Morgan County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 86 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39115

Within Ohio
Morgan County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks McConnelsville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
13,626
-130 (-0.9%) since 2020
Land area
416.4
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
32.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
McConnelsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1817
208 years ago
Largest city
McConnelsville village
Population 1,637.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Morgan County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Morgan County, Ohio from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 690 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Morgan County ranks

Position among the 88 counties of Ohio, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn OhioNationally
Population13,62686th of 882,182nd of 3,144
Land area416.4 sq mi56th of 882,426th of 3,144
Population density32.7 per sq mi86th of 881,845th of 3,144
Median household income$59,35168th of 882,143rd of 3,143

Full data for Morgan County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,626Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,756Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,800Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area416.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area421.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?32.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,351American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$150,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,713American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,320American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-57
154 births, 211 deaths
Net migration
+80
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Morgan County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Washington CountyOhio26 mi58,389
Muskingum CountyOhio20 mi87,014
Perry CountyOhio18 mi35,918
Athens CountyOhio18 mi63,197
Noble CountyOhio18 mi14,276

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 88 counties of Ohio

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.