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Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Economic Profile
County Seat: P.O. Box 311, Norristown, PA 19404
County Homepage: www.montcopa.org
Montgomery County borders Philadelphia to the east and lies between Chester and Bucks Counties. Many people make Montgomery County their home simply because it offers a little bit of everything- it features beautiful neighborhoods with large estates and modest homes, enormous state parks, exceptional educational institutions, large employers, the world renowned Merion East Golf Course and the largest shopping mall on the East Coast, the King of Prussia Mall. Additionally, world-class pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies make up the area's economic focal points. Giants like Merck, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and GlaxoSmithKline are all located here and together employ thousands of Greater Philadelphia residents. The wide array of available jobs translates into many residents. Montgomery County spans 483 square miles and its over 775,000 residents make it the second most populated county in the region.
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Would you like more county data? You can download American Community Survey Data. Click on the tabs in the spreadsheet for the following information on:
- Social Characteristics in the Greater Philadelphia region, 2007 (Households by Type. Relationship, Martial Status, Fertility, Grandparents, School Enrollment, Educational Attainment, Veteran Status, Disability Status of the Civilian Non-institutionalized Population, Residence One Year Ago, Place of Birth, U.S. Citizenship Status, Year of Entry, World Region of Birth of Foreign Born, Language Spoken at Home and Ancestry)
- Selected Economic Characteristics, 2007 (Employment Status, Commuting to Work, Occupation, Industry, Class of Worker, Income and Benefits and Percentage of Families and People Whose Income in the past 12 Months is Below the Poverty Level)
- Selected Housing Characteristics, 2007 (Housing Occupancy, Units in Structure, Year Structure Built, Rooms, bedrooms, Housing Tenure, Year Householder Moved into Unit, Vehicles Available, House Heating Fuel, Occupants per Room, Value, Mortgage Status and Selected Monthly Owner Costs, Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household Income, Gross Rent and Gross Rent as a Percentage of Household Income)
- Demographic and Housing Estimates, 2007 (Sex and Age, Race and Hispanic or Latino and Race)
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