Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

administration
The Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Norristown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County of Montgomery, Pennsylvania Courthouse P.O. Box 311
Foundation :	September 10, 1784
Made up from:	Philadelphia County
Area code :	001 610
Demographics
Residents :	799,874 (2010)
Population density :	639.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1262 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map

Website : www2.montcopa.org

The Montgomery County is a county in the US state of Pennsylvania . At the 2010 census , the county had 799,874 people and a population density of 639.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Norristown .

With Keystone Foods one of the largest food producers in the county is located.

Montgomery County is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in southeast Pennsylvania in the northwest suburb of the city of Philadelphia . Montgomery County covers an area of 1,262 square kilometers, of which 11 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Berks County	Lehigh County	Bucks County
Chester County
	Delaware County	Philadelphia

history

Richard Montgomery

Montgomery County was formed on September 10, 1784 on the territory of Philadelphia County. The background of the name is not completely clear: it may go back to Richard Montgomery (1736–1775), a general in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War , or to the officer and settler John Montgomery (1748–1794). The name of the county may also refer to the Welsh county of Montgomeryshire .

Five places in the county have National Historic Landmark status . 146 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 24, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	22,918	-
1800	24,150	5.4%
1810	29,703	23%
1820	35,793	20.5%
1830	39,406	10.1%
1840	47.241	19.9%
1850	58.291	23.4%
1860	70,500	20.9%
1870	81,612	15.8%
1880	96,494	18.2%
1890	123.290	27.8%
1900	138.995	12.7%
1910	169,590	22%
1920	199.310	17.5%
1930	265,804	33.4%
1940	289.247	8.8%
1950	353.068	22.1%
1960	516,682	46.3%
1970	623.799	20.7%
1980	643,621	3.2%
1990	678.111	5.4%
2000	750.097	10.6%
2010	799.874	6.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Montgomery County had 799,874 people in 298,326 households. The population density was 639.4 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 81.1 percent white, 8.7 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 6.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.3 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 298,326 households.

22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.3 percent were between 19 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household in the 74.819 USD . The per capita income was $ 39,511. 5.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Map of Montgomery County

The Montgomery County's municipalities and other settlements have various forms of settlement. In boroughs and typical for Pennsylvania Home Rule Municipalities are self-governing communities. Settlements without self-administration are census-designated places and unincorporated communities .

Boroughs