Morgan County, Colorado

administration
The Morgan County Courthouse in Fort Morgan, listed on the NRHP since 2002
US state :	Colorado
Administrative headquarters :	Fort Morgan
Foundation :	1889
Made up from:	Weld County
Demographics
Residents :	28,159 (2010)
Population density :	8.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3351 km²
Water surface :	22 km²
map

Website : www.co.morgan.co.us

The Morgan County is a county in the state of Colorado of the United States . The county seat is in Fort Morgan .

geography

The county is in northeast Colorado. Its shape is almost square. It is surrounded by Weld , Logan , Washington, and Adams Counties .

history

Morgan County was separated from Weld County in 1889. The name of Morgan County comes from the administrative seat of the county (Fort Morgan). Interstate 76 runs through the county from Denver to Nebraska . The South Platte River runs through the county.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	1601	-
1900	3268	104.1%
1910	9577	193.1%
1920	16,124	68.4%
1930	18,284	13.4%
1940	17,214	-5.9%
1950	18,074	5%
1960	21,192	17.3%
1970	20,105	-5.1%
1980	22,513	12%
1990	21,939	-2.5%
2000	27,171	23.8%
2010	28,159	3.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

The Rainbow Arch Bridge , listed on NRHP No. 85000221

The county had a population of 27,171 as of the 2000 census . There were 9,539 households and 6,973 families. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 79.65 percent white, 0.33 percent African American, 0.81 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.17 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 16.37 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.48 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 31.18 percent of the total population.

Of the 9,539 households, 37.9 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 59.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.0 percent were single mothers. 26.9 percent were not families. 23.0 percent were single households and 10.9 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.29 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 30.4 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 19.8 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 100.4 males, for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 98.3 males.

The median income for a household in the 34,568 USD , and the median income for a family was 39,102 USD. Males had a median income of $ 27,361 versus $ 21,524 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,492. 12.4 percent of the population and 8.5 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 15.3 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 9.5 percent of the population aged 65 and over.