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Prince George's County is a county located in the U. S. state of Maryland, immediately north, east, and south of Washington, D. C.

According to the 2011 census, it's estimated the county has a population of 871, 233, and it is the wealthiest African American-majority county in the United States.

Prince George's County was named after Prince George of Denmark ( 1653 – 1708 ), husband of Queen Anne of Great Britain and brother of King Christian V of Denmark and Norway.

It is frequently referred to as ' P. G.

' or ' P. G.

County ,' an abbreviation which is viewed as pejorative by some residents.

Prince George's County is a part of the Baltimore-Washington, D. C. Metropolitan Area, with its county seat being Upper Marlboro.