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Influx of Jobs Could Bring New Faces to State's Whitest Census Tract

By Capital News Service and Maryland Newsline staffs
Thursday, May 3, 2001

 

GRANTSVILLE - While the rest of the nation grows more diverse, Census Tract 2 in Garrett County remains little changed, with the area around Grantsville posting the highest percentage of white residents in Maryland in the 2000 census. Tract 2 is bounded by the Mason-Dixon Line on the north; Chestnut Ridge Road and New Germany Road on the east; Bittinger Road, Rock Lodge Road and Accident-Bittinger Road on the south; Bear Creek, Garrett Highway and the National Pike on the west.




Data  Grantsville (Tract 2) Maryland
Population 3,877 5,296,486
Demographic Composition

(%)

White 99.2 64
Black 0.15 28
Asian 0.3 4
American Indian/Native Alaskan 0.03 0.3
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.0 Z
Other Race 0.08 1.8
Two or More Races 0.3 2.0
Hispanic 0.3 4.3
Under Age 18 26.2 25.6
Source: 2000 Census, U.S. Census Bureau



 

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