Editing Montgomery County, Maryland (section)

===Religion===
Of Montgomery County's residents, 14% are [[Catholicism|Catholic]], 5% are [[Baptist]], 3% are [[Methodist]], 1% are [[Presbyterian]], 1% are [[Episcopalian]], 1% are part of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]], 1% are [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]], 6% are of another [[Christianity in the United States|Christian]] faith, 3% are [[Jewish American|Jewish]], 1% follows [[Islam]], and 1% are of an [[Eastern religions|eastern faith]].<ref name= montgomeryreligion>"[http://www.bestplaces.net/religion/county/maryland/montgomery Montgomery County, Maryland: Religion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013013020/http://www.bestplaces.net/religion/county/maryland/montgomery |date=October 13, 2017 }}". ''Sperling's BestPlaces''. Retrieved February 28, 2018.</ref> Overall, 41% of the county's residents are [[religion in the United States|affiliated with a religion]].<ref name= montgomeryreligion/>

Montgomery County was named the most religiously diverse county in the United States in 2023 by the [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s census.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-29 |title=2023 PRRI Census of American Religion: County-Level Data on Religious Identity and Diversity {{!}} PRRI |url=https://www.prri.org/research/census-2023-american-religion/#page-section-2 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=PRRI {{!}} At the intersection of religion, values, and public life. |language=en-US |archive-date=September 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911233526/https://www.prri.org/research/census-2023-american-religion/#page-section-2 |url-status=live }}</ref> Counties were given a diversity index between 0 and 1, with 0 signifying no diversity, and 1 signifying complete diversity. Montgomery County earned a .886, higher than the national average of .615.

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishdatabank.org/content/upload/bjdb/2018-United_States_Jewish_Population_(AJYB,_Sheskin,_Dashefsky)_DB_Final.pdf |title=United States Jewish Population, 2018 |publisher=[[Berman Jewish DataBank]] |access-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806135102/https://www.jewishdatabank.org/content/upload/bjdb/2018-United_States_Jewish_Population_(AJYB,_Sheskin,_Dashefsky)_DB_Final.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Washington metropolitan area]], with 295,500 Jews, has become the third-largest Jewish population in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/02/13/d-c-jewish-population-is-booming-but-synagogue-engagement-is-low-study-finds/ |title=D.C. area's Jewish population is booming: Now the third largest in the nation, report says |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-date=May 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503184012/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/02/13/d-c-jewish-population-is-booming-but-synagogue-engagement-is-low-study-finds/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

As of 2020, Montgomery County is home to 776 religious congregations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congregational Membership Reports {{!}} US Religion |url=https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?y=2020&t=0&c=24031 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=www.thearda.com}}</ref>