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District 1, La Plata, Charles County, MD

16,063 Population
40.9 square miles 393.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Charles County: 38.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,978 ±$4,830 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Charles County: $51,110 ±$1,272
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$136,447 ±$7,451 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Charles County: $122,816 ±$3,121
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.7% ±2.6% (882  ±413) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Charles County: 6.9% † 11,636 (±0.9% / ±1,571)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

39.3 minutes ±5.8 (268,900  ±28,122) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Charles County: 41.4 3,042,585 (±1 / ±105,627)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,866 ±388 Number of households
  • Charles County: 60,875 ±526
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (15,510  ±790) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Charles County: 2.8 169,104 (±0 / ±58)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±2.3% (130  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Charles County: 5.9% † 2,443 (±1.4% / ±564)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,192 ±399 Number of housing units
  • Charles County: 63,813 ±107
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$450,300 ±$12,138 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Charles County: $428,500 ±$5,357
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12% ±3.8% (1,914  ±615.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Charles County: 11% † 18,528 (±1.1% / ±1,903.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±3.9% (10,870  ±789.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Charles County: 94.5% 109,356 (±2.3% / ±2,611.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.1% ±3.8% (4,102  ±493.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Charles County: 33.5% 38,720 (±1.4% / ±1,636.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.9% ±2.3% (943  ±367) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Charles County: 8.5% 14,513
  • about one-third of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.8% ±2.2% (1,381  ±290) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Charles County: 13% 16,648 (±0.9% / ±1,136)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,381 Total veterans ±290 1,180 Male ±259 201 Female ±87

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