The population of Montague county is estimated at 19,436. In 2017 there were 251 births and 258 deaths in Montague county. Montague county has 2,792 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,454 that are owned free and clear and 1,743 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Montague County filed 8,420 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Montague had a combined total federal tax liability of $62,393,000 on earned income of $412,804,000. Other notable statistics from Montague County were 380 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,851,000 and 1,450 charitable contributions valued at $7,781,000. 1,420 filings from Montague County paid a combined total of $4,918,000 in property taxes and 980 filings paid $6,217,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Montague county had 70 religious congregations with an estimated 9,794 members.
16.2% of the Montague population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 44% of Montague County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 867 votes.
At $47,590 the median income is 80.4% of the Texas average. An estimated 365 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Montague, the equivalant of around 4.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Montague County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
686	Retail trade
643	Health care and social assistance
418	Accommodation and food services
386	Restaurants and other eating places
270	Manufacturing
265	Limited-service restaurants
187	Finance and insurance
187	Nursing and residential care facilities
162	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
127	National commercial banks (banking)
126	Gasoline stations
122	Other services (except public administration)
113	Ambulatory health care services
112	Professional, scientific, and technical services
81	Motor vehicle and parts dealers

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