Prince George's County, Maryland: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy

Prince George's County is home to Bowie, College Park, Laurel and Greenbelt, plus the unincorporated communities of Calverton, Konterra and Beltsville.

And 3 smaller places.

Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Calverton, Konterra, Beltsville, Accokeek, Adelphi, Andrews AFB, Aquasco, Baden, Brandywine, Brock Hall, Brown Station, Camp Springs, Cedar Heights, Cedarville, Chillum, Clinton, Coral Hills, Croom, East Riverdale, Fairwood, Forestville, Fort Washington, Friendly, Glassmanor, Glenn Dale, Hillandale, Hillcrest Heights, Kettering, Lake Arbor, Landover, Langley Park, Lanham, Largo, Marlboro Meadows, Marlboro Village, Marlow Heights, Marlton, Maryland Park, Melwood, Mitchellville and 18 more.

Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities.

Its power plants have 3,100 MW of capacity, 93% of it natural gas, the largest fleet in Maryland. 12 MW of new generation is planned here across 6 units, led by Pivot Energy (solar), the largest pipeline among Maryland's counties. 12 MW of it is already under construction or built. Construction employs 29,336, up 3.5% since 2019, and construction is 1.7 times as concentrated here as in the U.S. economy. 48 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. Unemployment was 4.4% in August 2026, against 3.5% in 2019. Employers here counted 328,137 jobs in 2025, up 1.9% from 2019 (the 10th fastest growth of 24 Maryland counties). Electrical contractors employ 4,615, down 3.1% since 2019 against up 0.7% statewide, at an average $111,156 a year. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co is the largest utility serving Prince George's County, one of 3 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 17.91¢/kWh in 2024, above the 14.84¢ median for Maryland utilities. 970,374 people live here, up 0.5% since 2020, 2nd of 24 Maryland counties by population.

Utilities with service territory in Prince George's County

Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers.

Operating power plants 33

Planned generation 6

Retired since 2019

Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out.

5 data centers in Prince George's County are on the SAVRN Data Center Map.

Local measures 3

Delay Watchlist 2

Of the 8 counties that border Prince George's County, Fairfax County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined.