People QuickFacts Montgomery County Mississippi Population, 2012 estimate 10,614 2,984,926 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 10,925 2,967,299 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -2.8% 0.6% Population, 2010 10,925 2,967,297 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.8% 7.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.8% 25.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 17.5% 13.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.5% 51.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 53.0% 60.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 45.9% 37.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 0.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 0.5% 1.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.0% 2.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 52.3% 57.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 95.2% 85.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.3% 2.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 0.5% 3.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 73.9% 80.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 15.6% 19.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 899 209,408 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.3 23.9  Housing units, 2011 5,104 1,281,711 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 76.7% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 3.8% 13.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $68,800 $99,200 Households, 2007-2011 4,286 1,085,062 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.54 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $16,128 $20,521 Median household income, 2007-2011 $33,087 $38,718 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 26.7% 21.6%     Business QuickFacts Montgomery County Mississippi Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 232 59,300 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 2,566 882,181 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -21.5 -7.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 600 196,184  Total number of firms, 2007 908 225,977 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.6% 18.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.8% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.7% 26.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 59,869,456 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,623 23,003,585 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 136,579 33,751,407 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,892 $11,552 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,336 7,045,097 Building permits, 2011 50 5,273     Geography QuickFacts Montgomery County Mississippi Land area in square miles, 2010 406.98 46,923.27 Persons per square mile, 2010 26.8 63.2 FIPS Code 097 28 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts