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{{short description|County in Indiana, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=DecemberApril 20182024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
| county = Scott County
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| census yr = 2020
| pop = 24384
| pop_est_as_of = 2023
| population_est = 24657 {{increase}}
| density_sq_mi = auto
| density_km2 =
| time zone = Eastern
| web =
| named for = [[Charles Scott (governor)|Charles Scott]]
| district = 6th9th
| district2 = 9th
| ex image = Scott Co IN Courthouse.jpg
| ex image cap = Scott County Courthouse in Scottsburg, Indiana
| footnotes = Indiana county number 72 }}
}}
 
'''Scott County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Indiana]]. As of 2020, the population was 24,384.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Scott_County,_Indiana?g=050XX00US18143|title=Scott County, Indiana|access-date=June 7, 2023|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Scottsburg, Indiana|Scottsburg]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>
 
==History==
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===Major highways===
* [[Image:I-65.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 65 (in Indiana)|Interstate 65]]
* [[Image:US 31.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 31 in Indiana|U.S. Route 31]]
* [[Image:indiana 3.svg|20px]] [[Indiana State Road 3|State Road 3]]
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|title=Monthly Averages for Scottsburg, Indiana
|access-date=2011-01-January 27, 2011
|publisher=The Weather Channel
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The county government is a constitutional body, and is granted specific powers by the [[Constitution of Indiana]], and by the [[Indiana Code]].
 
'''County Council:''' The county council is the legislative branch of the county government and controls all the spending and revenue collection in the county. Representatives are elected from county districts. The council members serve four-year terms. They are responsible for setting salaries, the annual budget, and special spending. The council also has limited authority to impose local taxes, in the form of an income and property tax that is subject to state level approval, excise taxes, and service taxes.<ref name = inc3623>{{cite web|author=[[Indiana Code]]|url=http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title36/ar2/ch3.html |title=Title 36, Article 2, Section 3|access-date=2008-09-September 16, 2008|publisher=IN.gov}}</ref><ref name = inc2102>{{cite web|author= [[Indiana Code]] |url= http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title3/ar10/ch2.pdf |title= Title 2, Article 10, Section 2 |access-date=2008-09-September 16, 2008|publisher=IN.gov}}</ref>
 
'''Board of Commissioners:''' The executive body of the county is made of a board of commissioners. The commissioners are elected county-wide, in staggered terms, and each serves a four-year term. One of the commissioners, typically the most senior, serves as president. The commissioners are charged with executing the acts legislated by the council, collecting revenue, and managing the day-to-day functions of the county government.<ref name = inc3623/><ref name = inc2102/>
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'''County Officials:''' The county has several other elected offices, including [[sheriff]], [[coroner]], [[auditor]], [[treasurer]], [[Recorder of deeds|recorder]], [[Surveying|surveyor]], and circuit [[court clerk]]. Each of these elected officers serves a term of four years and oversees a different part of county government. Members elected to county government positions are required to declare [[political party|party]] affiliations and to be residents of the county.<ref name = inc2102/>
 
Scott County is part of [[Indiana's 9th congressional district]] and is represented in [[United States Congress|Congress]] by [[USRepublican|Republican]] [[Trey Hollingsworth]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://treyhollingsworth.house.gov/district.shtml|title=Conressman Trey Hollingsworth|publisher=House.Gov|access-date=2008-09-September 12, 2008}}</ref>
 
{{PresHead|place=Scott County, Indiana|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=2018-05-May 20, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|7,331|2,701|150|Indiana}}
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|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 2, 2024}}</ref>
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/in190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref> 2010<ref name="census-quickfacts">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/18143.html|title=Scott County QuickFacts|access-date=2011-09-September 25, 2011|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|archive-date=June 7, 2011-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607085900/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/18143.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US18143
|title=DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data
|access-date=2015-07-July 10, 2015
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213012901/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US18143
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}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|127.0|PD/sqmi}}. There were 10,440 housing units at an average density of {{convert|54.8|/sqmi}}.<ref name="census-density">{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18143
|access-date=2015-07-July 10, 2015
|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212200821/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18143
|archive-date=2020-02-February 12, 2020
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}}</ref> The racial makeup of the county was 97.9% white, 0.4% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.2% black or African American, 0.1% Pacific islander, 0.5% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.5% of the population.<ref name="census-dp1"/> In terms of ancestry, 20.1% were [[Americans|American]], 15.6% were [[Germans|German]], 11.9% were [[Irish people|Irish]], and 10.0% were [[English people|English]].<ref name="census-dp2">{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0400000US18%7c0500000US18143
|title=DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
|access-date=2015-07-July 10, 2015
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
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|archive-date=2020-02-February 14, 2020
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|access-date=2015-07-July 10, 2015
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
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== 2015 HIV Outbreak ==
In late 2014 and early 2015, 17 HIV infections arising from Scott County initiated an Indiana Department of Health investigation that would result in the state declaring a public health emergency. The outbreak was fueled in part to intravenous drug use resulting from the opioid epidemic compounded by poor access to HIV testing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Mike Pence Made Indiana's HIV Outbreak Worse|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/02/how-mike-pence-made-indianas-hiv-outbreak-worse-118648|access-date=2021-10-October 22, 2021|website=POLITICO|language=en}}</ref> The public health crisis led to governor Mike Pence signing an executive order allowing a needle exchange site to open; before that time, needle exchanges were illegal in the state of Indiana. This was cited as the turning point in the outbreak, which allowed thea county's only physician, Dr. William Cooke,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lukens|first=Jenn|date=2018-11-November 28, 2018|title=Responding to the HIV Crisis in Scott County, Indiana: Q&A with Dr. William Cooke|url=https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rural-monitor/william-cooke/|access-date=2021-10-October 22, 2021|website=The Rural Monitor|language=en-US}}</ref> to provide resources to those at risk or experiencing an HIV outbreak. This became the first needle exchange to exist in Indiana; a total of 9 would ultimately exist in the state.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hepatitis|first=HIV/STD/Viral|date=2021-04-April 20, 2021|title=Harm Reduction & Syringe Service Programs|url=https://www.in.gov/health/hiv-std-viral-hepatitis/harm-reduction-and-syringe-service-programs|access-date=2021-10-October 22, 2021|website=HIV/STD/Viral Hepatitis|language=en}}</ref> A total of 215 cases<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gonsalves|first1=Gregg S.|last2=Crawford|first2=Forrest W.|date=October 2018|title=Dynamics of the HIV Outbreak and Response in Scott County, Indiana, 2011-2015: A Modeling Study|journal=The Lancet. HIV|volume=5|issue=10|pages=e569–e577|doi=10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30176-0|issn=2405-4704|pmc=6192548|pmid=30220531}}</ref> were eventually attributed to the outbreak. Despite the success of the program, county officials voted 2–1 to end the needle exchange program in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Rural Indiana county ends needle swap that helped fight HIV — sparking fears of another outbreak|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06/05/indiana-needle-exchange-hiv/|access-date=2021-10-October 22, 2021|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
 
==See also==
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[[Category:1820 establishments in Indiana]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1820]]
[[Category:Sundown towns in Indiana]]
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