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Charles County, MD

171,973 Population
457.8 square miles 375.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,225 ±$3,689 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Maryland: $50,728 ±$489
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$105,087 ±$7,285 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Maryland: $98,678 ±$1,292
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.8% ±1.9% (13,243  ±3,224) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,160 (±0.3% / ±20,592)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

39.3 minutes ±1.8 (3,050,885  ±185,447) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.5 82,879,024 (±0.3 / ±1,095,870)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

62,532 ±1,013 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,384,715 ±7,944
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0 (170,664  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.5 6,055,057
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.8% ±2% (1,562  ±832) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,658 (±0.3% / ±4,934)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

64,660 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,572,382 ±567
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$410,000 ±$16,425 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $413,600 ±$3,126
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.3% ±2.3% (14,043  ±3,931.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 11% 673,817 (±0.4% / ±26,954.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.6% ±5% (110,408  ±5,900.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,917,459 (±0.8% / ±33,511.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
31.8% ±3% (37,494  ±3,506.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 43.8% 1,880,000 (±0.5% / ±22,089)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10% (17,162  ±3,603) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 17% 1,051,891
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

11.7% ±1.6% (15,027  ±2,113) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 6.7% 318,150 (±0.2% / ±8,991)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
15,027 Total veterans ±2,113 11,705 Male ±1,790 3,322 Female ±1,124

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