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Montgomery County, MD

1,082,273 Population
493.1 square miles 2,194.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$68,532 ±$1,538 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$140,837 ±$5,103 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.4% ±0.9% (79,239  ±9,801) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

33.8 minutes ±0.5 (15,257,925  ±408,268) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 32.3 87,922,816 (±0.3 / ±1,040,848)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

389,161 ±3,250 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0 (1,073,994  ±169) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±0.9% (12,154  ±2,118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

408,680 ±89 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$660,800 ±$9,178 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.7% ±0.9% (114,803  ±9,902.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.7% ±1.9% (690,859  ±13,994.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
61.3% ±1.4% (462,224  ±10,637.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

43.2% ±1.2% (441,655  ±12,450.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about double the rate in Maryland: 21.8% 1,287,754 (±0.5% / ±26,704.6)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

33.7% (364,713  ±12,294) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.5% ±0.4% (37,628  ±2,912) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
37,628 Total veterans ±2,912 32,718 Male ±2,860 4,910 Female ±1,342

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