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Scott County, Missouri

A county in Missouri, ranked 32 of 115 by population.

CountyFIPS 29201

Within Missouri
Scott County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Benton, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
37,975
-46 (-0.1%) since 2020
Land area
420
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
90.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Benton
Seat of county government.
Established
1821
204 years ago
Largest city
Sikeston city
Population 14,062 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Scott County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Scott County, Missouri from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 771 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Scott County ranks

Position among the 115 counties of Missouri, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MissouriNationally
Population37,97532nd of 1151,242nd of 3,144
Land area420 sq mi104th of 1152,413th of 3,144
Population density90.4 per sq mi22nd of 115989th of 3,144
Median household income$62,78244th of 1151,824th of 3,143

Full data for Scott County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population37,975Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202038,021Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?38,054Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area420 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area425.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?90.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,782American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$154,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,327American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,861American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-40
462 births, 502 deaths
Net migration
+77
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Scott County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Stoddard CountyMissouri30 mi28,284
Cape Girardeau CountyMissouri25 mi83,999
Alexander CountyIllinois22 mi4,570
Mississippi CountyMissouri21 mi12,003
New Madrid CountyMissouri10 mi15,086

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 115 counties of Missouri

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.