2022 population: 59,099 ( 11,926 from 2010 , 1,946 from 2020)
Land area: 281.8 square miles
Population density: 209.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	50,747	85.87%	22.5%
Black:	3,286	5.56%	35.1%
Indian:	141	0.24%	34.3%
Asian:	799	1.35%	87.6%
2+ races:	1,241	2.10%	77.5%
Hispanic:	2,885	4.88%	44.7%

Total non-White:	8,352	14.13%	45.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,581	13.8
Deaths:	1,198	10.5
Net Migration:	1,556	13.6
Net Immigration:	19	0.2

Change in White population:	9,306	19.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	2,620	5.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
47,173
41,441	87.85%
2,433	5.16%
105	0.22%
426	0.90%
699	1.48%
1,994	4.23%
5,732	12.15%

2000
33,061
30,167	91.25%
1,749	5.29%
77	0.23%
159	0.48%
331	1.00%
531	1.61%
2,894	8.75%

1990
23,867
22,114	92.66%
1,555	6.52%
17	0.07%
116	0.49%
n/a
65	0.27%
1,753	7.34%

1980
21,813
20,215	92.67%
1,397	6.40%
6	0.03%
11	0.05%
n/a
184	0.84%
1,598	7.33%

1970
17,948
16,091	89.65%
1,799	10.02%
6	0.03%
9	0.05%
n/a
36	0.20%
1,857	10.35%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
5,786	17.5
2,264	6.8
8,987	27.2
394	1.2

11,274	34.1
2,838	8.6

Number	Rate
1990's
4,087	17.1
2,156	9.0
7,458	31.2
185	0.8

8,053	33.7
1,141	4.8

Number	Rate
1980's
3,201	14.7
1,857	8.5
815	3.7
n/a

1,899	8.7
155	0.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
2,200	12.3
n/a

4,124	23.0
-259	-1.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Scott County, KY

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
36.1
14,117	23.9%
44,982	76.1%
7,273	12.3%

21,603
2.60

15,462	71.6%
12,051	77.9%
1,540	10.0%
6,141	28.4%

2010
Number	Percent
35.0
12,668	26.9%
34,505	73.1%
4,367	9.3%

17,408
2.63

12,665	72.8%
9,756	77.0%
1,290	10.2%
4,743	27.2%

2000
Number	Percent
32.4
8,680	26.3%
24,381	73.7%
2,965	9.0%

12,081
2.62

9,041	74.8%
7,295	80.7%
790	8.7%
3,040	25.2%

1990
Number	Percent
31.7
6,437	27.0%
17,430	73.0%
2,627	11.0%

8,506
2.69

6,662	78.3%
5,460	82.0%
556	8.3%
1,844	21.7%

1980
Number	Percent
28.7
6,525	29.9%
15,288	70.1%
2,322	10.6%

7,293
2.85

5,894	80.8%
5,122	86.9%
388	6.6%
1,399	19.2%

2022 Housing Data for Scott County, KY

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	761	3.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	471	2.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	443	2.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	592	2.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	489	2.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	593	2.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	925	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	675	3.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	771	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	1,894	8.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	2,166	10.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	3,274	15.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	2,938	13.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	2,121	9.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,708	7.9%
$200,000 or more	1,782	8.2%

Median Household Income	80,782
Per Capita Income	38,391

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	109
Compared to U.S.	88

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	756	3.5%
Public Assistance	206	1.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,531	7.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	27,056	75.7%
Unemployed	1,074	3.0%
In Armed Forces	19	0.1%

Total Labor Force	28,149	78.7%
Not in Labor Force	7,604	21.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	12,149	9,121	57.1%
Non-Profit	433	1,039	29.4%
Self-Employed	1,339	837	61.5%

Local Government	749	1,229	37.9%
State Government	613	1,152	34.7%
Federal Government	362	316	53.4%

Total Private + Self	13,488	9,958	57.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	2,157	3,736	36.6%
Total	15,645	13,694	53.3%

Pct. Govt.	15.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	4,363	14.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	5,395	18.4%
Professional, Technical	6,686	22.7%
Service Occupations	3,874	13.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	98	0.3%
All others	9,077	30.9%

