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Charles County

Charles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 166,617. The county seat is La Plata. The county was named for Charles Calvert (1637–1715), third Baron Baltimore. The county is part of the Southern Maryland region of the state. With a median household income of $103,678, Charles County is the 39th-wealthiest county in the United States as of 2020, and the highest-income county in the United States with a Black-majority population.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 166364
FIPS state: 24
FIPS county: 017
FIPS place: 99017
Census record name: COUNTY OF CHARLES
Mailing address: PO BOX 2150, LA PLATA 20646