Frederick County Population

  • 1980 - 114,792
  • 1990 - 150,208
  • 2000 - 195,277
  • 2010 - 243,220
  • 2020 - 282,100
  • 2030 - 325,600

Frederick County is situated on the northwestern part of Maryland's "Golden Triangle," which connects the economic benefits of three major cities, Frederick, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The entire area is a hotbed for development, attracting leading companies in the research, communications, service, banking and technology industries. Corporations seeking a new location can tap the ample and diverse labor pool in Frederick and the surrounding communities.

Frederick City is the third largest city in the state of Maryland.

Frederick County is the largest county in the state of Maryland, touting 665 square miles and about 425,472 acres in area. The county is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, the Potomac River to the west and Montgomery County, which adjoins Washington, D.C. to the south.

Frederick is an ideal location for corporations looking to relocate. Besides the thriving community that still has a hometown flair, Frederick offers more than 2,000 rooms in hotels, motels and inns with the capacity needed to stage special meetings, seminars and employee social events.

MAJOR FREDERICK COUNTY EMPLOYERS

As of April, 2007

Company Industry
Employee
Fort Detrick Campus Army/NCI, Other Tenants Army, National Cancer Institute and tenants
7,900
Frederick County Board of Education Public Education
5.384
Frederick County Government County Government
2,526
Frederick Memorial Healthcare System Comprehensive Health Care
2,350
Bechtel Corporation Headquarters - Global Engineering, Construction & Telecommunication
2,203
SAIC
1,670
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
1,650
Frederick Community College Two-Year College
1,320
CitiMortgage - Operations Center
1,300
United Health Care
1,073
Frederick City Government
856
State Farm Insurance Co. Regional Headquarters
793
NVR, Inc.
650
Wal-Mart
600
National Emergeny Training Center(US Fire Academy, FEMA and other tenents)
577
Chase Card Services
575
BP Solar
511
Mount Saint Mary's College Four-Year College
511
Home Call
480
Plamondon Companies
Hospitality (Hotels, Restaurants & Restaurant Management)
410
Lonza Bio Science Walkersville, Inc.
400
Moore Wallace BCS (RR Donnelley Company)
387
Structural Systems
370
Home Depot
330
Invitrogen
300
Hood College
292
Homewood Retirement Center
275
Richard F. Kline, Inc.
275
Experient
270
Trans-Tech
260
Toys-R-Us
260
Farmers & Mechanics Bank
260
Fountain Rock Management Group Corp.
250
BB&T
242
Morgan Keller
240
MedImmune
235
Costco Wholesale
232
Verizon
226

*Information obtained from the Frederick County, Maryland Office of Economic Development
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