The No. 1 concern of Anne Arundel County residents this spring is the economy, according to an AACC survey of 741 locals.

According to the survey, conducted biannually by AACC’s Center for the Study of Local Issues, 26% of the respondents consider the economy to be the most important problem facing them, rising from 23% last fall.

Respondents named rising housing costs as their second-biggest concern, at 24%, and crime as the third, at 22%—decreasing from 36% last fall.

“Issues related to the economy, housing and crime, as well as growth and development, [are] key problems facing the county,” political science professor Dan Nataf, the center’s director, said in a press release.

Respondents also weighed in on the absence of plastic bags in grocery stores, with 36% indicating they support the ban completely and 22% saying they support it partially.

Other survey questions discussed the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse, the war in Gaza and local elections.