Who's moving to and from Scott County, Missouri?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,755 people in, 1,869 out. Most were moving between Missouri counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−114 people
−59 households
Arrivals' income
$44.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$43.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Scott County went in Missouri

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Missouri counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 already lived in Missouri. People, 2022–23.

  1. Cape Girardeau County474
  2. New Madrid County252
  3. Mississippi County173
  4. Stoddard County143
  5. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)713

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Missouri. People, 2022–23.

  1. Cape Girardeau County503
  2. New Madrid County225
  3. Stoddard County181
  4. Mississippi County142
  5. Butler County34
  6. St. Louis County29
  7. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)755

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld
Smaller moves from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Net moves with Butler County
withheld
Net moves with St. Louis County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Scott usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−5922–23††‡†
Net migration of Scott County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−112
2014–15 †−18
2015–16−116
2016–17 †−132
2017–18−38
2018–19 ‡−57
2019–20−9
2020–21−99
2021–22+21
2022–23 †−59

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Scott County, Missouri?” movedwhere.com/county/scott-county-mo. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.