126,084 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.2% since 2020)
580 square miles of land · 218 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
6 active community water systems list Morgan County in the area they serve, reporting 159,987 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| DECATUR, MUNICIPAL UB OF surface water · local government · AL0001084 | 77,103 served |
| WEST MORGAN-EAST LAWRENCE W&S AUTHORITY surface water · private · AL0001092 | 30,000 served |
| NE MORGAN CO., WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · AL0001088 | 26,352 served |
| HARTSELLE UTILITY BOARD, CITY OF buys surface water · local government · AL0001086 | 22,233 served |
| TRINITY WATER WORKS SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · AL0001091 | 2,844 served |
| FALKVILLE WATER WORKS buys surface water · local government · AL0001085 | 1,455 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 625 people were held in Morgan County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2022), or 802 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2017 it was about 500.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
3 school districts have their office in Morgan County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $148.1 million — $129.8 million to run schools, about $14,842 per student, plus $10.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $60.1 million local (mostly property tax), $72.4 million state, $20.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $207.8 million.
Spent $111.4 million — $91.7 million to run schools, about $11,920 per student, plus $14.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $45 million local (mostly property tax), $60.4 million state, $15.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $100.8 million.
Spent $74.3 million — $46.8 million to run schools, about $12,872 per student, plus $26.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $41.4 million local (mostly property tax), $31.1 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.5 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Morgan County about $65.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
271 bridges in Morgan County: 102 in good condition, 165 fair, and 4 poor (1.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SPARKMAN ST over SHOAL CREEK · built 1915 | 2,123 vehicles a day |
| BURLESON MTN ROAD over VILLIAGE BRANCH · built 1940 | 115 vehicles a day |
| CURRY CHAPEL ROAD over COTACO CREEK · built 1920 | 20 vehicles a day |
| FORMAN BOTTOM ROAD over COTACO CREEK · built 1930 | 10 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $61.5 million of work in Morgan County in fiscal 2025, about $498 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Alabama are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Morgan County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Morgan County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Cullman County (22 mi) · Limestone County (26 mi) · Madison County (27 mi) · Lawrence County (28 mi) · Marshall County (31 mi) · Winston County (36 mi).