37,957 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.2% since 2020)
420 square miles of land · 90 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.
16 active community water systems list Scott County in the area they serve, reporting 33,858 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SIKESTON PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010743 | 16,291 served |
| SCOTT CITY PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010726 | 4,653 served |
| SCOTT COUNTY PWSD 4 groundwater · local government · MO4021566 | 3,150 served |
| CHAFFEE PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010154 | 3,054 served |
| ORAN PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010604 | 1,294 served |
| MINER PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010531 | 1,135 served |
| BENTON PWS groundwater · local government · MO4010062 | 885 served |
| SCOTT COUNTY PWSD 1 buys groundwater · local government · MO4021083 | 785 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 112 people were held in Scott County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 482 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 132.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Scott County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $51 million — $39.4 million to run schools, about $11,921 per student, plus $10.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.4 million local (mostly property tax), $20.8 million state, $13.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $31.6 million.
Spent $14.8 million — $10 million to run schools, about $10,798 per student, plus $4.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.2 million local (mostly property tax), $6 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.1 million.
Spent $18 million — $9.4 million to run schools, about $12,401 per student, plus $8.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $4.9 million state, $5.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.2 million.
Spent $8.1 million — $7 million to run schools, about $11,077 per student, plus $827,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $4.2 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.7 million.
Spent $3.8 million — $3.6 million to run schools, about $10,867 per student, plus $93,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $631,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.2 million.
Spent $4.7 million — $4.3 million to run schools, about $15,540 per student, plus $349,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.7 million.
Spent $3.5 million — $1.8 million to run schools, about $9,597 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $674,000 state, $362,000 federal. Long-term debt: $4.5 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Scott County about $37.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
184 bridges in Scott County: 71 in good condition, 98 fair, and 15 poor (8.2%). “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.
| MO 77 S over DRAIN DTCH NO 1 · built 1930 | 4,733 vehicles a day |
| MO 77 S over IS 55 · built 1962 | 4,440 vehicles a day |
| RT Y E over DRAIN DTCH 2 DIST · built 1948 | 1,703 vehicles a day |
| RT AA S over US 60 · built 1962 | 1,664 vehicles a day |
| MO 91 S over DRAIN DTCH 1 DIST · built 1933 | 743 vehicles a day |
| MO 91 S over DRAIN DTCH 4 DIST · built 1933 | 743 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1.3 million of work in Scott County in fiscal 2025, about $34 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.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Missouri are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
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: Alexander County, IL (15 mi) · Mississippi County (21 mi) · Cape Girardeau County (24 mi) · Stoddard County (25 mi) · Pulaski County, IL (27 mi) · Ballard County, KY (31 mi).