Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, and a suburb of Washington, D.C. At the 2020 census, the population was 24,921.
Greenbelt is the first and the largest of the three experimental and controversial New Deal Greenbelt Towns, the others being Greenhills, Ohio, and Greendale, Wisconsin. Greenbelt was planned and built by the federal government as an all-white town. The cooperative community was conceived in 1935 by Undersecretary of Agriculture Rexford Guy Tugwell, whose perceived collectivist ideology attracted opposition to the Greenbelt Towns project throughout its short duration. The project came into legal existence on April 8, 1935, when Congress passed the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935....
| Ethnicity | Greenbelt | USA |
|---|---|---|
| White | 22.8% | 60.1% |
| African American | 44.8% | 12.2% |
| American Indian | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| Asian | 10.4% | 5.6% |
| Hawaiian | 0% | 0.2% |
| Multiracial | 3.6% | 2.8% |
| Hispanic | 17.2% | 18.2% |
| Other | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | Greenbelt | USA |
|---|---|---|
| Less than $10,000 | 7.6% | 5.8% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 5.8% | 4.1% |
| $15,000 to $24,999 | 4.7% | 8.5% |
| $25,000 to $34,999 | 5.4% | 8.6% |
| $35,000 to $49,999 | 10% | 12.0% |
| $50,000 to $74,999 | 19.2% | 17.2% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 14.9% | 12.8% |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | 18.4% | 15.6% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 8.3% | 7.1% |
| Education | Greenbelt | USA |
|---|---|---|
| < 9th Grade | 7% | 5.0% |
| 9-12th Grade | 3% | 7.0% |
| High School or GED | 18% | 27.0% |
| Other College | 20% | 20.0% |
| Associate's Degree | 7% | 9% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 24% | 20.0% |
| Master's Degree | 16% | 9.0% |
| Professional Degree | 2% | 2.0% |
| Doctorate Degree | 3% | 1.0% |