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4. C HARTER (1915) B ALTIMORE C ITY (1918) ( 621,492) M ONTGOMERY (1948) (1,004,709) B ALTIMORE (1956) ( 817,455) A NNE A RUNDEL (1964) ( 550,488) P RINCE G EORGE ’ S (1970) ( 881,138) W ICOMICO (1964) ( 100,647) H OWARD (1968) ( 299,430) H ARFORD (1972) ( 248,622) T ALBOT * (1973) ( 38,098) D ORCHESTER * (2002) ( 32,551) C ECIL (2012) ( 101,696) F REDERICK (2014) ( 239,582) *N O C OUNTY E XECUTIVE 4

5. C ODE H OME R ULE (1966) K ENT (1970) ( 20,191) A LLEGANY (1974) ( 74,012) W ORCESTER (1976) ( 51,578) C AROLINE (1984) ( 32,718) Q UEEN A NNE ’ S (1990) ( 48,595) C HARLES (2002) (150,592) 5

6. “C OMMISSIONER ” C ALVERT ( 89,628) C ARROLL (167,217) G ARRETT ( 29,854) S T. M ARY ’ S (1838) (108,987) S OMERSET ( 26,253) W ASHINGTON (149,980) 6

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