Charles County, Maryland Demographics

Charles County is 18th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per household

Charles County is 1st in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Race - Two or More

Charles County is 2nd in Maryland out of 24 other counties in People per household

Charles County is 2nd in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Charles County is 3rd in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Charles County is 3rd in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Charles County is 4th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Income per household

Charles County is 5th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Home ownership rate

Charles County is 6th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Charles County is 6th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Charles County is 7th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Charles County	Rank	Maryland	US
Current population (2012)	150,592	10th	5,884,563	313,914,040
Size in square miles	457.8	9th	9,707.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	320.2	12th	594.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Charles County	Rank	Maryland	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	11th	6.2%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.2%	2nd	22.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.3%	23rd	13.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Charles County	Rank	Maryland	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.6%	6th	88.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.3%	15th	36.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Charles County	Rank	Maryland	US
Race - White	50.0%	22nd	60.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	42.4%	3rd	30.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	3rd	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.2%	7th	6.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	11th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.5%	1st	2.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	9th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	46.9%	22nd	53.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Charles County	Rank	Maryland	US
Female residents	51.8%	9th	51.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.4%	9th	13.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Charles County	Rank	Maryland	US
Housing units	55,810	12th	2,391,350	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.9%	21st	25.4%	25.9%
Households	50,305	11th	2,128,377	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.1%	5th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$341,200	8th	$319,800	$186,200
People per household	2.9	2nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	671	10th	15,217	829,658

Income Demographics
	Charles County	Rank	Maryland	US
Income per capita	$36,519	7th	$35,751	$27,915
Income per household	$92,135	4th	$72,419	$52,762
Income below poverty line	5.6%	20th	9.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Charles County	Rank	Maryland	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,627	11th	133,248	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	31,333	12th	2,104,022	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	11,011	11th	528,112	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,369,800	10th	$75,664,186	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,846	6th	$13,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$231,630	10th	$10,758,428	$613,795,732