Morgan County, Colorado


Morgan County is one of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,159. The county seat is Fort Morgan. The county was named after old Fort Morgan, which in turn was named in honor of Colonel Christopher A. Morgan.
Morgan County comprises the Fort Morgan, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and is water.

Adjacent counties

At the 2000 census there were 27,171 people, 9,539 households, and 6,973 families living in the county. The population density was 21 people per square mile. There were 10,410 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 79.65% White, 0.33% Black or African American, 0.81% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 16.37% from other races, and 2.48% from two or more races. 31.18% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 19,539 households 37.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.70% were married couples living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.90% were non-families. 23.00% of households were one person and 10.90% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.29.
The age distribution was 30.40% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 28.20% from 25 to 44, 19.80% from 45 to 64, and 13.00% 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 100.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.30 males.
The median household income was $34,568 and the median family income was $39,102. Males had a median income of $27,361 versus $21,524 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,492. About 8.50% of families and 12.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.30% of those under age 18 and 9.50% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Cities

Census-designated places

Morgan County has long been one of the Republican Party’s major strongholds in Colorado. It was one of only three Colorado counties to vote for the re-election of Herbert Hoover in 1932, and the only Democrat to obtain an absolute majority in the county since 1920 has been Lyndon Johnson in 1964 – although Roosevelt did win a plurality in 1936.
YearRepublicanDemocraticOthers
201668.1% 8,14526.4% 3,1515.6% 664
201261.3% 6,60236.3% 3,9122.4% 263
200861.3% 6,27237.3% 3,8131.5% 149
200468.3% 6,78730.6% 3,0391.1% 110
200063.6% 5,72232.1% 2,8854.3% 391
199652.3% 4,55738.4% 3,3479.2% 803
199241.7% 3,72433.4% 2,98524.9% 2,221
198855.2% 4,79543.0% 3,7281.8% 157
198471.3% 6,09727.2% 2,3311.5% 128
198062.5% 5,20927.0% 2,24610.6% 879
197653.3% 4,60344.0% 3,7982.7% 228
197270.4% 5,36527.3% 2,0812.3% 175
196861.2% 4,59830.8% 2,3108.0% 604
196442.9% 3,22856.8% 4,2710.3% 21
196061.7% 5,09238.2% 3,1510.2% 16
195664.2% 5,32535.6% 2,9560.2% 17
195269.6% 5,37129.8% 2,2970.6% 46
194853.5% 3,41745.6% 2,9120.8% 53
194469.1% 4,16630.5% 1,8390.4% 21
194064.3% 4,65434.9% 2,5270.8% 57
193647.2% 3,05848.5% 3,1464.3% 277
193249.8% 3,37047.0% 3,1813.2% 214
192876.1% 4,19722.5% 1,2421.4% 76
192470.0% 3,32116.0% 75714.1% 667
192070.5% 3,11425.0% 1,1054.5% 201
191638.0% 1,54158.5% 2,3713.6% 144
191228.2% 85533.1% 1,00538.7% 1,176

In other statewide elections, the county also leans strongly Republican, although it was carried by Democrat Roy Romer in 1990 – when he carried all but four counties statewide – by Dick Lamm in 1982 and by Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo in 2010.