Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety48#1,599/3,096
Economy47#1,659/3,143
Housing6#2,962/3,140
Health59#1,274/3,144
Healthcare51#1,555/3,143
Environment40#1,877/3,108
Education13#2,733/3,144
Infrastructure83#528/3,144
Community73#857/3,144
Leisure & amenities46#1,704/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Morgan County, Colorado ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
97/100Colorado 30 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Broadband subscriptions · high92.6%
90/100Colorado 93.5%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Adult obesity · low32.3%
88/100Colorado 27.1%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.6 µg/m³
87/100Colorado 5.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.419
81/100Colorado 0.458United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Physical inactivity · low22.7%
80/100Colorado 19.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high19.9 /100k
7/100Colorado 22.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Rent-burdened households · high51.3%
10/100Colorado 52.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Home price to income ratio · high4.6×
11/100Colorado 5.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Job growth · low-3.6%
11/100Colorado -0.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Public transit commuters · low0.0%
12/100Colorado 1.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Math scores · low2.63
13/100Colorado 3.06United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedWorsening
6.7 /1k (2021) → 0.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−91%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Violent crime rateImproving
390 /100k (2020) → 163 /100k (2025)
−58%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.1% (2015-2019) → 92.6% (2020-2024)
+9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New business applicationsImproving
10.0 /1k (2020) → 14.7 /1k (2025)
+47%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Traffic deathsWorsening
21.8 /100k (2015-2019) → 31.8 /100k (2020-2024)
+46%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
27.4% (Dec 2021) → 36.5% (Aug 2026)
+9.2 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Morgan County, Colorado improved on 9 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 18 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

High school++6.7 points78.9% → 85.6%
Violent crime−58%390 /100k → 163 /100k
Property crime−45%1,846 /100k → 1,021 /100k
New businesses+47%10.0 /1k → 14.7 /1k
Broadband+9.5 points83.1% → 92.6%

Declined3

Commute+4.3 min19.0 min → 23.3 min
Price / income+0.9×3.7× → 4.6×
Traffic deaths+46%21.8 /100k → 31.8 /100k

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Morgan County, Colorado between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.1 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−36%	Within the margin of error	6%
Average commute time	19.0 min2015-2019	23.3 min2020-2024	+4.3 min	Declined	6%
Average weekly wage	$9512020	$1,1162025	+17%	Improved	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%2015-2019	17.8%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Broadband subscriptions	83.1%2015-2019	92.6%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Improved	47%
Child poverty rate	15.0%2019	18.5%2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Distance to an airport	54 mi2020	54 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	14.1 /100k2020	14.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	0%	Within the margin of error	25%
Effective property tax rate	0.56%2015-2019	0.52%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Firearm deaths	16.6 /100k2020	14.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−12%	Within the margin of error	68%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	83%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−4%	Within the margin of error	34%
High school diploma or higher	78.9%2015-2019	85.6%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Improved	95%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	4.6×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	14%
Homicide rate	4.1 /100k2020	3.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−9.8%	Within the margin of error	30%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,6412019	$56,4742024	+24%	Improved	9%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4082015-2019	0.4202020-2024	+0.012	Within the margin of error	33%
Median household income	$57,5352019	$69,8282024	+21%	Improved	31%
New business applications	10.0 /1k2020	14.7 /1k2025	+47%	Improved	53%
Pharmacies	1.0 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−4%	Within the margin of error	53%
Poverty rate	11.9%2019	14.0%2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Property crime rate	1,846 /100k2020	1,021 /100k2025	−45%	Improved	66%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	−4.5%	Within the margin of error	27%
Rent as share of income	28.4%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Rent-burdened households	44.9%2015-2019	51.3%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Restaurants and bars	8.6 /10k2020	9.9 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	80%
Students per teacher	15.8×2019	15.5×2024	−0.3×	Little change	33%
Suicide rate	22.1 /100k2020	19.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−10%	Within the margin of error	76%
Traffic deaths	21.8 /100k2015-2019	31.8 /100k2020-2024	+46%	Declined	15%
Unemployment rate	5.5%2020	4.1%2025	−1.4 points	Improved	21%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.9%2019	15.2%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Violent crime rate	390 /100k2020	163 /100k2025	−58%	Improved	92%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Morgan County, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Morgan County, Colorado in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Morgan County, Colorado itself moved −4.2 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

29,520 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 40–49 men (+2.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

29,520 residents

Morgan County, Colorado
Colorado share

White55%16,128
Black2.0%†587
Hispanic or Latino38%11,348
Asian0.7%†201
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†33
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.2%†60
Other or two or more races3.9%†1,163

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

19,651 residents (±169)

Morgan County, Colorado
Colorado share

No high school diploma14%2,827
High school or GED32%6,221
Some college26%5,055
Associate degree10%2,046
Bachelor's degree11%2,243
Graduate degree6.4%1,259

