Maryland's 8th congressional district

Maryland's 8th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Jamie Raskin D–Takoma Park
Area	297.06 sq mi (769.4 km2)
Distribution	88.08% urban 11.92% rural
Population (2022)	755,348
Median household income	$123,494[1]
Ethnicity	44.3% White 19.7% Hispanic 16.3% Black 14.0% Asian 4.7% Two or more races 1.0% other
Cook PVI	D+29[2]

Maryland's 8th congressional district is concentrated almost entirely in Montgomery County, with a small portion in Prince George's County.^[3] Adjacent to Washington, D.C., the 8th district takes in many of the city’s wealthiest inner-ring suburbs, including Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Potomac. It also includes several more economically and racially diverse communities, the most populous of which are Rockville and Silver Spring.

With a median household income of $120,948, it is the ninth-wealthiest congressional district in the nation. The 8th district also has the eighth-highest share of residents with at least a bachelor's degree, at 63.9%. Those above-average numbers are largely due to the substantial presence of the federal government in nearby Washington, where thousands of the 8th district’s residents commute to work on a daily basis. Several federal agencies are likewise located within the 8th district, including the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Two Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in the district: Lockheed Martin and Marriott International.^[4] Almost 40% of the district's residents are immigrants, with the largest numbers coming from El Salvador, Ethiopia, India, China, Korea, Guatemala, and Peru. The district includes the Little Ethiopia area of Silver Spring and Takoma Park, and has the largest Ethiopian American population of any congressional district.^[5]

Politically, the district is heavily liberal. It has consistently sent Democratic representatives to Congress by wide margins since 2002. In 2020, Joe Biden won nearly 80% of its vote. Democrat Jamie Raskin has represented the seat since 2017.