White Collar		55.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	7,598	25.8%
Health care and social assistance	3,394	11.5%
Retail trade	2,886	9.8%
Educational services	2,666	9.1%
Accommodation and food services	1,912	6.5%
Construction	1,448	4.9%
Public administration	1,387	4.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,329	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,181	4.0%
Other services	1,075	3.7%
Transportation and warehousing	970	3.3%
Finance and insurance	936	3.2%
Wholesale trade	676	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	552	1.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	392	1.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	341	1.2%
Information	319	1.1%
Utilities	205	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	69	0.2%
Management	59	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,673	2.92%
Puerto Rican	320	0.56%
Cuban	150	0.26%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	254	0.44%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	167	0.29%
Honduran	50	0.09%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	37	0.06%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	72	0.13%
Argentinean	32	0.06%
Bolivian	9	0.02%
Chilean	9	0.02%
Colombian	22	0.04%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	121	0.21%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	179	0.31%
Chinese	153	0.27%
Japanese	91	0.16%
Vietnamese	44	0.08%
Indian	21	0.04%
Korean	15	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	51,587	96.0%
Spanish	1,366	2.5%
Other Asian	188	0.3%
German, other Germanic	136	0.3%
Chinese	111	0.2%
Tagalog	94	0.2%
Other Indo-European	71	0.1%
Other	66	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	50	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	9,617	16.8%
American	8,993	15.7%
German	8,303	14.5%
Irish	6,709	11.7%
Scotch-Irish	1,488	2.6%
Scottish	1,421	2.5%
European	1,405	2.5%
Italian	1,222	2.1%
French	873	1.5%
Polish	773	1.3%
Welsh	665	1.2%
British	510	0.9%
Dutch	352	0.6%
Swedish	295	0.5%
French Canadian	246	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	56,563	98.7%
Not a citizen	723	1.3%

Native	55,998	97.8%
Foreign-born	1,288	2.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
655	1.7%	1,507	4.0%	11,051	29.3%	12,519	33.1%	7,371	19.5%	4,675	12.4%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	655	1.7%
9-12 Years	1,507	4.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	11,051	29.3%
Some College	12,519	33.1%
Bach. Degree	7,371	19.5%
Grad Degree	4,675	12.4%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	12,984	12,408	576	4.4%	6.0%
1991	12,973	12,362	611	4.7%	7.3%
1992	13,279	12,717	562	4.2%	6.9%
1993	13,824	13,322	502	3.6%	6.2%
1994	14,281	13,804	477	3.3%	5.4%
1995	14,926	14,512	414	2.8%	5.4%
1996	15,465	15,031	434	2.8%	5.4%
1997	16,294	15,908	386	2.4%	5.2%
1998	17,126	16,777	349	2.0%	4.5%
1999	18,080	17,728	352	1.9%	4.5%

2000	18,354	17,784	570	3.1%	4.1%
2001	18,572	17,838	734	4.0%	5.2%
2002	18,824	17,905	919	4.9%	5.8%
2003	19,431	18,380	1,051	5.4%	6.2%
2004	19,687	18,791	896	4.6%	5.5%
2005	20,548	19,555	993	4.8%	5.9%
2006	21,881	20,856	1,025	4.7%	5.7%
2007	22,371	21,399	972	4.3%	5.4%
2008	22,860	21,605	1,255	5.5%	6.5%
2009	22,988	20,674	2,314	10.1%	10.8%

2010	25,556	23,312	2,244	8.8%	10.3%
2011	25,605	23,577	2,028	7.9%	9.4%
2012	25,820	24,123	1,697	6.6%	8.2%
2013	26,275	24,692	1,583	6.0%	7.9%
2014	26,500	25,211	1,289	4.9%	6.4%
2015	26,918	25,868	1,050	3.9%	5.2%
2016	27,992	26,943	1,049	3.7%	5.0%
2017	28,677	27,651	1,026	3.6%	4.8%
2018	28,907	27,977	930	3.2%	4.2%
2019	29,815	28,818	997	3.3%	4.1%

2020	29,378	27,523	1,855	6.3%	6.6%
2021	29,826	28,792	1,034	3.5%	4.4%
2022	30,403	29,484	919	3.0%	3.9%
2023	30,322	29,308	1,014	3.3%	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	22,930
Median Value	$240,800

Occupied	21,603	94.2%
Vacant	1,327	5.8%

Owned	15,863	73.4%
Rented	5,740	26.6%
Median Rent	$1,098

Single-Family Units	18,063	78.8%
Detached	17,565	76.6%
Attached	498	2.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	2,582	11.3%
Mobile Homes	1,187	5.2%

Scott County, KY

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Scott County, KY

2022 Housing Data for Scott County, KY

2022 Income & Employment Data for Scott County, KY

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Scott County, KY

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Scott County, KY

Historical Labor Force Data for Scott County, KY