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−6.7 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

11,069 households (±220)

Morgan County, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k17%1,926
$25k–50k16%1,778
$50k–75k18%2,042
$75k–100k20%2,240
$100k–150k16%1,806
$150k–200k6.9%766
$200k or more4.6%511

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−8.5 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

11,069 households (±220)

Morgan County, Colorado
Colorado share

Own67%7,453
Rent33%3,616

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

3,207 households (±315)

Morgan County, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $75032%†1,016
$750–1,00016%†524
$1,000–1,50029%†

Home values

7,453 homes (±353)

Morgan County, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $150k12%927
$150k–250k15%1,123
$250k–400k39%2,878

Age of homes

11,804 homes (±50)

Morgan County, Colorado
Colorado share

2010 or later11%1,320
2000–200912%1,442
1980–199917%1,975

Size of homes

11,804 homes (±50)

Morgan County, Colorado
Colorado share

Studio1.2%†141
1 bedroom7.5%†886
2 bedrooms28%3,294

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

13,469 workers (±494)

Morgan County, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone75%10,054
Carpool11%1,464
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.8%†651
Bike0.7%†93
Work from home8.6%1,155
Other0.4%†52

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−6.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

12,314 workers (±506)

Morgan County, Colorado
Colorado share

Under 15 min52%6,396
15–29 min23%2,800
30–44 min7.1%876

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Fort Morgan, CO

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Morgan County has 711 employer establishments, 237 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 0.77× Colorado's), with 10,323 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,716. The Census Bureau also counts 2,386 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 711; 2,386 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 237; US 248 · Colorado 309
Paid employees: 10,323
Average annual pay: $52,716; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Morgan County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	69	23	1.49×More than typical	352	$61,477	177
Ambulatory health care services	42	14	0.67×Fewer than typical	325	$69,114	63
Restaurants and other eating places	41	13.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	619	$20,801	21
Truck transportation	36	12	2.38×More than typical	135	$59,741	259
Building equipment contractors	27	9	1.50×More than typical	213	$65,038	22
Religious organizations	26	8.7	1.57×More than typical	92	$19,598	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	23	7.7	2.44×More than typical	89	$58,652	41
Lessors of real estate	23	7.7	0.62×Fewer than typical	47	$38,298	194
Automotive repair and maintenance	21	7	1.39×More than typical	130	$48,415	59
Construction of buildings	21	7	0.93×About typical	322	$85,612	93
Full-service restaurants	21	7	0.91×About typical	307	$22,143	9
Services to buildings and dwellings	19	6.3	0.94×About typical	171	$39,287	147

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 29,945 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $13.1M on contracts performed in Morgan County, Colorado: $432 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $13.1M; −27% vs FY2025
Per resident: $432; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Departmental Offices$13.5M100%

Top recipients

CO FIRE AVIATION, INC.$13.5M100%
GREENLEE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS INCORPORATED$00.0%
AMERICAN CONTRACTING, LLC$00.0%
FRONT RANGE CONSTRUCTION INC$00.0%
TEAGUE RANCH CO, LLC-$370.4K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.3MFY2017
4.5MFY2018
2.9MFY2019
5.1MFY2020
7.5MFY2021
6MFY2022
7.1MFY2023
12.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$13.5M100%

Largest awards

SINGLE ENGINE AIR TANKER (SEAT) EXCLUSIVE USE FLIGHT SERVICES - DURANGO, CO AND GRAND JUNCTION, CO$19.6M
CO FIRE AVIATION, INC.· Morgan County, CO· Facilities & utilities· Jun 3, 2024 – Aug 26, 2026· 140D0424F0683
SINGLE ENGINE AIR TANKER (SEAT) EXCLUSIVE USE FLIGHT SERVICES - STEAD, NV$9.7M
CO FIRE AVIATION, INC.· Morgan County, CO· Facilities & utilities· May 2, 2024 – Sep 22, 2026· 140D0424F0530
SINGLE ENGINE AIR TANKER (SEAT) FLIGHT SERVICES$3.5M
CO FIRE AVIATION, INC.· Morgan County, CO· Facilities & utilities· Jun 22, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 140D0426F0210
SINGLE ENGINE AIR TANKER (SEAT) FLIGHT SERVICES TASK ORDER

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $171.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Morgan County, Colorado: $5,661 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $171.6M; +21% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,661; US $12,955
Loan face value: $5.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 3.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$90.4M53%
20.934 · Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects$29.2M17%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$10.5M6.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$10.3M6.0%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$8.9M5.2%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$4.2M2.4%
10.924 · Conservation Stewardship Program$3.6M2.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$3M1.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$33.9M20%
DENVER, CO
MORGAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE$1.8M1.1%
FORT MORGAN, CO
BRUSH SCHOOL DISTRICT RE 2J$872.9K0.5%
BRUSH, CO
SAPPHIRE SKY FARM LLC$600K0.3%
BRUSH, CO
CAPITAL G RANCH LLC$600K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$114.2M67%
Federal Highway Administration$33.9M20%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$10.1M5.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Natural Resources Conservation Service$3.8M2.2%
Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency

