5,279 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.7% since 2020)
695 square miles of land · 8 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 Morris County in the area they serve, reporting 4,859 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| COUNCIL GROVE, CITY OF surface water · local government · KS2012702 | 2,111 served |
| MORRIS CO RWD 1 buys surface water · local government · KS2012704 | 1,788 served |
| WHITE CITY, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2012703 | 581 served |
| DWIGHT, CITY OF buys groundwater · local government · KS2012701 | 215 served |
| WILSEY, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2012705 | 139 served |
| MORRIS CO RWD 2 buys surface water · local government · KS2012706 | 25 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 3 people were held in Morris County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 94 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 6.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Morris County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $13.3 million — $12.6 million to run schools, about $15,951 per student, plus $597,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $9.3 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.6 million.
Spent $5.1 million — $4.7 million to run schools, about $17,853 per student, plus $327,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $3.1 million state, $468,000 federal.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Morris County about $6.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
181 bridges in Morris County: 56 in good condition, 101 fair, and 24 poor (13.3%). “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.
| K177 HWY over FOUR MILE CREEK · built 1953 | 759 vehicles a day |
| RS 856 DD.0 - 400 over INDIAN CREEK · built 1940 | 100 vehicles a day |
| LOCAL 18 H.0-560 over EAST BRANCH CREEK · built 1930 | 80 vehicles a day |
| LOCAL 55 Q.9-1600 over GILMORE CREEK · built 1970 | 70 vehicles a day |
| LOCAL 99 Y.0-190 over ROCK CREEK · built 1960 | 70 vehicles a day |
| LOCAL 37 H.2-2700 over UNNAMED STREAM · built 1935 | 60 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.2 million of work in Morris County in fiscal 2025, about $594 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 Kansas 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 Morris 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 Morris County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Geary County (23 mi) · Chase County (27 mi) · Dickinson County (30 mi) · Wabaunsee County (30 mi) · Lyon County (31 mi) · Marion County (33 mi).