Montgomery County, Kentucky

Montgomery County is a located in the  of. As of 2006, the population was 24,887. Its is. With regard to the sale of, it is classified as a —a county in which alcohol sales are prohibited (a ), but containing a "wet" city where package alcohol sales are allowed, in this case Mount Sterling.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 515 (199 ). 514 km² (199 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.11%) is water.

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History
Montgomery County was named in honor of, an  killed in  while attempting to capture ,. An alternative story holds that the County was named for Thomas Montgomery, from, who served in the. In 1793 Thomas Montgomery settled in Mt. Sterling. In 1805, Thomas Montgomery moved on to.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 22,554 people, 8,902 households, and 6,436 families residing in the county. The was 44/km² (114/sq mi). There were 9,682 housing units at an average density of 19/km² (49/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.07%, 3.48% or , 0.15% , 0.11% , 0.03% , 0.35% from , and 0.82% from two or more races. 1.15% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 8,902 households out of which 33.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.70% were living together, 11.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were non-families. 23.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.93.

The age distribution was 24.90% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 30.20% from 25 to 44, 23.40% from 45 to 64, and 12.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,746, and the median income for a family was $36,939. Males had a median income of $31,428 versus $20,941 for females. The for the county was $16,701. About 12.50% of families and 15.20% of the population were below the, including 18.10% of those under age 18 and 17.30% of those age 65 or over.