The population of Scott county is estimated at 5,011. In 2017 there were 55 births and 66 deaths in Scott county. Scott county has 779 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 653 that are owned free and clear and 551 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Scott County filed 2,400 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Kansas filings and 0.002% of the entire nation. Scott had a combined total federal tax liability of $16,688,000 on earned income of $142,690,000. Other notable statistics from Scott County were 30 unemployment claims which collected a total of $86,000 and 360 charitable contributions valued at $3,122,000. 380 filings from Scott County paid a combined total of $1,332,000 in property taxes and 240 filings paid $1,236,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Scott county had 15 religious congregations with an estimated 4,289 members.
26.7% of the Scott population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 43% of Scott County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 140 votes.
At $59,798 the median income is 106.1% of the Kansas average. An estimated 62 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Scott, the equivalant of around 2.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 2.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Scott County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
341	Health care and social assistance
223	Retail trade
126	Wholesale trade
96	Food services and drinking places
96	Restaurants and other eating places
91	Finance and insurance
66	Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
60	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
59	Depository credit intermediation
59	Commercial banking
53	Limited-service restaurants
52	Professional, scientific, and technical services
43	Gasoline stations
42	Food and beverage stores
42	Other services (except public administration)

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