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Charles County, MD

174,478 Population
457.8 square miles 381.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±0.9 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

$54,289 ±$3,328 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$128,311 ±$5,654 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.3% ±1.5% (10,891  ±2,556) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

42.8 minutes ±2.1 (3,423,175  ±251,518) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maryland: 32.3 87,922,816 (±0.3 / ±1,040,848)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

61,685 ±1,268 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.1 (173,254  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.4% ±1.2% (980  ±476) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

65,636 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$462,100 ±$11,994 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10% ±3.1% (17,262  ±5,276.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.1% ±5% (113,390  ±6,000.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37.4% ±3.3% (44,612  ±3,889.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.1% (12,439  ±2,471) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

12.7% ±1.6% (16,828  ±2,078) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
16,828 Total veterans ±2,078 12,318 Male ±1,689 4,510 Female ±1,090

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