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Scotland County, MO

4,698 Population
436.5 square miles 10.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,417 ±$4,353 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$67,568 ±$4,430 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

7.1% ±3.1% (329  ±142) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.2 minutes ±2.1 (36,480  ±5,283) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

1,543 ±101 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
3 ±0.2 (4,624  ±12) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

8.8% ±4.5% (79  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,215 ±12 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$141,100 ±$9,344 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.8% ±3.2% (360  ±149.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

78.4% ±7.7% (2,311  ±226.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
14.5% ±3.2% (427  ±93.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1% (47  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.2% ±2.1% (204  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
204 Total veterans ±69 199 Male ±67 5 Female ±7

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