 About 10.90% of families and 15.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.50% of those under age 18 and 17.80% of those age 65 or over.Montgomery County is a sustaining member of the regional Piedmont Triad Council of Governments.As of the 2000 Census, Montgomery County is located entirely in North Carolina's 8th congressional district, which is currently represented in the 115th United States Congress by Richard Hudson (R).