Montgomery County, Maryland
County
County of Montgomery[1]
Clockwise: Downtown Bethesda, Spring Street in Silver Spring, Billy Goat B Trail, rural Darnestown, Rockville town center, Great Falls on the Potomac River.
Flag Seal Coat of arms Emblem
Nickname(s):  "MoCo"
Motto(s):  French: Gardez Bien (English: Watch Well)
Location in the U.S. state of Maryland
Coordinates: 39°08′11″N 77°12′15″W / 39.13638°N 77.20424°W / 39.13638; -77.20424Coordinates: 39°08′11″N 77°12′15″W / 39.13638°N 77.20424°W / 39.13638; -77.20424[2]
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Founded	September 6, 1776[3][4]
Named for	Richard Montgomery
Government
• Executive	Marc Elrich (D)
Area
• Total	506.91 sq mi (1,312.89 km2)
• Land	493.11 sq mi (1,277.15 km2)
• Water	13.80 sq mi (35.74 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,062,061
• Density	2,153.80/sq mi (831.59/km2)
Demonyms	Montgomery Countyan, MoCoite
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern )
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	20812–20918
Area codes	301 240
Seat (and largest city)	Rockville
Congressional districts	Maryland's 3rd 6th 8th [5]
Website	www.montgomerycountymd.gov

Montgomery County is the most populous county in the state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 1,062,061, increasing by 9.3% from 2010.^[6] The county seat and largest municipality is Rockville, although the census-designated place of Germantown is the most populous place within the county.^[7] Montgomery County, which adjoins Washington, D.C., is part of the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV metropolitan statistical area, which in turn forms part of the Baltimore–Washington combined statistical area. Most of the county's residents live in unincorporated locales, of which the most urban are Silver Spring and Bethesda, although the incorporated cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg are also large population centers, as are many smaller but significant places.^{[N 1]}

The average household income in Montgomery County is among the highest in the United States.^[8][9][10] It has the highest percentage (29.2%) of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate degrees.^[11] Like other inner-suburban Washington, D.C. counties, Montgomery County contains many major U.S. government offices, scientific research and learning centers, and business campuses.^[12][13]

Etymology

The Maryland state legislature named Montgomery County after Richard Montgomery; the county was created from lands that had at one point or another been part of Frederick County.^[14] On September 6, 1776,^[3] Thomas Sprigg Wootton from Rockville, Maryland, introduced legislation, while serving at the Maryland Constitutional Convention, to create lower Frederick County as Montgomery County. The name, Montgomery County, along with the founding of Washington County, Maryland, after George Washington, was the first time in American history that counties and provinces in the thirteen colonies were not named after British referents. The name use of Montgomery and Washington County were seen as further defiance to Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. The county's nickname of "MoCo" is derived from "Montgomery County".^[15][16]

The county's motto, adopted in 1976, is "Gardez Bien", a phrase meaning "Watch Well". The county's motto is also the motto of its namesake's family.^[17][18]

History

Prior to 1688, the first tract of land in what is now Montgomery County was granted by Charles I in a charter to the first Lord Baltimore (head of the Calvert family). Much later, the creation of Montegomery county became the goal of colonist, Thomas S. Wootton when, on August 31, 1776, he introduced a measure to form a new county from Frederick County, Maryland to aid area residents in simplifying their business affairs. The measure passed, thus creating the new political entity of Montgomery County in the Maryland Colony.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 507 square miles (1,310 km²), of which 491 square miles (1,270 km²) is land and 16 square miles (41 km²) (3.1%) is water.^[20] Montgomery County lies entirely inside the Piedmont plateau. The topography is generally rolling. Elevations range from a low of near sea level along the Potomac River to about 875 feet in the northernmost portion of the county north of Damascus. Relief between valley bottoms and hilltops is several hundred feet.

When Montgomery County was created in 1776, its boundaries were defined as "beginning at the east side of the mouth of Rock Creek on Potowmac river , and running with the said river to the mouth of Monocacy, then with a straight line to Par's spring, from thence with the lines of the county to the beginning".^[4]

The county's boundary forms a sliver of land at the far northern tip of the county that is several miles long and averages less than 200 yards wide. In fact, a single house on Lakeview Drive and its yard is sectioned by this sliver into three portions, each separately contained within Montgomery, Frederick and Howard Counties. These jurisdictions and Carroll County meet at a single point at Parr's Spring on Parr's Ridge.

Climate

Montgomery County lies within the northern portions of the humid subtropical climate. It has four distinct seasons, including hot, humid summers and cool winters.

Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, with an average of 43 inches (110 cm) of rainfall.^[21] Thunderstorms are common during the summer months, and account for the majority of the average 35 days with thunder per year. Heavy precipitation is most common in summer thunderstorms, but drought periods are more likely during these months because summer precipitation is more variable than winter.

The mean annual temperature is 55 °F (13 °C). The average summer (June–July–August) afternoon maximum is about 85 °F (29 °C) while the morning minimums average 66 °F (19 °C). In winter (December–January–February), these averages are 44 °F (7 °C) and 28 °F (−2 °C). Extreme heat waves can raise readings to around and slightly above 100 °F (38 °C), and arctic blasts can drop lows to −10 °F (−23 °C) to 0 °F (−18 °C). For Rockville, the record high is 105 °F (41 °C) in 1954, while the record low is −13 °F (−25 °C).^[21]

Lower elevations in the south, such as Silver Spring, receive an average of 17.5 inches (44 cm) of snowfall per year.^[22] Higher elevations in the north, such as Damascus,^[23] receive an average of 21.3 inches (54 cm) of snowfall per year.^[24] During a particularly snowy winter, Damascus received 79 inches (200 cm) during the 2009–2010 season.^[25]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1790	18,003		—
1800	15,058		−16.4%
1810	17,980		19.4%
1820	16,400		−8.8%
1830	19,816		20.8%
1840	15,456		−22.0%
1850	15,860		2.6%
1860	18,322		15.5%
1870	20,563		12.2%
1880	24,759		20.4%
1890	27,185		9.8%
1900	30,451		12.0%
1910	32,089		5.4%
1920	34,921		8.8%
1930	49,206		40.9%
1940	83,912		70.5%
1950	164,401		95.9%
1960	340,928		107.4%
1970	522,809		53.3%
1980	579,053		10.8%
1990	757,027		30.7%
2000	873,341		15.4%
2010	971,777		11.3%
2020	1,062,061		9.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[26] 1790–1960[27] 1900–1990[28] 1990–2000[29] 2010[30] 2020[31]

Since the 1970s, the county has had in place a Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit (MPDU) zoning plan that requires developers to include affordable housing in any new residential developments that they construct in the county. The goal is to create socioeconomically mixed neighborhoods and schools so the rich and poor are not isolated in separate parts of the county. Developers who provide for more than the minimum amount of MPDUs are rewarded with permission to increase the density of their developments, which allows them to build more housing and generate more revenue. Montgomery County was one of the first counties in the U.S. to adopt such a plan, but many other areas have since followed suit.

Montgomery County is by far one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse counties in the United States; four of the ten most culturally diverse cities and towns in the U.S. are in Montgomery County: Gaithersburg, ranking second; Germantown, ranking third; Silver Spring, ranking fourth; and Rockville, ranking ninth. Gaithersburg, Germantown, and Silver Spring all rank as more culturally diverse than New York City, San Jose, and Oakland.^[32][33] Maryland overall is one of six minority-majority states, and the only minority-majority state on the East Coast.^[34]

2020 census

Montgomery County, Maryland - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)

Race / Ethnicity	Pop 2010[30]	Pop 2020[31]	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	478,765	430,980	49.27%	40.58%
Black or African American alone (NH)	161,689	192,714	16.64%	18.15%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	1,580	1,377	0.16%	0.13%
Asian alone (NH)	134,677	162,472	13.86%	15.30%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	427	440	0.04%	0.04%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	3,617	8,589	0.37%	0.81%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH)	25,624	48,080	2.64%	4.53%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	165,398	217,409	17.02%	20.47%
Total	971,777	1,062,061	100.00%	100.00%

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

2010 census

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 971,777 people, 357,086 households, and 244,898 families living in the county.^[35][36] The population density was 1,978.2 inhabitants per square mile (763.8/km²). There were 375,905 housing units at an average density of 765.2 per square mile (295.4/km²).^[37] The racial makeup of the county was 57.5% White, 17.2% Black or African American, 13.9% Asian, 0.4% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 7.0% from other races, and 4.0% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 17.0% of the population.^[35] In terms of ancestry, 10.7% were German, 9.6% were Irish, 7.9% were English, 4.9% were Italian, 3.5% were Russian, 3.1% were Polish, 2.9% were American and 2% were French.^[38] People of Central American descent made up 8.1% of Montgomery County, with Salvadoran Americans constituting 5.4% of the county's population. Over 52,000 people of Salvadoran descent lived in Montgomery County, with Salvadoran Americans comprising approximately 32% of the county's Hispanic and Latino population. People of South American descent make up 3.8% of the county, with Peruvian Americans being the largest South American community, constituting 1.2% of the county's population.^[39]

Of the 357,086 households, 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.4% were non-families, and 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.22. The median age was 38.5 years.^[35]

The median income for a household in the county was $93,373 and the median income for a family was $111,737. Males had a median income of $71,841 versus $55,431 for females. The per capita income for the county was $47,310. About 4.0% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.^[40]

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census, there were 873,058 people living in the county. The racial makeup of the county was 65.0% white, 15.1% Black or African American, 11.3% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 5.0% from other races, and 3.5% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 11.5% of the population.^[41]

There were 324,565 households, of which 35% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. Of all households, 24.4% were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.19.

25.4% of the population was under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males.

In 2000, there were 334,632 housing units at an average density of 675 per square mile (261/km²).

Montgomery County has the tenth-highest median household income in the United States, and the second highest in the state after Howard County as of 2011. The median household income in 2007 was $89,284 and the median family income was $106,093. Males had a median income of $66,415 versus $52,134 for females. The per capita income for the county was $43,073. About 3.3% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

2014 estimates

The United States Census Bureau estimated the county's population was 1,030,447 as of 2014.^[42] If it were a city, it would be the tenth-most-populous city in the U.S. after San Jose, California and Austin, Texas.

The ethnic makeup of the county was estimated to be the following in 2013:^[42]

• 62.6% White (47.0% Non-Hispanic White)
• 18.6% Black
• 14.9% Asian
• 0.7% Native American
• 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
• 3.1% Two or more races

In addition, 18.3% were Hispanic or Latino, of any race.^[42]

People who were born on continent of Africa are 6% of the county's total residents. The plurality of these were born in Ethiopia.^[43] People from China are the fastest-growing immigrant population in the county; people from Ethiopia are the county's second-fastest-growing immigrant population.^[43]

2016 estimates

The United States Census Bureau estimated the county's population as 1,043,863 as of 2016.^[44]

The race and Hispanic original of the county's residents was estimated to be the following as of 2016:^[44]

• 60.9% White (44.7% Non-Hispanic White)
• 19.5% Black
• 15.5% Asian
• 0.7% Native American
• 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
• 3.4% Two or more races

In addition, 19.1% were Hispanic or Latino, of any race.^[44]

Of residents age 25 or older, 91.2% have graduated high school, and 57.1% had a bachelor's degree.^[44]

Of the county's population, 32.6% were born outside the United States.^[45]

44,718 veterans lived in the county in 2016.^[44]

Of residents age 5 or older, 39.8% spoke a language other than English at home in 2016.^[44]

2018 estimates

As of July 1, 2018 The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of the county to be 1,052,567 residents.^[46]

The race and Hispanic origin of the county's residents are estimated to be:^[46]

