According to an interactive Census map, Prince George's County grew only 7.7% whereas most of the areas around DC grew much more. You can select your state and then mouseover your county to get the county stats. Racially, there was a big change: 34% fewer whites, 126% more Hispanics, and 10% more blacks. This has made the white and Hispanic population both at 15% while the black population is at 64%. Multiracial has also gone up 9% according to these statistics to a 2% share   and other groups (unnamed) have gone up 23%, though their "share" is still 0%.

You can put your zip code in and see what your town statistics show. As far as my town goes, they just use a very small "tract" and not the entire zip code area. I see the census tracts don't match up with the zip code areas, so I guess everyone was counted who filled out their census. One needs to slide the left upper tool to zoom in and out and clicking and dragging can change the area to view different tracts around your area.

My personal take on this is that Prince George's County is still quite multicultural. It would be nice to have more of that multicultural interaction as I believe getting to know people different than ourselves will help to end racism, even if I don't see it in my lifetime. Are we embracing multiculturalism here or is it just happening?

I'd like to hear what you think about this. Please comment here.

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