30,300 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.2% since 2020)
1,280 square miles of land · 24 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.
8 active community water systems list Morgan County in the area they serve, reporting 28,903 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| FT MORGAN CITY OF surface water · local government · CO0144005 | 12,000 served |
| MORGAN COUNTY QUALITY WD buys surface water · local government · CO0144020 | 8,116 served |
| BRUSH CITY OF groundwater · local government · CO0144001 | 5,122 served |
| WIGGINS TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0144035 | 1,909 served |
| LOG LANE VILLAGE TOWN OF buys groundwater · local government · CO0144015 | 1,006 served |
| HILLROSE TOWN OF buys groundwater · local government · CO0144010 | 310 served |
| PAGELS TP groundwater · private · CO0144025 | 300 served |
| PRAIRIE VIEW RANCH WD groundwater · private · CO0144621 | 140 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 51 people were held in Morgan County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 65.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Morgan County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $43.2 million — $41.1 million to run schools, about $12,007 per student, plus $496,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.5 million local (mostly property tax), $26.1 million state, $4.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $27.3 million.
Spent $23.6 million — $21.2 million to run schools, about $15,514 per student, plus $571,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.9 million local (mostly property tax), $7.4 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $33.4 million.
Spent $36.7 million — $10.4 million to run schools, about $12,123 per student, plus $24 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.6 million local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $51.2 million.
Spent $3.6 million — $3.5 million to run schools, about $14,783 per student, plus $103,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $2.7 million state, $264,000 federal. Long-term debt: $70,000.
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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Morgan County about $20.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
193 bridges in Morgan County: 70 in good condition, 117 fair, and 6 poor (3.1%). “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.
| I 76 ML WBND over BNSF RR BEAVER CREEK · built 1960 | 6,000 vehicles a day |
| I 76 ML EBND over US 34 SPUR · built 1961 | 6,000 vehicles a day |
| County Road 24 over Lower Platte Beaver Cnl · built 1965 | 1,108 vehicles a day |
| County Road 2 over Kiowa Creek · built 1973 | 366 vehicles a day |
| County Road 33 over Lower Platte Beaver Cnl · built 1965 | 200 vehicles a day |
| County Road 21 over Wildcat Creek · built 1998 | 40 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $6.1 million of work in Morgan County in fiscal 2025, about $210 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.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Ballots mailed to voters: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-09. Drop boxes open: 2026-10-12. In-person voting at voter centers: 2026-10-19 to 2026-11-03. Last day to register and still get a ballot by mail: 2026-10-26. Last suggested day to mail your ballot back: 2026-10-26. Election Day: 2026-11-03. Last day to fix a signature problem: 2026-11-12.
Source: Colorado Secretary of State, Oct. 2, 2026 · Colorado Secretary of State, Sept. 23, 2026 · Colorado Secretary of State — Election Day FAQs
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Nearby counties: Weld County (36 mi) · Washington County (38 mi) · Adams County (38 mi) · Logan County (50 mi) · Arapahoe County (51 mi) · Kimball County, NE (65 mi).