• 60.2% White (43.4% Non-Hispanic White) (9.1% German, 8.3% Irish, 6.3% English, 4.3% Italian, 3.7% American, 2.9% Polish, 2.8% Russian)^[47]
• 19.9% African-American or Black (1.5% Ethiopian)^[47]
• 19.9% Hispanic or Latino (6.80% Salvadoran, 1.71% Mexican, 1.24% Peruvian, 1.22% Guatemalan, 1.06% Honduran, 0.92% Colombian, 0.85% Puerto Rican, 0.70% Dominican)^[47]
• 15.6% Asian (4.10% Chinese, 3.68% Indian, 1.62% Korean, 1.42% Vietnamese, 1.22% Filipino, 0.43% Pakistani, 0.31% Japanese, 0.26% Taiwanese, 0.21% Sri Lankan)^[47]
• 3.4% Two or more races
• 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native
• 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

The age of the county's residents are estimated to be:^[46]

• 6.3% Persons under 5 years
• 23.3% Persons under 18 years
• 15.5% Persons 65 years and over.

An estimated 51.6% of the population is female.

The number of housing units is estimated to be 390,664.

Religion

Of Montgomery County's residents, 14% are Catholic, 5% are Baptist, 3% are Methodist, 1% are Presbyterian, 1% are Episcopalian, 1% are part of the Latter Day Saint movement, 1% are Lutheran, 6% are of another Christian faith, 3% are Jewish, 1% follows Islam, and 1% are of an eastern faith.^[48] Overall, 41% of the county's residents are affiliated with a religion.^[48]

Montgomery County has the largest Jewish population in the state of Maryland, accounting for 45% of Maryland Jews. According to the Berman Jewish DataBank, Montgomery County has a Jewish population of 105,400 people, around 10% of the county's population.^[49] The Washington metropolitan area, with 295,500 Jews, has become the third-largest Jewish population in the United States.^[50]

Economy

Montgomery County is an important business and research center. It is the epicenter for biotechnology in the Mid-Atlantic region. Montgomery County, as third largest biotechnology cluster in the U.S., holds a large cluster and companies of large corporate size within the state. Biomedical research is carried out by institutions including Johns Hopkins University's Montgomery County Campus (JHU MCC), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Federal government agencies in Montgomery County engaged in related work include the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.

Many large firms are based in the county, including Coventry Health Care, Lockheed Martin, Marriott International, Host Hotels & Resorts, Travel Channel, Ritz-Carlton, Robert Louis Johnson Companies (RLJ Companies), Choice Hotels, MedImmune, TV One, BAE Systems Inc., Hughes Network Systems and GEICO.

Other U.S. federal government agencies based in the county include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Downtown Bethesda and Silver Spring are the largest urban business hubs in the county; combined, they rival many major city cores.

Top employers

According to the county's comprehensive annual financial reports, the top employers by number of employees in the county are the following. "NR" indicates the employer was not ranked among the top ten employers that year.

Employer	Employees (2021)[51][a]	Employees (2014)[52]	Employees (2011)[53]	Employees (2005)[52]
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	27,500	28,500	29,700	38,800
Montgomery County Public Schools	27,500	25,429	22,016	20,987
Montgomery County Government	12,500	10,815	8,849	8,272
U.S. Department of Defense	7,500	12,000	12,690	13,800
Adventist Healthcare	7,500	4,900	5,310	6,000
Holy Cross Hospital of Silver Spring	3,750	3,400	NR	NR
Marriott International Administrative Services	3,750	4,700	5,441	NR
Montgomery College	3,750	3,632	NR	NR
GEICO	3,750	NR	NR	NR
U.S. Department of Commerce	3,750	5,500	8,250	6,200
Lockheed Martin	NR	4,000	4,745	3,900
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	NR	3,840	NR	NR
Giant	NR	NR	3,842	4,900
Verizon	NR	NR	3,292	4,700
Chevy Chase Bank	NR	NR	NR	4,700

Politics and government

Montgomery County Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	3 consecutive terms
History
Founded	1948
Preceded by	Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
Leadership
County council president	Gabe Albornoz, Democratic since December 2021
County council vice-president	Evan Glass, Democratic since December 2021
Structure
Seats	9 (Two new districts will be added in the 2024 election.)
Political groups	Majority (9)   Democratic (9)
Committees	Education and Culture Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Health and Human Services Planning, Housing, and Economic Development Public Safety Transportation and Environment[54]
Length of term	Full council elected every 4 years
Authority	Article I, Charter of Montgomery County
Salary	Council President: $154,408.18/year Councilmembers: $140,371.07/year[55]
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
First election	November 3, 1948
Last election	November 6, 2018
Next election	November 8, 2022
Redistricting	Recommendations by the legislature-appointed commission, approval by legislature.
Motto
French: Gardez Bien (English: Watch Well)
Meeting place
Stella B. Werner Council Office Building
Website
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/
Constitution
Charter[56]
Rules
Rules of Proceduce[57]

Montgomery County was granted a charter form of government in 1948.

The present County Executive/County Council form of government of Montgomery County dates to November 1968 when the voters changed the form of government from a County Commission/County Manager system, as provided in the original 1948 home rule Charter.

The Montgomery County government had a surplus of $654 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021.^[51]

County executives

The office of the county executive was established in 1970. The first executive was James P. Gleason. The current executive is Marc Elrich, who was sworn in for his first term on December 3, 2018.^[58]

County Executive

Position		Name	Party	Hometown	Term
	1st	James Gleason	Republican		1970–1978
	2nd	Charles Gilchrist	Democratic		1978–1986
	3rd	Sidney Kramer	Democratic		1986–1990
	4th	Neal Potter	Democratic		1990–1994
	5th	Doug Duncan	Democratic	Rockville	1994–2006
	6th	Ike Leggett	Democratic	Burtonsville	2006–2018
	7th	Marc Elrich	Democratic	Takoma Park	2018–

Legislative body

See also: List of members of the Montgomery County Council (Maryland)

The County Council is the legislative branch of Montgomery County. It has nine members who serve four-year terms. All are elected at the same time by the voters of Montgomery County.^[59][60] As of June 2018, all nine members on the council are Democrats. The council meets weekly at the county seat of Rockville—the 6th Floor of the Stella B. Werner Council Office Building.^[61][62]

The members of the County Council as of 2018 are:^[63]

County Council

Position		Name	Affiliation	District	Neighborhoods	First Elected
	Member	Andrew Friedson	Democratic	1	Poolesville, Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase	2018
	President	Craig L. Rice	Democratic	2	Germantown, Clarksburg, Darnestown, Damascus	2010
	Member	Sidney A. Katz	Democratic	3	Gaithersburg, Rockville	2014
	Member	Nancy Navarro	Democratic	4	Wheaton, Glenmont, Aspen Hill, Ashton, Laytonsville	2009
	Member	Tom Hucker	Democratic	5	Downtown Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Burtonsville	2014
	Member	Gabe Albornoz	Democratic	At-Large	Entire County	2018
	Member	Evan Glass	Democratic	At-Large	Entire County	2018
	Member	Will Jawando	Democratic	At-Large	Entire County	2018
	Member	Hans Riemer	Democratic	At-Large	Entire County	2010

The most recent Republican serving on the Montgomery County Council, Howard A. Denis of District 1 (Potomac/Bethesda), lost re-eelction in 2006. Since then, all Council members have been Democrats.

Law enforcement

County sheriff's office

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) is a nationally accredited U.S. law enforcement agency and acts as the enforcement arm of the courts in the county. All of its deputy sheriffs are fully certified law enforcement officials with full authority of arrest. The office was created in July 1777 and is the oldest law enforcement agency in Montgomery County.^[64] It is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.^[65] It was nationally accredited in 1995, the first county sheriff's office in Maryland to be so.

The MCSO has authorized over 165 employees consisting of sworn law enforcement officers and civilian support staff.^[66]

The office is headed by the sheriff, who has been elected every four years since the 1920s.

