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Population
Change fm 2010
Area (sq.mi.)
Land area(sq.mi.)
Altitude (ft.)
Rainfall (in.)
Jan. avg. min.
July avg. max.
Civilian labor
Unemployed
Wages
Per Capita Inc.
Prop. Value
Retail Sales

590,925
29.7
1,076.9
1,041.7
50–430
48.77
40.4
93.5
284,551
3.3
$2,641,994,615
$63,605
$65,695,892,720
$8,367,495,298
map of Montgomery County
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Physical Features: Rolling, half timbered; Sam Houston National Forest; loam, sandy, alluvial soils; forks of the San Jacinto River; Lake Conroe and Lewis Creek Reservoir. 

Economy: Varied manufacturing, oil production, medical research, government/services, many residents work in Houston.

locator map for Montgomery County

History: Orcoquisac and Bidais tribes, removed from the area by the 1850s. Anglo-Americans arrived in the 1820s as part of Austin’s colony. County created and organized in 1837 from Washington County; named for Richard Montgomery, American Revolution general.

Race/Ethnicity: (In percent) Anglo, 65.1; Black, 5.6; Hispanic, 24.8; Asian, 3.2; Other, 1.1; Two or more races, 1.9.

Vital Statistics, annual: Births, 7,336; deaths, 3,623; marriages, 3,350; divorces, 1,791.

Recreation: Hunting, fishing; Lake Conroe activities; national forest and W.G. Jones State Forest; hiking, boating, horseback riding; historic sites.

Minerals: Natural gas.

Agriculture: Greenhouse crops, hay, beef cattle, horses. Market value $25.8  million. Timber important.

CONROE (86,236) county seat; government/services, hospital/medical services, commuters to Houston; new Sam Houston State University medical school; community college, museum; Cajun catfish festival in October.

The Woodlands (124,511) commuters to Houston, energy, tourism; college branches, hospitals, museums, parks, concerts, festivals at Mitchell Pavilion.

Other towns include: Cut and Shoot (1,413); Dobbin (310); Grangerland (300); Magnolia (2,153) government/services, drilling technology, construction, depot museum, Love Bug Fest in June; Montgomery (1,156) commuters to Houston and Conroe, antiques stores, pioneer museum, historic homes tour in April; New Caney (6,800); Oak Ridge North (3,476); Panorama Village (2,387); Patton Village (2,080).

Also, Pinehurst (5,507); Porter (4,200); Porter Heights (2,000); Roman Forest (2,067); Shenandoah (3,133); Splendora (2,165); Stagecoach (607); Willis (7,144) commuters to Conroe and Houston; Woodbranch (1,475); Woodloch (215).

Also, part [4,047] of Houston [Kingwood], hospital.

Horseback riders in Jones State Forest

Horseback riders in Jones State Forest. Photo from Texas A&M Forest Service.