Claim: The Shire of Mount Morgan had only crossed the five thousand population in 1954.
Evidence: 1933 4,404 1947 4,954 1954 5,060 1961 4,871 1966 4,421 1971 3,967 1976 3,467 1981 3,136 1986 3,108 1991 3,093 1996 2,858 2001 2,776 2006 2,925