9,837 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.1% since 2020)
893 square miles of land · 11 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
2 active community water systems list Scott County in the area they serve, reporting 15,088 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| JAMES FORK REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · AR0000513 | 11,538 served |
| WALDRON WATERWORKS surface water · local government · AR0000498 | 3,550 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 31 people were held in Scott County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 520 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 118.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
2 school districts have their office in Scott County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $20.3 million — $18.3 million to run schools, about $11,633 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $13.4 million state, $5.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.4 million.
Spent $9.8 million — $9.5 million to run schools, about $12,195 per student, plus $125,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $7.4 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.4 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Scott County about $7.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
198 bridges in Scott County: 54 in good condition, 134 fair, and 10 poor (5.1%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US Highway 270 over Alexander Creek · built 1928 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
| State Highway 28 over Lookout Creek · built 1957 | 930 vehicles a day |
| State Highway 248 over Shipman Creek · built 1979 | 920 vehicles a day |
| State Highway 28 over Jerico Branch · built 1956 | 763 vehicles a day |
| State Highway 28 over Six Mile Creek · built 1968 | 763 vehicles a day |
| State Highway 378 over Kings Creek · built 1971 | 298 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.1 million of work in Scott County in fiscal 2025, about $211 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-11-02. Absentee application due (by mail, email, or fax): 2026-10-27. Absentee ballot hand-delivered by you: last day: 2026-10-30. Election Day — and mailed absentee ballots must arrive: 2026-11-03. Provisional ballot: show your ID by noon: 2026-11-09. General runoff (only where a race needs one): 2026-12-01.
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State, 2026 election calendar · Fayetteville Flyer, Oct. 5, 2026 · sos.arkansas.gov — voting in Arkansas
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Scott County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Scott County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Sebastian County (26 mi) · Polk County (27 mi) · Montgomery County (31 mi) · Logan County (32 mi) · Le Flore County, OK (36 mi) · Yell County (38 mi).