These two maps depict the average annual population growth rates over two time periods – 2000 to 2006 and 2006 to 2011. They also illustrate how the Great Recession and its aftermath affected Maryland.
Of the 21 counties that experienced population growth during both time periods, 18 had a smaller growth rate in the 2006 to 2011 period, one grew about the same (Dorchester) and three grew at a greater annual rate in the 2006 to 2011 period.
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