurants
105	Transportation and warehousing
105	Truck transportation
102	Professional, scientific, and technical services
97	Information
87	Specialized freight trucking
66	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
61	Pharmacies and drug stores
61	Health and personal care stores

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