Assistance by fiscal year

142.6MFY2021
128.4MFY2022
129.9MFY2023
123.6MFY2024
141.8MFY2025
171.6MFY2026

County aggregates

73%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Morgan County, Colorado compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Morgan County, Colorado
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morgan County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
FY2017	$46.38	$1,436
FY2018	$156	$1,552
FY2019	$101	$1,654
FY2020	$174	$1,880
FY2021	$259	$1,810
FY2022	$203	$1,917
FY2023	$238	$2,079
FY2024	$400	$2,047
FY2025	$590	$2,165
FY2026	$432 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morgan County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$2.36	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morgan County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$1,251	$5,748
FY2022	$500	$5,221
FY2023	$766	$5,364
FY2024	$454	$5,501
FY2025	$791	$5,732
FY2026	$1,599

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morgan County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$738	$298
FY2022	$152	$357
FY2023	$230	$301
FY2024	-$76.36	$319
FY2025	$122	$360
FY2026	$1,120

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morgan County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$77.28	$239
FY2022	$38.61	$185
FY2023	$42.61	$229
FY2024	$53.98	$229
FY2025	$39.81	$249
FY2026	$56.13

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morgan County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$29.72	$2,304
FY2022	$25.59	$2,197
FY2023	$28.22	$2,274
FY2024	$28.61	$2,267
FY2025	$28.62	$2,397
FY2026	$28.80

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morgan County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$957	$1,186
FY2022	$346	$465
FY2023	$166	$76.52
FY2024	$16.49	$120
FY2025	$193	$148
FY2026	$47.52

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Morgan County, Colorado
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Morgan County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
2014	1.5%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/08087

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Morgan County, Colorado is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Lauren BoebertR-CO-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 4.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Morgan County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Fort Morgan, CO43Central county

Cities and towns in Morgan County

Places whose residents live mostly in Morgan County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
2014	−5.0%	−4.2%
2015	−1.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+3.3%
2018	+11.8%	+6.8%
2019	+15.0%	+10.5%
2020	+21.8%	+19.4%
2021	+25.9%	+26.1%
2022	+31.8%	+30.6%
2023	+36.4%	+35.0%
2024	+40.1%	+41.0%
2025	+42.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
2014	−4.9%	−5.5%
2015	−2.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−2.2%	+4.1%
2018	+6.2%	+8.9%
2019	+7.4%	+13.5%
2020	+13.7%	+20.8%
2021	+26.1%	+32.1%
2022	+27.6%	+35.4%
2023	+29.3%	+42.9%
2024	+33.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
2014	0.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	5.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	6.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
2014	−3.0%	−6.9%
2015	−0.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+4.7%
2018	+12.7%	+7.5%
2019	+17.1%	+14.0%
2020	+28.8%	+16.9%
2021	+25.9%	+21.0%
2022	+33.5%	+29.7%
2023	+39.5%	+34.9%
2024	+42.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
2014	−17.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−10.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+11.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+25.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+36.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+51.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+74.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+87.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+81.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+88.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+86.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
2014	4.6%	6.2%
2015	3.6%	5.3%
2016	3.6%	4.9%
2017	2.5%	4.4%
2018	3.0%	3.9%
2019	2.8%	3.7%
2020	5.5%	8.1%
2021	5.9%	5.4%
2022	3.7%	3.7%
2023	3.5%	3.6%
2024	4.1%	4.0%
2025	4.1%	4.3%

Calendar years	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
2014	13.4%	15.5%
2015	12.1%	14.7%
2016	11.7%	14.0%
2017	11.4%	13.4%
2018	12.2%	13.1%
2019	11.9%	12.3%
2020	10.5%	11.9%
2021	12.4%	12.8%
2022	11.5%	12.6%
2023	12.5%	12.5%
2024	14.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
2014	15.8%	13.5%
2015	12.6%	10.9%
2016	12.0%	10.0%
2017	12.4%	10.2%
2018	12.9%	10.4%
2019	14.9%	10.8%
2020	16.3%	10.4%
2021	17.3%	10.2%
2022	13.4%	9.5%
2023	11.5%	9.5%
2024	15.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Morgan County, Colorado	United States
2014	8.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.2/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	10.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	10.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	14.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	16.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.7/1k	16.6/1k

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

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Trends

What changed in five years

Improved9

Declined3

Counties like Morgan County, Colorado five years ago that improved

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Representation in Congress

House

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Metro area

Cities and towns in Morgan County

Neighboring counties

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Data and sources

Improved9

Declined3

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

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