incumbent U.S. Senator Ben Cardin win Frederick County with 51.7% of the vote. After Biden's win in 2020, the trend towards Democrats continued in 2022, as Democrats increased their majority on the County Council by one seat and gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore won the county with over 53% of the vote compared to 43% for Republican and Emmitsburg resident Dan Cox, the first time Frederick County voted for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate since William Donald Schaefer's landslide victory in 1986. In the Senate election also held in 2022, incumbent Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen won the county 55.3% to 44.6% over Republican Chris Chaffee. Public safety The Frederick County Sheriff's Office provides court protection, jail management and morgue operation for the entire county. It provides police patrol and detective services within the unincorporated areas of Frederick County. The entire county entails a population of 222,938 within . Frederick City, Brunswick, Mount Airy, Emmitsburg and Thurmont have municipal police departments. Middletown contracts with the Sheriff's Office for its policing. Crime The following table includes the number of incidents reported for each type of offense from 2012 to 2019. Economy The U.S. Census Bureau reported the following data for Frederick County, June 6, 2011. According to the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, the following are the principal employers in Frederick County. This list excludes U.S. post offices and state and local governments, but includes public institutions of higher education. Frederick County leads Maryland in milk production; the county's dairy herds account for one-third of the state's total. However, the dairy market is unstable, and the county, like the state more broadly, has lost dairy farms. Communities Cities Brunswick Frederick (county seat) Towns Burkittsville Emmitsburg Middletown Mount Airy (partly in Carroll County) Myersville New Market Thurmont Walkersville Woodsboro Village Rosemont Census-designated places The Census Bureau recognizes the following census-designated places in the county: Adamstown Ballenger Creek Bartonsville Braddock Heights Buckeystown Green Valley Jefferson Libertytown Linganore Monrovia Point of Rocks Sabillasville Spring Ridge Urbana Unincorporated communities Charlesville Clover Hill Creagerstown Discovery Garfield Graceham Ijamsville Knoxville Ladiesburg Lewistown Lake Linganore Linganore Mountaindale Mount Pleasant New Midway Petersville Rocky Ridge Spring Garden Sunny Side Tuscarora Unionville Utica Wolfsville Notable people Notable people from Frederick County include: Shadrach Bond, first governor of Illinois Barbara Fritchie, Unionist subject of 1863 Civil War poem by John Greenleaf Whittier Thomas Johnson, delegate to First Continental Congress and U.S.