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Migration to and from Charles County, Maryland

Where Charles County residents came from and where they went over the 5-year window 2016-2020. Census ACS County-to-County Migration Flows, 2020 5-yr (frozen vintage).

Total inflow
10,310
people moved in (5-yr)
Total outflow
9,899
people moved out (5-yr)
Net migration
+411
inflow minus outflow

Top 10 counties people moved IN from

OriginState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Prince George's CountyMaryland3,352
Clark CountyNevada452
District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia449
St. Mary's CountyMaryland418
Anne Arundel CountyMaryland408
Calvert CountyMaryland376
Asia286
Fairfax CountyVirginia272
Santa Rosa CountyFlorida238
Baltimore CityMaryland198

Top 10 counties people moved OUT to

DestinationState / RegionPeople (5-yr)
Prince George's CountyMaryland1,825
St. Mary's CountyMaryland947
Anne Arundel CountyMaryland495
Montgomery CountyMaryland271
Frederick CountyMaryland265
Fairfax CountyVirginia234
Harford CountyMaryland203
District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia185
King George CountyVirginia182
Calvert CountyMaryland171

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Methodology

  • Counts represent the number of people aged 1+ who reported a different residence at the survey reference date than they did one year earlier, aggregated across the 5-year sample window 2016-2020.
  • Outbound (OUT) flows are reported less frequently than inbound (IN) because the survey captures the destination side of each move. Many county pairs have null OUT counts, which is normal.
  • "Total inflow" sums the published MOVEDIN counts across all origin counties, including foreign-region inflows (Africa, Asia, Central America, etc.). It is not the same as net population change.
  • Frozen vintage. The Census Bureau has not released a newer county-to-county migration flows file. The 2020 5-yr vintage (covering 2016-2020) is the latest available as of build date.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, County-to-County Migration Flows: 2016-2020. Vintage: 2020 5-yr. Generated: 2026-05-28. FIPS: 24017.