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Maryland

Ranked #12 out of 50 of the Best places to Live with a Gross State Product of $226,513,000,000.00


Maryland Facts VS. USA :

Population, 2006 estimate 5,615,727 299,398,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 6.0% 6.4%
Population, 2000 5,296,486 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 6.6% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 24.2% 24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 11.6% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2006 51.6% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 63.6% 80.1%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 29.5% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.3% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 4.9% 4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 1.5% 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 6.0% 14.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 58.4% 66.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 55.7% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 9.8% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 12.6% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 83.8% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 31.4% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 854,345 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 31.2 25.5
Housing units, 2006 2,300,567 126,316,181
Homeownership rate, 2000 67.7% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 25.8% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $146,000 $119,600
Households, 2000 1,980,859 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.61 2.59
Median household income, 2004 $57,019 $44,334
Per capita money income, 1999 $25,614 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 9.2% 12.7%
Business QuickFacts Maryland USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 138,4811 7,499,702
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 2,167,9991 116,317,003
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 5.3%1 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 400,007 20,392,068
Total number of firms, 2002 443,540 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 15.6% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.8% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 5.9% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.0% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 3.5% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 31.0% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 36,363,340 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 60,679,602 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 60,039,971 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $11,034 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 7,832,268 449,498,718
Building permits, 2006 23,262 1,838,903
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 64,725,9241 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts Maryland USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 9,773.82 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 541.9 79.6
FIPS Code 24