Montgomery County, Maryland

• White (non-Hispanic) 420,862 39.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 223,958 21.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 194,756 18.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 163,089 15.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 51,066 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,153 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 380 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 10,685 1.0%

• Under 18 243,139 22.8%
• 18–24 82,789 7.8%
• 25–44 276,502 25.9%
• 45–64 282,380 26.5%
• 65 and over 181,139 17.0%

Median household income

$138,870

90% interval $134,729–$143,011

+$36,035 vs MD · 2nd of 24

Below poverty line

7.5%

90% interval 6.6%–8.4%

−1.7 pp vs MD · 16th of 24

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.31 pp vs. state

County GDP

$117.4B

21.5% of state

Avg. annual pay

$96,368

Establishments

36,636

• Education & health services 117,046 25.6%
• Professional & business services 99,327 21.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 55,045 12.1%
• Public administration 51,434 11.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 40,733 8.9%
• Financial activities 23,145 5.1%
• Construction 21,290 4.7%
• Other services 19,440 4.3%

The sectors listed cover 93.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

65.3%

−2.3 pp vs MD · 21st of 24

Median gross rent

$2,068

+$363 vs MD · 3rd of 24

Owner-occupied

254,139

Renter-occupied

135,071

• 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 (Financial activities, $158,335/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $36,602/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 386,581 75.2%
• Republican 112,637 21.9%
• Other / third-party 14,701 2.9%

• Spanish 177,910 17.7%
• Chinese 36,741 3.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 28,557 2.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 14,053 1.4%
• Korean 13,355 1.3%
• Tagalog 10,097 1.0%
• Vietnamese 9,803 1.0%
• Arabic 5,846 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 4,957 0.5%

Households

389,210

Family households

265,521

68.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

91,732

34.5% of families

Single-mother families

20,706

7.8% of families

Veterans

34,165

4.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 293,819 27.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 103,877 9.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 92,692 8.7%
• Mainline Protestant 64,508 6.1%
• Orthodox 8,372 0.8%
• Black Protestant 4,102 0.4%

Health insured

93.0%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

7.0%

±0.3 pp

3rd of 24

With a disability

9.4%

±0.3 pp

23rd of 24

Bachelor's or higher

60.6%

±0.7 pp

+17.2 pp vs MD · 2nd of 24

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.0%

90% interval 7.5%–8.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

6th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

30 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); District Court of Maryland judges (limited jurisdiction, no jury trials) separate. Vintage 2026 mdcourts.gov; counts approximate statutory allocations per Md. Code Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 1-503.)

Court seats

Frederick, Rockville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

47

5.71 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

46