People QuickFacts Montgomery County Pennsylvania Population, 2012 estimate 808,460 12,763,536 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 799,881 12,702,379 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.1% 0.5% Population, 2010 799,874 12,702,379 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.8% 5.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.6% 21.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.3% 15.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.5% 51.2%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 82.4% 83.8% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 9.0% 11.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 6.6% 2.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.8% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.4% 5.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 78.7% 79.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.6% 87.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 9.5% 5.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 12.1% 10.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 92.9% 87.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 44.4% 26.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 54,507 1,007,939 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 27.6 25.7  Housing units, 2011 327,140 5,579,275 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 73.8% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 24.3% 20.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $297,900 $163,200 Households, 2007-2011 307,598 4,952,566 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.52 2.47 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $41,163 $27,824 Median household income, 2007-2011 $78,446 $51,651 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 5.7% 12.6%     Business QuickFacts Montgomery County Pennsylvania Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 25,798 297,023 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 460,670 4,976,193 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -7.3 -2.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 64,630 762,405  Total number of firms, 2007 84,682 981,501 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.3% 4.6% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.6% 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.9% 27.0%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 20,398,758 234,840,418 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 12,012,437 142,859,202 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 15,151,273 166,842,778 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $19,534 $13,323 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,477,987 19,625,449 Building permits, 2011 909 14,967     Geography QuickFacts Montgomery County Pennsylvania Land area in square miles, 2010 483.04 44,742.70 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,655.9 283.9 FIPS Code 091 42 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area   (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