Morgan County, KY

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2022 Population

13,840

0.494% 1-year growth

US Senator

Mitch McConnell

Republican Party

US Senator

Rand Paul

Republican Party

2022 Median Age

42.3

1.4% 1-year decrease

2022 Poverty Rate

20.4%

8.32% 1-year decrease

2022 Median Household Income

$46,018

10.5% 1-year growth

2022 Median Property Value

$90,800

19% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Morgan County, KY had a population of 13.8k people with a median age of 42.3 and a median household income of $46,018. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Morgan County, KY grew from 13,772 to 13,840, a 0.494% increase and its median household income grew from $41,664 to $46,018, a 10.5% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Morgan County, KY are White (Non-Hispanic) (92.2%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (4.07%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (1.08%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (0.961%), and Other (Hispanic) (0.925%).

None of the households in Morgan County, KY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

98.9% of the residents in Morgan County, KY are U.S. citizens.

In 2022, the median property value in Morgan County, KY was $90,800, and the homeownership rate was 78.6%.

Most people in Morgan County, KY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 31.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Morgan County, KY was 2 cars per household.

Morgan County, KY borders Elliott County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Rowan County, KY, and Wolfe County, KY.

United States Kentucky

Population & Diversity

Morgan County, KY is home to a population of 13.8k people, from which 98.9% are citizens. As of 2022, 1.29% of Morgan County, KY residents were born outside of the country (179 people).

In 2022, there were 22.7 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (12.8k people) in Morgan County, KY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 563 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 150 Two+ (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

98.9%

2022 Citizenship

99.4%

2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 98.9% of Morgan County, KY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Morgan County, KY was 99.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Morgan County, KY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Morgan County, KY

White (Non-Hispanic)
12.8k ± 13
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
563 ± 97
Two+ (Non-Hispanic)
150 ± 118

1.1%

Hispanic Population

152 people

1.1% of the people in Morgan County, KY are hispanic (152 people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Morgan County, KY as a share of the total population.

Foreign-Born Population

1.29%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

179 people

0.886%

2021 Foreign-Born Population

122 people

As of 2022, 1.29% of Morgan County, KY residents (179 people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Morgan County, KY was 0.886%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Morgan County, KY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
283 ± 91
Gulf War (1990s)
118 ± 84
Gulf War (2001-)
92 ± 52

Morgan County, KY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.4 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Morgan County, KY employs 4.37k people. The largest industries in Morgan County, KY are Health Care & Social Assistance (656 people), Retail Trade (638 people), and Manufacturing (559 people), and the highest paying industries are Wholesale Trade ($83,929), Utilities ($76,389), and Health Care & Social Assistance ($58,277).

Employment

Occupations

4.37k

2022 Value

± 408

8.23%

1 Year growth

± 12.6%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Morgan County, KY grew at a rate of 8.23%, from 4.04k employees to 4.37k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Morgan County, KY, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (601 people), Production Occupations (465 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (419 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Morgan County, KY.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Kentucky (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

4.37k

2022 Value

± 408

8.23%

1 Year growth

± 12.6%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Morgan County, KY grew at a rate of 8.23%, from 4.04k employees to 4.37k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Morgan County, KY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (656 people), Retail Trade (638 people), and Manufacturing (559 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Morgan County, KY, though some of these residents may live in Morgan County, KY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$42,231

Median earning men ± $3,058

$32,669

Median earning women ± $2,227

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Wholesale Trade ($85,515), Information ($80,313), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($77,500).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($43,611), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($42,857), and Public Administration ($36,667).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

2.51%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.98M people employed in Kentucky. This represents a 2.51% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14.4%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Kentucky.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

57
Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance
54
Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
37
Retail Trade

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Morgan County, KY went to Donald J. Trump with 77.6% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (21.2%), followed by Other (0.705%).

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing the state of Kentucky. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (77.6%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (21.2%)
Democratic Party
Other (0.705%)
Other Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Morgan County, KY went to Donald J. Trump with 77.6% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (21.2%), followed by Other (0.705%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Morgan County, KY for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Kentucky

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Mitch McConnell

Senator from Kentucky

Assumed office on January 3, 1985

Rand Paul

Senator from Kentucky

Assumed office on January 3, 2011

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing Kentucky.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Kentucky over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Kentucky

Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Kentucky have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2022, 0.821% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.756% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (1.17M), Some college (766k), and Secondary Education (551k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Morgan County, KY was $90,800 in 2022, which is 0.322 times smaller than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $76,300 to $90,800, a 19% increase. The homeownership rate in Morgan County, KY is 78.6%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Morgan County, KY have an average commute time of 31.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Morgan County, KY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Morgan County, KY is $46,018. In 2022, the tract with the highest Median Household Income in Morgan County, KY was Census Tract 9502 with a value of $63,152, followed by Census Tract 9503 and Census Tract 9504, with respective values of $51,280 and $44,960.

Property

$90,800

Median Property Value 2022

±$7,452

$3,666

Median Property Taxes

±$343

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Morgan County, KY the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Morgan County, KY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

78.6%

Homeownership

2022

69.8%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2022

In 2022, 78.6% of the housing units in Morgan County, KY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 80.4%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Morgan County, KY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

Census Tract 9502
Census Tract 9503
Census Tract 9504

In 2022, the tract with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Morgan County, KY was Census Tract 9502 with a value of $63,152, followed by Census Tract 9503 and Census Tract 9504, with respective values of $51,280 and $44,960.

The following map shows all of the tracts in Morgan County, KY colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$46,018

Median Household Income

± $4,121

4.67k

Number of Households

± 398

In 2022, the median household income of the 4.67k households in Morgan County, KY grew to $46,018 from the previous year's value of $41,664.

The following chart displays the households in Morgan County, KY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Morgan County, KY is from Kentucky.

0.452

2022 Wage GINI in Kentucky

0.453

2021 Wage GINI in Kentucky

In 2022, the income inequality in Kentucky was 0.452 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.286% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Kentucky was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kentucky in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Kentucky across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (78.2%)
Carpooled (11.3%)
Worked At Home (8.28%)

In 2022, 78.2% of workers in Morgan County, KY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11.3%) and those who worked at home (8.28%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

31.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Morgan County, KY have a longer commute time (31.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 9.81% of the workforce in Morgan County, KY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Morgan County, KY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Morgan County, KY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Morgan County, KY have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

20.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Morgan County, KY (2.49k out of 12.2k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 55 - 64, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Morgan County, KY is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

92% of the population of Morgan County, KY has health coverage, with 32.8% on employee plans, 32.6% on Medicaid, 16.5% on Medicare, 7.39% on non-group plans, and 2.72% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Morgan County, KY see 4381 patients per year on average, which represents a 1.24% decrease from the previous year (4436 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 3455 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 432 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 52.1% were men and 47.9% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

4,381 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Morgan County, KY

Primary care physicians in Morgan County, KY see an average of 4,381 patients per year. This represents a 1.24% decrease from the previous year (4,436 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Morgan County, KY in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 22.1% under 18 years, 18.2% between 18 and 34 years, 40.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 18.8% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 52.1% were men and 47.9% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

Uninsured

32.8%

Employer Coverage

32.6%

Medicaid

16.5%

Medicare

7.39%

Non-Group

2.72%

Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Morgan County, KY declined by 1.15% from 8.09% to 8%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Morgan County, KY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Health Indicators

Health Outcomes

Indicator

In 2023, the number of deaths among residents under age 18 per 100,000 population was N/A in Morgan County, KY.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Morgan County, KY.

Health Behaviors

Indicator

In 2023, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 41% in Morgan County, KY.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Morgan County, KY.