The population of Scott county is estimated at 143,438. In 2017 there were 1,843 births and 666 deaths in Scott county. Scott county has 32,269 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,507 that are owned free and clear and 7,332 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Scott County filed 69,790 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 2.5% of all Minnesota filings and 0.047% of the entire nation. Scott had a combined total federal tax liability of $1,008,401,000 on earned income of $6,154,453,000. Other notable statistics from Scott County were 2,770 unemployment claims which collected a total of $15,324,000 and 28,000 charitable contributions valued at $101,175,000. 30,950 filings from Scott County paid a combined total of $127,307,000 in property taxes and 28,250 filings paid $251,072,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Scott county had 75 religious congregations with an estimated 66,060 members.
38.9% of the Scott population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 5.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 52% of Scott County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 2,979 votes.
At $99,685 the median income is 145.8% of the Minnesota average. An estimated 2,370 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Scott, the equivalant of around 2.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Scott County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
6,476	Accommodation and food services
5,671	Manufacturing
4,719	Health care and social assistance
4,704	Retail trade
2,644	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,410	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
2,207	Professional, scientific, and technical services
2,134	Wholesale trade
2,086	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,885	Administrative and support services
1,433	Limited-service restaurants
1,399	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
1,260	Other services (except public administration)
1,233	Transportation and warehousing
1,148	Printing and related support activities

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.45% in Scott County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 55379, 55378 and 55372).

In 2018 17.62% of listings in Scott County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 55378, 56071, 55379 and 55372) dropped their price.

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