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Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Record Numbers in Ocean City for July Fourth

If you visited Ocean City over the Fourth of July weekend, you probably felt a bit of a crush. Tourism officials in the resort city estimate the crowds were among the largest for the holiday in nearly 20 years.

The population swelled to some 330,688 on Saturday and Sunday, according to Ocean City estimates. That compares with 318,368 in 2010 - an increase of nearly 5 percent.

The numbers were the highest since 2003, when the town recorded 342,952 for the first weekend in July, and ranks in the Top 5 Fourth of July weekends since 1992.

Officials said estimates for July 4, the holiday itself, put the population at 354,106 - the highest single day estimate on record for that date.

So if your square of sand seemed smaller than usual, it probably was.

from Michelle Deal-Zimmerman @ the Baltimore Sun

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love O.C., but after the mob of youngins in Seacrets during the day memorial weekend, we decided to pass. What happened to the 30+ crew and the superhot cougars that used to pack that place during the day (12pm-6or7pm) before the kids showed up later?

Anonymous said...

I got my copy of that book at Mason's Used and New Books. Cool!!!!!

Alex said...

10:01 they got older, fatter, and uglier.