Montgomery County, Mississippi

administration
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Winona
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 71 Winona, MS 38967-0071
Foundation :	May 13, 1871
Made up from:	Choctaw County
Area code :	001 662
Demographics
Residents :	10,925 (2010)
Population density :	10.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1056 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : montgomerycountyms.org

The Montgomery County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Winona , which is named after a Sioux language expression that translates to firstborn daughter .

geography

The county is located in north-central Mississippi and has an area of 1,056 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

	Grenada County	Webster County
Carroll County		Choctaw County
	Attala County

history

R. Montgomery

Montgomery County was formed on May 13, 1871 from parts of Carroll County and Choctaw County. It was named after Richard Montgomery , a general in the American Revolutionary War .

Seven buildings and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 2, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	13,348	-
1890	14,459	8.3%
1900	16,536	14.4%
1910	17,706	7.1%
1920	13,805	-22%
1930	15.009	8.7%
1940	15,703	4.6%
1950	14,470	-7.9%
1960	13,320	-7.9%
1970	12,918	-3%
1980	13,366	3.5%
1990	12,388	-7.3%
2000	12,189	-1.6%
2010	10,925	-10.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Montgomery County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Fall in Montgomery County, Mississippi

Wisteria Hotel in Winona, listed in the NRHP

Immanuel Episcopal Church in Winona, listed in the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Montgomery County had 12,189 people in 4,690 households and 3,367 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 54.25 percent white, 44.95 percent African American, 0.08 percent Native American, 0.25 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.07 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.85 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups.

Of the 4,690 households, 32.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 48.5 percent were married couples living together, 18.8 percent were single mothers, and 28.2 percent were non-families. 26.1 percent of all households were single households and 13.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.10.

26.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 8.9 percent between 18 and 24, 25.3 percent between 25 and 44, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 86.4 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 81.1 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 25,270 USD , for a family is 31,602 USD. Males had a median income of $ 26,590 versus $ 17,639 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,040. About 21.9 percent of families and 24.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line .