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2010 US Census Shows — Minorities are Now Majority in Montgomery County

Barely 49 percent of the county's 972,000 residents are non-Hispanic whites, down from almost 60 percent in 2000 and 72 percent a decade before that. The number of Hispanics rose by about two-thirds, to 165,000. At 17 percent of the population, Hispanics are slightly more numerous than the county's non-Hispanic blacks.[1]


Study Reveals Illegal Immigrants Migrating to Montgomery County

"The population of Hispanic illegal immigrants dropped 60 percent in Frederick County, Maryland, and increased in neighboring Montgomery County, said Randy Capps of the Migration Policy Institute[2]

Interest Groups

Help Save Maryland
multi-ethnic, grassroots, citizens' organization dedicated to providing facts regarding illegal aliens who live and/or work in Maryland. Help Save Maryland.com fosters public awareness and education, supports analyses and research, facilitates effective engagement by citizens in the Maryland legislative process, and provides helpful facts for citizens otherwise frustrated by Maryland policies which encourage illegal immigration.


Casa De Maryland
vision is for strong, economically and ethnically diverse communities in which all people – especially women, low-income people, and workers – can participate and benefit fully, regardless of their immigration status. See Casa De Maryland wikipedia page


Think Tanks

Migration Policy Institute

References

  1. Minorities are majority population in Montgomery County, The Washington Post, 9 Feb 2011
  2. Immigration Law Simply Shifts Location of Illegal Populations, Study Shows, WMAL.com
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