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Montgomery County, Texas

Republican +45.5 (2024)
County seat
Conroe
Judicial district
9th District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
781,194
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 684,432.

At a glance

Montgomery County is a 781,194-person venue. The county population is 67% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). 28% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 58.7%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $96,049, $16,326 above the TX state median of $79,723; 38.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 25.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (1.5%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 24.8% of covered employment, average pay $58,194/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.33%, above the 4.32% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 71% to 74% of the vote across the three.

Population
684,432
Median household income
$97,701
Unemployment
4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 67% / 6%.

Montgomery County has a population of 684,432, with a median age of 37.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 66.8%; Black residents 6.4%. Independently, 27.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $96,049; 38.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.1% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 401,443 58.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 191,006 27.9%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 41,547 6.1%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 22,808 3.3%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 23,747 3.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 653 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 477 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,751 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 37.2

  • Under 18 177,029 25.9%
  • 18–24 57,383 8.4%
  • 25–44 185,476 27.1%
  • 45–64 170,487 24.9%
  • 65 and over 94,057 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$96,049
90% interval $91,044–$101,054
+$16,326 vs TX · 21st of 254
Below poverty line
9.1%
90% interval 8.0%–10.2%
−4.3 pp vs TX · 233rd of 254

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 25% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 24.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 19.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.33%, above the Texas state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.3%
+0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP
$50.1B
1.81% of state
Avg. annual pay
$72,956
Establishments
15,510

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 58,393 24.8%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 46,878 19.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 32,563 13.8%
  • Professional & business services 31,752 13.5%
  • Construction 21,017 8.9%
  • Manufacturing 13,176 5.6%
  • Financial activities 11,353 4.8%
  • Other services 7,419 3.2%
  • Natural resources & mining 5,090 2.2%
  • Public administration 4,520 1.9%
  • Information 1,959 0.8%
  • Unclassified 198 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
71.8%
+9.2 pp vs TX · 156th of 254
Median gross rent
$1,532
+$129 vs TX · 15th of 254
Owner-occupied
177,657
Renter-occupied
69,884

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $175,014/yr) pays 6.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,068/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 72%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Montgomery County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 72.3% in 2024, 71.2% in 2020, 74.0% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 307,134 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201674.0%22.5%
202071.2%27.4%
202472.3%26.8%
  • Republican 221,964 72.3%
  • Democratic 82,277 26.8%
  • Other / third-party 2,893 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 74% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 25.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

25.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, Chinese. Veterans account for 6.7% of the adult civilian population (33,769 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

74.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 129,695 20.2%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3,070 0.5%
  • Chinese 2,613 0.4%
  • Tagalog 2,352 0.4%
  • German or other West Germanic 2,026 0.3%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,913 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 1,418 0.2%
  • Arabic 1,236 0.2%
  • Korean 839 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
247,541
Family households
182,877
73.9% of households
Married couples w/ children
66,210
36.2% of families
Single-mother families
12,814
7.0% of families
Veterans
33,769
6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

49.8% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 136,305 22.0%
  • Catholic 93,545 15.1%
  • Mainline Protestant 39,776 6.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 37,410 6.0%
  • Black Protestant 2,122 0.3%
  • Orthodox 71 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
84.9%
±0.6 pp
Uninsured
15.1%
±0.6 pp
164th of 254
With a disability
10.5%
±0.4 pp
239th of 254
Bachelor's or higher
38.8%
±0.9 pp
+5.0 pp vs TX · 14th of 254
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
17.4%
90% interval 16.4%–18.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
9th District Court
Judges
6 (Total District Court judges with venue over this county; vintage 2026 txcourts.gov directory + Tex. Gov't Code § 24. Texas's court structure is unusual: each urban county has dozens of numbered District Courts (Harris ~60, Dallas ~45, Travis ~25, Bexar ~25, Tarrant ~20) with trial assignments random across the full bench. Rural counties typically have 1-2 District Court judges sitting on a multi-county district. County Court at Law judges (limited jurisdiction) and Constitutional County Court judges (presided over by the elected County Judge) are separately allocated and not counted here. TX has ~474 District Court judges statewide.)
Court seats
Conroe
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Montgomery totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities
62
12.22 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
60

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Montgomery County, Texas to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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