stock products, catties, $29,265,000; hogs,
$19,189,000; eggs, $18,746,000; workers
on farms, 31,000.
Mineral Production, 1974 — Stone, 15,-
853,000 short tons, value $45,183,000;
sand and gravel, 11,946,000 short tons,
value, $26,595,000; bituminous coal, 2,-
174,000 tons, value, $26,100,000; clays,
867,000 short tons, value, $2,023,000; nat-
ural gas, 80 million cubic feet, value $26,-
000; peat, 3,000 tons; value of mineral pro-
duction which cannot be itemized sepa-
rately, $44,019,000; total value of all min-
eral production, $145,386,000.
Seafood Production, 1975—Fish, 14,915,-
770 pounds with dockside value of $2,127,-
551; crabs, 25,901,758 pounds with dock-
side value of $5,145,514; oysters, 2,359,749
bushels with a dockside value of $12,947,-
149; clams, including soft-shell, hard-shell
and surf, 6,465,711 pounds with a dockside
value of $2,070,981. Maryland leads the
nation in oyster production and ranks sec-
ond in blue crabs.
Port of Baltimore, 1975—One of the lead-
ing ports in the United States handling in ex-
cess of 55,000,000 tons of cargo in 1975,
60 per cent of which was foreign commerce
and 40 per cent coastal trade. Baltimore is
the second ranked container cargo port on
the East Coast of the United States with
more than 3,000,000 tons moved during
1975. Baltimore also is the largest port of
entry for the importation of automobiles in
the world with 135,000 units arriving dur-
ing the year. Other chief imports are ore,
chemicals, petroleum products, gypsum
rock, lumber, rolled and finished steel prod-
ucts, fertilizers and materials, unrefined
copper, inedible molasses, sugar and gen-
eral cargo. Chief exports are grains, ma-
chinery, coal and coke, iron and steel scrap,
iron and steel semi finished products, earth |
moving equipment, fertilizers and general
cargo.
Incorporated Cities Over 10,000, 1970—
Baltimore, 905,759; Rockville, 41,564;
Hagerstown, 35,862; Bowie, 35,028; Cum-
berland, 29,724; Annapolis, 29,592; College
Park, 26,156; Frederick, 23,641; Takoma
Park, 18,433; Greenbelt, 18,199; Salisbury,
15,252; Hyattsville, 14,998; New Carroll-
ton, 13,395; Aberdeen, 12,375; Cambridge,
11,595; Laurel, 10,525.
Unincorporated Areas Over 20,000, 1970—
Dundalk, 85,377; Towson, 77,779; Silver
Spring, 77,496; Bethesda, 71,621; Wheaton,
66,247; Catonsville, 54,812; Glen Burnie,
38,608; Essex, 38,193; Chillum, 35,656;
Randallstown, 33,683; Parkville, 33,589;
Suitland-Silver Hill, 30,355; Woodlawn-
Woodmoor, 28,821; Pikesville, 25,395:
Lutherville-Timonium, 24,055; Hillcrest
Heights, 24,037; Camp Springs, 22,776;
Arbutus, 22,745.
Principal Holidays—
New Year's Day, January 1
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday,
January 15
Lincoln's Birthday, February 12
Washington's Birthday,
Third Monday in February
Maryland Day, March 25
Good Friday
Memorial Day, May 30
Independence Day, July 4
Labor Day, First Monday in September
Defenders' Day, September 12
Columbus Day, October 12
Election Day
Veterans' Day, November 11
Thanksgiving Day,
Fourth Thursday in November
Christmas Day, December 25 |
