Montgomery County, Mississippi

Montgomery County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 12,189. It was either named in honor of, an general killed in  while attempting to capture , , or for , from which an early settler came. In that latter case, it would have been indirectly named for John Montgomery, a settler in Montgomery County, Tennessee, who founded the city of in that county. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,056 (408 ). 1,054 km² (407 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.25%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 12,189 people, 4,690 households, and 3,367 families residing in the county. The was 12/km² (30/sq mi). There were 5,402 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (13/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 54.25%, 44.95% or , 0.08% , 0.25% , 0.02% , 0.07% from , and 0.37% from two or more races. 0.85% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,690 households out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.50% were living together, 18.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 26.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.80% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 16.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 86.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,270, and the median income for a family was $31,602. Males had a median income of $26,590 versus $17,639 for females. The for the county was $14,040. About 21.90% of families and 24.30% of the population were below the, including 34.80% of those under age 18 and 25.40% of those age 65 or over.

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Education

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