FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 423 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 9.3 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 10 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF MARYLAND
POPULATION: 4,694,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 5,274,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 9.60%
POPULATION DENSITY: 469.9 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.7
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 92.9%
MARRIAGE RATE: 9.5 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 3.6 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 16 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 11.7% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 31.5% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 24.8%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 10.8%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 73.3 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 69.7 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 76.8 years
DEATH RATE: 8.4 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 26.1%
JEWISH POPULATION: 4.7%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 9.8%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 7.5%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 12.5%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 163,000
.EDUCATION IN MARYLAND
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $803 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $5,391 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 18 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $32,800 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $34,800 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 239,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 31,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 134,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 128,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,563 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $1,569 per student
.HEALTH IN MARYLAND
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $248 average
PHYSICIANS: 325 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 68 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 7.7 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 12.7 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.5 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 11.7 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 18.1 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.1 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 480 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 1,898 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 472 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 13.5 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 1,126
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 33.9 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 202 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 295 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 9.5 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 8.8 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 23.8 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 12.2 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF MARYLAND
OFFICIAL NAME: State of Maryland
ADMITTED TO UNION: April 28, 1788
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 7th
CAPITAL: Annapolis
MOTTO: Fatti Maschii Parole Femine (Manly Deeds, Womanly Words), Italian motto of the Calvert family.
SONG: Maryland! My Maryland!
SYMBOLS: Animal--Chesapeake Bay retriever; Bird--Baltimore oriole; Flower--Black-eyed Susan (yellow daisy); Insect--Baltimore checkerspot butterfly; Tree--White oak
FLAG: Four alternating quarters bearing the Crossland and Calvert family arms.
GOVERNOR: William Donald Schaefer (D) 1990
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 49.1% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 10
SENATORS: Barbara A. Mikulski (D) 1992, Paul S. Sarbanes (D) 1994
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 8
AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: 16
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18
AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21
AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 16
STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $1.3 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,705 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $2,000 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $5,113 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $7,037 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 129,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 12.8% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 4.9% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 5.3% of population
.CRIME IN MARYLAND
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 5,705 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 807 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 9.7 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 37 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 301 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 459 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,898 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 1,179 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 3,047 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 672 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 13,572 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 291 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 29.3 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 338 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF MARYLAND
INCOME PER CAPITA: $19,487
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $16,397
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $76,504 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $931 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $114 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $4,012 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $9,106 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $6,590 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $5,469 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $8,769 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $12,827 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $15,335 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $13,351 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $1,805 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $4,271 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 670 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 41 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 15,601 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 66.7% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 61.8% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 4.5% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 30% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 33,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $1,199 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 1.3%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $14,073 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: -4.1%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 11.7% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $19,961
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 43.6%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $0 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $0 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 0 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 0 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 40.4 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 10.4 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 2
.AGRICULTURE OF MARYLAND
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Broilers, dairy products, greenhouse, soybeans (69% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Soybeans, corn, hay, wheat
LAND IN FARMS: 2,000,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 1,603,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 16,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 147 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -6.3%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $2,216 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $415 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 45.8%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 4,000 bushels (thousands)
BARLEY YIELD: 50 bushels per acre
CORN PRODUCTION: 44,000 bushels (thousands)
CORN YIELD: 110 bushels per acre
COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands)
COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
HAY PRODUCTION: 629 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 2.62 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 1,320 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 55 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 315 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 175 CWT per acre
RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 16,500 bushels (thousands)
SOYBEAN YIELD: 30 bushels per acre
SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 0 tons (thousands)
SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons
TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 10,625 pounds (thousands)
TOBACCO YIELD: 1,250 pounds per acre
WHEAT PRODUCTION: 8,600 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 40 bushels per acre
BROILERS PRODUCED: 252.4 millions
TURKEYS RAISED: NA
CATTLE AND CALVES: 315 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 180 on farms (1,000 head)
SHEEP AND LAMBS: 32 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN MARYLAND
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 394 miles; 634 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 1,304 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 651.2 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 18 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 599 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 11 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 63.7%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 48
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 40
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 13
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 8
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 4
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 14
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.15 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN MARYLAND
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Maryland State Board of Tourism, 217 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, 21201, (301) 333-6611, (800) 543-1036
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Annapolis--State Capitol, U.S. Naval Academy Museum; Baltimore--National Aquarium, Ft. McHenry, B & O Railroad Museum, Pimlico horse racing, Babe Ruth birthplace and Hall of Fame Museum, Museum of Industry, Baltimore City Life Museums, zoo, Harborplace, Lexington Market, Mont Clare Mansion, Mt. Vernon Place Park Squares, World Trade Center; Jacksonville--(nearby) Ladew Topiary Gardens; Havre de Grace tour (Concord Point Lighthouse, Susquehanna Museum, Tydings Park, Decoy Museum; Frederick--historic home tour (Barbara Fritchie's, Rose Hill Manor, Schifferstadt); Chesapeake City--restored buildings, canals, C & D Canal Museum; Great Falls--Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Ocean City resort area, Chesapeake Bay cruises, winery tours, Nasa/Goddard Space Flight Center, Antietam National Battlefield, Assateague National Seashore, Assateague Ponies, Wye Mills.
