Montgomery County, Kansas

Montgomery County (standard abbreviation: MG) is a located in southeast, in the central. The population was estimated to be 34,570 in the year 2005. Its is, and its most populous city is.

History
Montgomery County was established,. It was named in honor of, an general killed in  while attempting to capture , in , after successfully capturing two forts and the city of.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 651 s (1,687 ), of which 645 square miles (1,671 km²) is land and 6 square miles (16 km²), or 0.95%, is water.


 * Airports: ,
 * Bodies of water:, , , , ,
 * Highways:, , , ,
 * State parks: ,

Adjacent counties

 * (north)
 * (northeast)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (south)
 * (west)
 * (northwest)

Demographics
Montgomery County's population was estimated to be 34,570 in the year 2005, a decrease of 1,630, or -4.5%, over the previous five years.

As of the, there were 36,252 people, 14,903 households, and 9,955 families residing in the county. The was 22/km² (56/sq mi). There were 17,207 housing units at an average density of 10/km² (27/sq mi). The makeup of the county was 85.77%, 6.07%  or , 3.19%  or , 0.47% , 0.02% , 1.13% from other races, and 3.34% from. or of any race were 3.08% of the population.



There were 14,903 households out of which 29.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.00% were living together, 10.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.20% were non-families. 29.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.00% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 24.70% from 25 to 44, 23.30% from 45 to 64, and 18.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 93.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.60 males.

The in the county was $30,997, and the median income for a family was $38,516. Males had a median income of $29,745 versus $20,179 for females. The for the county was $16,421. About 9.20% of families and 12.60% of the population were below the, including 16.80% of those under age 18 and 10.90% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2005 estimate):
 * , 10,359
 * , 9,284 (county seat)
 * , 2,266
 * , 1,975
 * , 452
 * , 299
 * , 222
 * , 94
 * , 85

Unincorporated places

 * Avian
 * Blake
 * Bolton
 * Corbin
 * Jefferson
 * Le Hunt
 * Sycamore
 * Videtta Spur
 * Wayside

Townships
Montgomery County is divided into twelve. The cities of, , , and are considered governmentally independent and are excluded from the census figures for the townships. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.

Unified school districts

 * Caney Valley USD 436 (Web site)
 * Coffeyville USD 445 (Web site)
 * Independence USD 446 (Web site)
 * Cherryvale USD 447 (Web site)