It boasts 26 public and 5 private schools, and important crops are sugarcane, corn, rice, soybeans, and lumber.
Major industries are oil production, salt mining, sugar refining, fishing, and shrimping.
Attractions include Oaklawn Manor, Grevemberg House, Cypremort Point State Park, fishing, swimming, and boating. Morgan City offers the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival in September. 1990 U.S. Census of Population.