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== Economy == According to the [[American Community Survey|2014 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates]], Accokeek has a [[Household income in the United States|median household income]] of $126,000, which is 2.35-times the United States' average of 53,482 and 1.69-times the State of Maryland's average of $74,149. The top industry is public administration (26.9%), followed by professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services (20.2%). Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining (0.2%) is the smallest industry. The [[unemployment rate]] of Accokeek was estimated to be 6.7%.<ref name="wwwcensusgov" /> Italian arms company [[Beretta]] opened a factory in Accokeek in 1978. It won a federal contract to produce [[Beretta M9|M9]] pistols for the military in 1985.<ref>{{Cite news | last1=Meyer | first1=Eugene | last2= Sugawara | first2=Sandra | date=November 1, 1989 | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19891101&id=ft4cAAAAIBAJ&pg=6836,151933&hl=en | title=Army's Big Guns Engaged in Battle with Beretta USA | newspaper=[[The Pittsburgh Press]] | location=[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] | page=C9 | access-date= April 1, 2016}}</ref> As of 2007, the company employed approximately 220 people, making it the largest employer in Accokeek.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gutierrez |first=Liza |date=June 14, 2007 |url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/061407/busiplo154533_32355.shtml |title=Beretta Gunning for Growth in Accokeek |newspaper=[[The Gazette (Maryland)|The Gazette]] |location=[[Gaithersburg, Maryland]] |publisher=Post Community Media LLC |access-date=May 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604224023/http://www.gazette.net/stories/061407/busiplo154533_32355.shtml |archive-date=June 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2013, as a response to Maryland's Firearm Safety Act, Beretta closed the factory and moved operations to [[Gallatin, Tennessee]], in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | last=Smith | first=Aaron | date=December 17, 2015 | url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/12/17/news/companies/beretta-guns-factory-tennessee-maryland/ | title=Why Beretta is Moving its Gun Factory to Tennessee | publisher=[[CNNMoney]] | location=[[Atlanta, Georgia]] | access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last=Cross | first=Josh | date=April 15, 2016 | url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/sumner/gallatin/2016/04/15/beretta-opens-gun-plant-gallatin/82741710/ | title=Beretta Opens Gun plant in Gallatin | newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] | location=[[Nashville, Tennessee]] | publisher=[[Gannett Company]] | access-date=May 10, 2016}}</ref>
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