Morris
Recent News About Morris
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3.2% of households in Morris received food stamps in 2020
Morris ranked 487th in Alabama for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
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42.4 percent of people 25 or older have an associate's degree or higher in Jefferson County
42.4 percent of people 25 years or older had an associate's degree or higher in Jefferson County in 2020, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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49.7 percent of people 25 or older have an associate's degree or higher in Morris town
49.7 percent of people 25 years or older had an associate's degree or higher in Morris town in 2020, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Andrew Krack junior tennis player earns 56 points in Boys’ 16 bracket by end of February
Morris tennis player Andrew Krack finished 7,327th in February in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association.
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Morris tennis player Andrew Krack ranks in Boys’ 16 bracket in December
Morris tennis player Andrew Krack finished 7,002nd in December in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association.
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EDA awards over $4 million in grants for economic development projects in Jefferson County in 2021
In 2021, the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a total of $4,200,000 in grants for economic development projects in Jefferson County, Alabama.
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Democrats in Jefferson see biggest gain in 2020 election after grants from Mark Zuckerberg given to voting officials
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris earned 55% of the vote in Jefferson.
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Census Bureau: More women than men in Morris town in 2020
Of the 1,999 people living in Morris town in 2020, 54.5 percent (1,089) were women and 45.5 percent (910) were men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by the Jefferson Reporter.
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Census Bureau: 1.5% of people in Morris Town identified as multi-racial in 2019
Of the 1,841 citizens living in Morris Town in 2019, 98.5 percent said they were only one race, while 1.5 percent said they were two or more races, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained in February.
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Census Bureau: 79.3 percent of people in Morris Town were old enough to vote in 2019
Of the 1,841 citizens living in Morris Town in 2019, 1,459 were old enough to vote as of Feb. 11, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
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Voting officials in Jefferson County received grant from Facebook-funded progressives ahead of contentious 2020 US election
Grants from a progressive group funded by Facebook were used by voting officials in Jefferson County to strategically target voters, according to the Centre for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL).
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Census Bureau: 1.7% of people in Jefferson County identified as multi-racial in 2019
Of the 659,680 citizens living in Jefferson County in 2019, 98.3 percent said they were only one race, while 1.7 percent said they were two or more races, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained in February.
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Census Bureau: 77.1 percent of people in Jefferson County were old enough to vote in 2019
Of the 659,680 citizens living in Jefferson County in 2019, 508,503 were old enough to vote as of Feb. 11, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
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HHS provides $3,210 to a business in Morris under CARES Act
Through the fourth quarter of 2020, one business in Morris received $3,210 in health-related relief from the CARES Act issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Census Bureau reports Morris town population was 1,841 in 2019
Morris town had a population of 1,841 people in 2019, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by the Jefferson Reporter.
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42 percent of people 25 or older had an associate's degree or higher in Jefferson County
42 percent of people 25 years or older had an associate's degree or higher in Jefferson County in 2019, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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41 percent of people 25 or older had an associate's degree or higher in Morris town
41 percent of people 25 years or older had an associate's degree or higher in Morris town in 2019, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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10 construction businesses in ZIP code 35116 employ fewer than 5 people in 2017
There were 10 construction businesses in ZIP code 35116 that employed fewer than five people in 2017, according to County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.
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Census Bureau: More women than men in Morris town in 2019
Of the 1,841 people living in Morris town in 2019, 52.6 percent (969) were women and 47.4 percent (872) were men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by the Jefferson Reporter.
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EDA awards over $3 million in grants for economic development projects in Jefferson County in 2020
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $3,365,000 total in Opportunity Zone grants in 2020 in order to fund economic development projects in Jefferson County.