The Capital region of Maryland had the largest percent
change in residential building construction in 2008,
declining by 11.9 percent.
··Cecil County had the largest decline of all counties
in Maryland at -25.7 percent.
··The Southern Maryland region had the smallest drop
of all regions at -6.0 percent.
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FIGURE
Percent change in residential building construction
in Maryland, by economic development region
2007–2008
Allegany
-12.4
Garrett
Washington
-21.0
Carroll
Harford
Baltimore
Frederick
Baltimore
City
Howard
Maryland -10.4 percent
Cecil
-25.7
Montgomery
Anne
Arundel
Kent
Queen
Anne’s
Counties with the largest decline within regions
Caroline
Talbot
Prince
George’s
Percent change
in economic
development region
Capital -11.9 percent
Central -9.3 percent
Calvert
Charles
Dorchester
St. Mary’s
-9.8
Wicomico
-16.1
Somerset
Worcester
Eastern -10.2 percent
Southern -6.0 percent
Western -11.3 percent
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Employment and Wages Annual Averages, 2008 • 49
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