Morgan City is a city of 130 people in Mississippi. 0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. There are 175 fewer people here than in 2000. 31.5% of people here live below the federal poverty line. The median age is 32.8, younger than the US median of 38.9. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $89,400.
At a glance
Younger
median age 32.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
0% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 39%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Morgan City
What changed most since 1990
Black share43.4% → 84.6%(+41.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Poverty rate63.3% → 31.5%(−31.7 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants79.7% → 56.9%(−22.8 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Over time
Morgan City, decade by decade
Morgan City population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
196
$33,644
$67,442
7.4%
61.4
2000
305
$35,010
$64,304
2.7%
40.9
2010
255
$29,906
$75,525
10.0%
41.3
2020
207
$19,648
$77,328
8.3%
38.4
2024
130
–
$89,400
0.0%
32.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
