Montgomery County, Mississippi

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Montgomery County, Mississippi
Map
Location in the state of Mississippi
Mississippi's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1871
Seat	Winona
Largest city	Winona
Area - Total - Land - Water	408 sq mi (1,057 km²) 407 sq mi (1,054 km²) 1 sq mi (3 km²), 0.25%
Population - (2000) - Density	12,189 31/sq mi (12/km²)

Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of 2000, the population is 12,189. It was either named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada, or for Montgomery County, Tennessee, from which an early settler came. In that latter case, it would have been indirectly named for John Montgomery, a settler in Montgomery County, Tennessee, who founded the city of Clarksville, Tennessee in that county. Its county seat is Winona^[1].

1 Geography
- 1.1 Major highways
- 1.2 Adjacent counties
2 Demographics
3 Communities
4 Education
5 References

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 408 square miles (1,056 km²), of which, 407 square miles (1,054 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (3 km²) of it (0.25%) is water.

[edit] Major highways

[edit] Adjacent counties

Grenada County (north)
Webster County (northeast)
Choctaw County (east)
Attala County (south)
Carroll County (west)

[edit] Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1880	13,348	—
1890	14,459	8.3%
1900	16,536	14.4%
1910	17,706	7.1%
1920	13,805	-22.0%
1930	15,009	8.7%
1940	15,703	4.6%
1950	14,470	-7.9%
1960	13,320	-7.9%
1970	12,918	-3.0%
1980	13,366	3.5%
1990	12,388	-7.3%
2000	12,189	-1.6%
Est. 2007	11,491	-5.7%

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 12,189 people, 4,690 households, and 3,367 families residing in the county. The population density was 30 people per square mile (12/km²). There were 5,402 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile (5/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 54.25% White, 44.95% Black or African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.07% from other races, and 0.37% from two or more races. 0.85% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 4,690 households out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.50% were married couples living together, 18.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 26.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.80% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 16.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 86.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,270, and the median income for a family was $31,602. Males had a median income of $26,590 versus $17,639 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,040. About 21.90% of families and 24.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.80% of those under age 18 and 25.40% of those age 65 or over.