Montgomery County, New York Demographics

Montgomery County is 10th in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Montgomery County is 11th in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Montgomery County is 12th in New York out of 62 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Montgomery County is 13th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Montgomery County is 14th in New York out of 62 other counties in Income below poverty line

Montgomery County is 15th in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Montgomery County is 16th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Montgomery County is 17th in New York out of 62 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Montgomery County is 20th in New York out of 62 other counties in Female residents

Montgomery County is 20th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Montgomery County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	49,941	48th	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	403.0	49th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	124.6	30th	411.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Montgomery County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	10th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.8%	11th	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.1%	15th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Montgomery County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.2%	58th	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.4%	57th	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Montgomery County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	94.5%	20th	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.5%	41st	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	25th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	42nd	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	16th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	37th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	13th	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	84.2%	40th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Montgomery County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	51.0%	20th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.0%	33rd	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Montgomery County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	23,108	52nd	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	34.8%	12th	50.5%	25.9%
Households	20,059	48th	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.4%	44th	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$99,500	46th	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.4	30th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	138	33rd	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics
	Montgomery County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$22,847	46th	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$43,254	57th	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.3%	14th	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Montgomery County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,098	47th	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	15,311	42nd	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,642	50th	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$621,786	43rd	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,792	17th	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$41,969	49th	$39,813,499	$613,795,732