Charles County

administration
The Charles County Courthouse in La Plata
US state :	Maryland
Administrative headquarters :	La Plata
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Charles County Government P.O. Box 2150 La Plata, MD 20646
Foundation :	1658
Made up from:	disorganized area
Area code :	001 301
Demographics
Residents :	146,551 (2010)
Population density :	122.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1666 km²
Water surface :	472 km²
map

Website : www.charlescounty.org

The Charles County is a county in the state of Maryland of the United States . At the 2010 census , the county had 146,551 people and a population density of 122.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is La Plata .

Charles County is part of the metropolitan area around the US capital Washington .

geography

The county borders Virginia to the west and covers an area of 1,666 square kilometers; of which 472 square kilometers (28.33 percent) are water surfaces. It borders on the following counties:

Fairfax County, Virginia	Prince George's County
Prince William County (Virginia) , Stafford County (Virginia)		Calvert County
	King George County (Virginia)	Saint Mary's County , Westmoreland County, Virginia

history

Charles Calvert

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	20,613	-
1800	19,172	-7%
1810	20,245	5.6%
1820	16,500	-18.5%
1830	17,769	7.7%
1840	16,023	-9.8%
1850	16,162	0.9%
1860	16,517	2.2%
1870	15,738	-4.7%
1880	18,548	17.9%
1890	15.191	-18.1%
1900	17,662	16.3%
1910	16,386	-7.2%
1920	17,705	8th %
1930	16,166	-8.7%
1940	17,612	8.9%
1950	23,415	32.9%
1960	32,572	39.1%
1970	47,678	46.4%
1980	72,751	52.6%
1990	101.154	39%
2000	120,546	19.2%
2010	146,551	21.6%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010 Charles County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Charles County was formed in 1658. It was named after Charles Calvert (1637-1715), 3rd Baron Baltimore , who was governor of Maryland from 1661 to 1676 and 1679 to 1684.

There is a National Historic Site in the county - the Thomas Stone National Historic Site , also known as Habre de Venture. 38 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 13, 2017).

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census , Cecil County's population was 120,546 people in 41,668 households and 32,292 families. The population density was 262 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 68.5 percent white, 26.1 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 1.8 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.3 percent of the population.

Of the 41,668 households, 41.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.0 percent were married couples living together, 14.5 percent were single mothers, and 22.5 percent were non-families. 17.2 percent of all households were single households and 5.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.21.

28.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.6 percent between 18 and 24, 33.2 percent between 25 and 44, 22.7 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 7.8 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 95.5 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92.2 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 62,199 USD , for a family is 67,602 USD. Males had a median income of $ 43,371 versus $ 34,231 for females. The per capita income was $ 24,285. About 3.7 percent of families and 5.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .