Montgomery is a relatively large city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 196,986 people and 63 associated neighborhoods, Montgomery is the third largest community in Alabama.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Montgomery is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Montgomery is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Montgomery who work in office and administrative support (13.62%), management occupations (9.23%), and sales jobs (8.92%). Also of interest is that Montgomery has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In terms of college education, Montgomery is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.09% of adults in Montgomery have a college degree. The per capita income in Montgomery in 2022 was $31,549, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,196 for a family of four. However, Montgomery contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Montgomery is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Montgomery home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Montgomery residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Montgomery include English, Irish, German, African, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Montgomery is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
