Montgomery County, Georgia

administration
Montgomery County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 80001122
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Mount Vernon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Montgomery County Administration 415 S. Richardson Street Mount Vernon, Georgia, 30445-0295
Foundation :	December 19, 1823
Made up from:	Washington County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	9123 (2010)
Population density :	14.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	641 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
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The Montgomery County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Mount Vernon .

geography

The county is located in east-east Georgia and covers an area of 641 square kilometers, five square kilometers of which is water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Toombs County , Jeff Davis County , Wheeler County , Treutlen County, and Emanuel County .

history

Montgomery County was formed on December 19, 1823 as the 18th County of Georgia from parts of Washington County. It was named after Richard Montgomery , a Revolutionary War general who was fatally wounded in the Battle of Québec .

Parts of this county were later formed into the following counties: Wheeler County , Tattnall County , Toombs County , Emanuel County , Treutlen County, and Dodge County .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1800	3180	-
1810	2954	-7.1%
1820	1869	-36.7%
1830	1209	-35.3%
1840	1616	33.7%
1850	2154	33.3%
1860	2997	39.1%
1870	3586	19.7%
1880	5381	50.1%
1890	9248	71.9%
1900	16,359	76.9%
1910	19,638	20%
1920	9167	-53.3%
1930	10,020	9.3%
1940	9668	-3.5%
1950	7901	-18.3%
1960	6284	-20.5%
1970	6099	-2.9%
1980	7011	15%
1990	7163	2.2%
2000	8270	15.5%
2010	9123	10.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 9,123 inhabitants were distributed over 3,287 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.55 people per household. There are a total of 3921 households.

71.5% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.05 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 34.7% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 26.8% of all households.

27.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 51.5% of the population were male and 48.5% were female.

69.0% of the population identified themselves as whites, 26.2% as African American , 0.1% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 3.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.1% to several ethnic groups. 5.3% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

The average annual income per household was 38,111 USD , while 22.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.