34,194 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.6% since 2020)
1,926 square miles of land · 18 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.
12 active community water systems list Morton County in the area they serve, reporting 29,696 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MANDAN CITY OF surface water · local government · ND3000596 | 21,769 served |
| MISSOURI WEST WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · private · ND3001431 | 4,303 served |
| NEW SALEM CITY OF buys surface water · local government · ND3000736 | 946 served |
| GLEN ULLIN CITY OF buys surface water · local government · ND3000400 | 807 served |
| HEBRON CITY OF buys surface water · local government · ND3000473 | 747 served |
| CROWN BUTTE COOP buys surface water · private · ND3000597 | 320 served |
| FLASHER CITY OF buys surface water · local government · ND3000342 | 232 served |
| RIVERVIEW HEIGHTS buys surface water · private · ND3000598 | 200 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 44 people were held in Morton County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2017), or 211 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2012 it was about 45.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Morton County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $101.9 million — $61.4 million to run schools, about $14,124 per student, plus $37.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $27.7 million local (mostly property tax), $39.9 million state, $4.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $65.2 million.
Spent $7.3 million — $5.9 million to run schools, about $16,186 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $3 million state, $762,000 federal. Long-term debt: $562,000.
Spent $4.5 million — $3.9 million to run schools, about $14,524 per student, plus $258,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $3.1 million state, $393,000 federal. Long-term debt: $954,000.
Spent $3.6 million — $3.5 million to run schools, about $20,627 per student, plus $42,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $1.4 million state, $319,000 federal.
Spent $3.1 million — $2.9 million to run schools, about $18,325 per student, plus $167,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $269,000 federal. Long-term debt: $400,000.
Spent $514,000 — $428,000 to run schools, about $15,852 per student, plus $4,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $153,000 local (mostly property tax), $280,000 state, $93,000 federal.
Spent $401,000 — $323,000 to run schools, about $12,920 per student. Money in: $86,000 local (mostly property tax), $318,000 state, $35,000 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Morton County about $25.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
269 bridges in Morton County: 115 in good condition, 128 fair, and 26 poor (9.7%). “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.
| IRRSR ND HWAY 1806 over CANNONBALL RIVER · built 1962 | 1,450 vehicles a day |
| CR139 over CREEK · built 1960 | 405 vehicles a day |
| SOUTH PARK STREET over BRANCH OF KNIFE RIVER · built 1916 | 200 vehicles a day |
| County Highway 86 over DRAINAGE AREA · built 1968 | 110 vehicles a day |
| 67TH AVE SW over DRAINAGE AREA · built 1971 | 85 vehicles a day |
| CR138 over DRAINAGE AREA · built 1973 | 75 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $48.6 million of work in Morton County in fiscal 2025, about $1,458 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 North Dakota 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 Morton 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 Morton County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Oliver County (28 mi) · Grant County (29 mi) · Sioux County (43 mi) · Burleigh County (44 mi) · Mercer County (48 mi) · Hettinger County (57 mi).