Black Population Swells in Prince George's Then Charles
Prince George’s County
Charles County
2010
64.5%
60
60
2000
62.7%
2020
59.8%
1968 Fair
Housing Act
...But in the 90s, many families started moving to Charles County, quadrupling the Black population between 1990 and 2020.
50
50
1990
50.7%
2020
49.2%
40
40
2010
41%
1980
37.3%
30
1960
33.3%
1970
28.3%
Prince George’s County’s Black population boomed in the decades following the Fair Housing Act...
2000
26.1%
20
20
1980
20.3%
1990
18.2%
10
10
1970
13.9%
1960
8.7%
1960
1980
2000
2020
1960
1980
2000
2020
Prince George’s County
Charles County
...But in the 90s, many families started moving to Charles County, quadrupling the Black population between 1990 and 2020.
2010
64.5%
60
60
2000
62.7%
2020
59.8%
1968 Fair
Housing Act
50
50
1990
50.7%
2020
49.2%
40
40
2010
41%
1980
37.3%
30
1960
33.3%
1970
28.3%
Prince George’s County’s Black population boomed in the decades following the Fair Housing Act...
2000
26.1%
20
20
1980
20.3%
1990
18.2%
10
10
1970
13.9%
1960
8.7%
1960
1980
2000
2020
1960
1980
2000
2020
Prince George’s County
60
2010
64.5%
2000
62.7%
1968 Fair
Housing Act
2020
59.8%
50
1990
50.7%
40
1980
37.3%
Prince George’s County’s Black population boomed in the decades following the Fair Housing Act...
30
20
10
1970
13.9%
1960
8.7%
1960
1980
2000
2020
Charles County
...But in the 90s, many families started moving to Charles County, quadrupling the Black population between 1990 and 2020.
60
50
2020
49.2%
40
2010
41%
1960
33.3%
1970
28.3%
2000
26.1%
20
1980
20.3%
1990
18.2%
10
1960
1980
2000
2020