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Montgomery County
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county in Maryland, United States
Montgomery County is a county located in Maryland, in the United States. It is one of the most populous counties in the state and serves as an important economic and cultural center in the region.
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- Official name
- Montgomery County
- Population
- 1054827
- Area
- 491.25
- Elevation
- 141
- Official website
- www.montgomerycountymd.gov
- Image
- Montgomery County, Maryland Infobox Montage 1.png
- Households
- 372825
- Dialing code
- 240
- Motto
- Gardez Bien
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- Commons category
- Montgomery County, Maryland
- postal code
- 20997
- inception
- 1776-09-06
- nickname
- MoCo
- external data available at URL
- data.montgomerycountymd.gov
- water as percent of area
- 3.0952851
- native label
- Montgomery County
- official map URL
- montgomeryplanning.org/tools/gis-and-mapping
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C108895
- per capita income
- 55643
- social media followers
- 51674
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Montgomery County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, the county's population was 1,062,061, increasing by 9.3% from 2010. The county seat is Rockville, while its most populous place is Germantown. The county is adjoined to Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, and is part of the Washington metropolitan area and the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area. Most of the county's residents live in Silver Spring, Bethesda, Germantown, and the incorporated cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg.
The average household income in Montgomery County is the 20th-highest among U.S. counties as of 2020.