Editing Scott County, Minnesota (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 4595
|1870= 11042
|1880= 13516
|1890= 13831
|1900= 15147
|1910= 14888
|1920= 14245
|1930= 14116
|1940= 15585
|1950= 16486
|1960= 21909
|1970= 32423
|1980= 43784
|1990= 57846
|2000= 89498
|2010= 129928
|2020= 150928
|estyear=2024
|estimate=157206
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=March 18, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |access-date=October 25, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu |access-date=October 25, 2014 |publisher=University of Virginia Library}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/mn190090.txt |access-date=October 25, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |access-date=October 25, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Population and Housing State Data |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html |access-date=August 12, 2021 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Scott County, Minnesota - Demographic Profile'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 2010<ref name="2010CensusP2">{{Cite web |title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Scott County, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US27139&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name="2020CensusP2">{{Cite web |title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Scott County, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US27139&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|109,816
|115,630
|84.52%
|76.61%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|3,298
|8,137
|2.53%
|5.39%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|969
|1,406
|0.75%
|0.93%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|7,303
|9,939
|5.62%
|6.59%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|94
|64
|0.07%
|0.04%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|243
|607
|0.19%
|0.40%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|2,434
|6,137
|1.87%
|4.07%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|5,771
|9,008
|4.44%
|5.97%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''129,928'''
|'''150,928'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''

===2000 census===
[[File:ScottCountyMn2022PopPyr.png|thumb|right|2022 US Census [[population pyramid]] for Scott County, from [[American Community Survey|ACS]] 5-year estimates]]
As of the [[census]] of 2000, the county had 89,498 people, 30,692 households, and 23,970 families. The population density was {{convert|251|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 31,609 housing units at an average density of {{convert|89|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The county's racial makeup was 93.65% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.92% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.77% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 2.17% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.24% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.21% from two or more races. 2.66% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 39.6% were of [[German people|German]], 12.6% [[norwegian people|Norwegian]], 8.3% [[Irish people|Irish]] and 5.1% [[swedish people|Swedish]] ancestry.

There were 30,692 households, of which 45.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.90% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.90% were non-families. 16.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.25.

31.20% of the county's population was under age 18, 6.70% was from age 18 to 24, 37.30% was from age 25 to 44, 18.60% was from age 45 to 64, and 6.20% was age 65 or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 101.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.00 males.

The county's median household income was $66,612, and the median family income was $72,212 (these figures had risen to $80,968 and $90,489 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). Males had a median income of $46,593 versus $32,482 for females. The county's [[per capita income]] was $26,418. About 2.00% of families and 3.40% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.40% of those under age 18 and 7.50% of those age 65 or over. However, in 2011, Scott County saw the steepest drop in median income of all the populous counties in Minnesota and household wealth fell by 10 percent.<ref name="Steep income drop">{{Cite web |date=September 22, 2011 |title=Scott County hit hardest by economic turbulence, data show |url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/09/21/scott-county-hit-hardest-by-economic-turbulence-data-shows/ |access-date=September 22, 2011 |publisher=National Public Radio}}</ref>