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  • FIPS 18143
  • Largest town: Scottsburg

Scott County, Indiana

Scott County had 24,751 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 190.4 square miles of land. It ranks 63rd of 92 in Indiana by population and 88th by land area.

Population
24,751
#63 of 92 in Indiana · #1,629 in US
Area
190.4 sq mi
#88 of 92 in Indiana · #3,013 in US
Density
130 / sq mi
#29 of 92 in Indiana · #756 in US
Median household income
$62,584
#61 of 92 in Indiana · #1,594 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Scott County within Indiana. Pin: Indianapolis.

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Scott County population, land area and income

Scott County had 24,751 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 190.4 square miles of land. It ranks 63rd of 92 in Indiana by population and 88th by land area. That works out to 130.0 people per square mile, 1.4 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Indiana has 34,874 residents; Scott County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $62,584 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

24,751

3144th1st

1629th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

190 sq mi

3144th1st

3013th of 3,144 (US)

Density

130.0 / sq mi

3144th1st

756th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$62,584

3143rd1st

1594th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Indiana (92)

Population

24,751

92nd1st

63rd of 92 (IN)

Land area

190 sq mi

92nd1st

88th of 92 (IN)

Density

130.0 / sq mi

92nd1st

29th of 92 (IN)

Median household income

$62,584

92nd1st

61st of 92 (IN)

How Scott County's population changed since 2020

Scott County gained 375 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.5%. That ranks 30th of 92 in Indiana for growth. The median Indiana county changed by +0.8%, and the state as a whole by +2.0%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Scott County recorded 1,106 births and 1,670 deaths, a natural change of -564. Net international migration added +35 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +881. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 881 people.

24.4k202024.4k202124.5k202224.6k202324.8k2024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
1,106
Deaths
1,670
Net international migration
+35
Net domestic migration
+881
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+126

Where Scott County is

The Census internal point of Scott County is at 38.679400, -85.751900. It sits in UTM zone 16N. The map shades Indiana's 92 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Scott County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Vigo County: +0.0%Fayette County: -0.1%Grant County: -0.1%Noble County: +0.7%Clay County: -0.0%Fulton County: -2.3%Henry County: +0.3%Jasper County: +1.5%Carroll County: +2.0%Huntington County: +0.8%Howard County: +0.6%Tipton County: -0.4%Starke County: +0.3%Lawrence County: +0.4%Jennings County: +0.2%Jay County: -1.5%Greene County: +1.3%Blackford County: -2.4%Madison County: +3.1%Parke County: +2.1%DeKalb County: +2.4%Scott County: +1.5%Benton County: +1.7%Wells County: +2.3%Wabash County: -0.5%Union County: -2.8%Marshall County: +0.8%Putnam County: +3.1%Clinton County: -0.8%Hamilton County: +8.8%Hancock County: +10.8%Jackson County: +2.0%Hendricks County: +8.5%Johnson County: +5.1%Decatur County: -0.2%Lake County: +0.8%Newton County: +2.5%Fountain County: +2.1%Crawford County: +0.0%Perry County: +0.9%Martin County: +0.6%Dearborn County: +1.3%Morgan County: +2.8%Monroe County: +0.0%Switzerland County: +2.5%Ohio County: +1.2%Sullivan County: -0.2%Franklin County: +1.5%Adams County: +2.0%Jefferson County: -0.5%Knox County: -1.1%Ripley County: +0.8%Vanderburgh County: +0.0%Gibson County: -0.1%LaGrange County: +1.5%Dubois County: -0.0%Harrison County: +0.8%Randolph County: -0.3%Brown County: +1.1%Shelby County: +1.3%Tippecanoe County: +2.8%Daviess County: +2.2%Delaware County: +1.1%Elkhart County: +0.2%Whitley County: +1.6%Allen County: +3.4%Montgomery County: +1.8%Miami County: -0.8%St. Joseph County: +0.4%Kosciusko County: +0.6%Floyd County: +1.8%Rush County: -0.1%Wayne County: -0.2%Posey County: -0.5%Clark County: +5.0%Orange County: -0.1%Marion County: +0.5%Boone County: +10.7%Porter County: +1.5%Steuben County: +1.2%Vermillion County: +0.8%Cass County: -0.6%Owen County: +2.5%White County: +0.6%Washington County: +0.4%Pulaski County: -0.8%Pike County: -1.1%Warren County: +0.3%Warrick County: +3.7%Spencer County: +1.8%LaPorte County: -0.8%Bartholomew County: +3.1%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -0.2%
  2. < +0.4%
  3. < +1.2%
  4. < +2.1%
  5. ≥ +2.1%
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Orange pin: Scott County internal point. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Internal point

Decimal
38.679400, -85.751900
DMS
38°40'45.84"N 85°45'6.84"W
UTM
16N 608563.1E 4281939.3N
Geohash
dngh09m7g
Plus code
86CPM6HX+Q6

Towns in Scott County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Scott County, 11,569 people together, or 47% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Scott County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Scottsburg with 7,413.

  1. 01Scottsburg7,413
  2. 02Austin4,156
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Scott County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Scott County. The most populous is Clark County, IN, with 127,479 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Indianapolis and the nearest big city

Indianapolis is 78.4 miles NNW of Scott County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY (population 640,796), 36.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Sellersburg, IN (population 10,057), 19.4 miles away.

Scott County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Scott County is 18143: state code 18 for Indiana plus county code 143. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $62,584.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Scott County, Indiana?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 24,751. That is up 375 people (1.5%) from the July 2020 estimate of 24,376.

What is the FIPS code of Scott County?

18143. The first two digits (18) are Indiana; the last three (143) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Scott County?

Scottsburg, with 7,413 residents inside Scott County in 2024.

Which counties border Scott County?

5 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Clark County, IN; Jackson County, IN; Jefferson County, IN; Washington County, IN; Jennings County, IN.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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