32,618 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.6% since 2020)
569 square miles of land · 57 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.
13 active community water systems list Morgan County in the area they serve, reporting 36,305 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| JACKSONVILLE surface water · local government · IL1370200 | 19,903 served |
| SOUTH JACKSONVILLE groundwater · local government · IL1370400 | 3,501 served |
| SMG WATER COOP buys surface water · private · IL1370030 | 3,110 served |
| NORTH MORGAN WATER COOP buys surface water · local government · IL1375050 | 2,763 served |
| MURRAYVILLE-WOODSON WATER COMMISSION buys surface water · local government · IL1375150 | 1,403 served |
| WAVERLY surface water · local government · IL1370450 | 1,194 served |
| MEREDOSIA groundwater · local government · IL1370300 | 1,075 served |
| APPLE CREEK WATER COOP buys surface water · private · IL1370040 | 968 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 55 people were held in Morgan County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 258 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 25.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Morgan County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $70.1 million — $53.2 million to run schools, about $16,360 per student, plus $12.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $27 million local (mostly property tax), $32.9 million state, $11.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $50.8 million.
Spent $6.3 million — $5.4 million to run schools, about $13,689 per student, plus $556,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.5 million local (mostly property tax), $2.9 million state, $505,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.5 million.
Spent $6.6 million — $5.7 million to run schools, about $16,147 per student, plus $594,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $898,000 federal. Long-term debt: $4.2 million.
Spent $6.4 million — $5.8 million to run schools, about $20,200 per student, plus $203,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.9 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $740,000 federal. Long-term debt: $5.8 million.
Spent $5.6 million — $4.7 million to run schools, about $23,020 per student, plus $779,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.9 million local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $517,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.4 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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Morgan County about $28.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
234 bridges in Morgan County: 113 in good condition, 104 fair, and 17 poor (7.3%). “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.
| S MAIN ST over TOWN BROOK · built 1985 | 7,600 vehicles a day |
| FAU 8173 College A over MAUVAISE TERRE CR · built 1975 | 2,150 vehicles a day |
| EAST ST over TOWN BROOK · built 1979 | 900 vehicles a day |
| FAS 1612 over MAUVAISE TERRE CR · built 1976 | 650 vehicles a day |
| TR 214 over MAUVAISE TERRE CREEK · built 1969 | 450 vehicles a day |
| CH 2 over MAUVAISE TERRE CR · built 1959 | 300 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $7.7 million of work in Morgan County in fiscal 2025, about $234 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 Illinois 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: Scott County (16 mi) · Cass County (17 mi) · Greene County (27 mi) · Sangamon County (29 mi) · Menard County (30 mi) · Brown County (33 mi).