Montgomery County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 559,062. It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada. The county seat is Dayton. Montgomery county is the fourth most populous county in Ohio.
The county is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the U.S. Census Burea...
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Montgomery County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 559,062. It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada. The county seat is Dayton. Montgomery county is the fourth most populous county in Ohio.
The county is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 464 square miles (1,203 km²).462 square miles (1,196 km²) of it is land and 3 square miles (7 km²) of it (0.58%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 559,062 people, 229,229 households, and 146,935 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,211 people per square mile (468/km²). There were 248,443 housing units at an average density of 538 per square mile (208/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 76.57% White, 19.86% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 1.31% Asian...
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