County police

The Montgomery County Police Department provides county-wide law enforcement services, although several cities including Rockville and Gaithersburg maintain their own police departments to complement MCPD. Maryland State Police patrol the Beltway and I-270, and they assist county and city police in investigation of some major crimes. Montgomery County also has a Sheriff's Office.^[67]

Budgetedit

Montgomery County has a budget of $2.3 billion. Approximately $1.48 billion are invested in Montgomery County Public Schools and $128 million in Montgomery College.^[68]

Bi-county agenciesedit

Montgomery and Prince George's counties share a bi-county planning and parks agency in the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (often referred to as Park and Planning or its initials M-NCPPC by county residents) and a public bi-county water and sewer utility in the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC).^{[citation needed]}

LGBTIQ+ bill of rightsedit

In October 2020, the Montgomery County Council unanimously passed an ordinance that implemented a LGBTIQ+ bill of rights.^[69][70][71]

Liquor controledit

Montgomery County is an alcoholic beverage control county. Beer and wine may also be sold in private stores.

Historyedit

Until 1964, only three restaurants in the county had liquor licenses to serve liquor by the drink.^[72] The county stopped issuing liquor licenses to all other restaurants under a law that had existed since Prohibition.^[73]

Following a voter referendum,^[74] restaurants and bars could apply for county permits to sell liquor by the drink.^[73] The dry towns of Kensington, Poolesville, and Takoma Park were allowed to keep their own bans in place.^[73]

Anchor Inn in Wheaton was the first establishment to serve liquor in the county under the new law.^[72]

Other elected positionsedit

Robert A. Greenberg is the Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court. Karen A. Bushell is the Clerk of the Circuit Court. Joseph M. Griffin is the Register of Wills. Darren M. Popkin is the Sheriff. John McCarthy is the State's Attorney.^[51]

Federal representationedit

In the 116th Congress, Montgomery is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by John Sarbanes of the 3rd district, David Trone of the 6th district, and Jamie Raskin of the 8th district.

Voter Registration and Party Enrollment of Montgomery County[75]
Party		Total	Percentage
	Democratic	402,917	60.74%
	Republican	105,279	15.87%
	Independents and unaffiliated	155,115	23.38%
Total		663,311	100.00%

The Democratic presidential candidate has won Montgomery County in every presidential election since 1988.^[76]

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United States presidential election results for Montgomery County, Maryland^[76]

Year	Republican		Democratic		Third party
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
2020	101,222	18.96%	419,569	78.61%	12,952	2.43%
2016	92,704	19.36%	357,837	74.72%	28,332	5.92%
2012	123,353	27.05%	323,400	70.92%	9,239	2.03%
2008	118,608	27.00%	314,444	71.58%	6,209	1.41%
2004	136,334	32.83%	273,936	65.97%	4,955	1.19%
2000	124,580	33.52%	232,453	62.54%	14,655	3.94%
1996	117,730	35.15%	198,807	59.36%	18,361	5.48%
1992	119,705	33.01%	199,757	55.09%	43,151	11.90%
1988	154,191	48.05%	165,187	51.48%	1,518	0.47%
1984	146,924	50.00%	146,036	49.69%	910	0.31%
1980	125,515	47.16%	105,822	39.76%	34,814	13.08%
1976	122,674	48.34%	131,098	51.66%	0	0.00%
1972	133,090	56.50%	100,228	42.55%	2,239	0.95%
1968	84,651	44.23%	92,026	48.08%	14,726	7.69%
1964	52,554	33.76%	103,113	66.24%	0	0.00%
1960	62,679	48.70%	66,025	51.30%	0	0.00%
1956	56,501	57.01%	42,606	42.99%	0	0.00%
1952	47,805	62.37%	28,381	37.03%	467	0.61%
1948	23,174	60.34%	14,336	37.33%	897	2.34%
1944	20,400	57.10%	15,324	42.90%	0	0.00%
1940	13,831	46.85%	15,177	51.41%	513	1.74%
1936	10,133	43.06%	13,246	56.29%	153	0.65%
1932	5,698	36.15%	9,882	62.69%	183	1.16%
1928	9,318	57.74%	6,739	41.76%	82	0.51%
1924	5,675	44.01%	6,639	51.49%	580