4 /Maryland at a Glance

The largest concentration in Maryland is found in
Dorchester County, where manufacturing employs
38.5% of the workforce and constitutes 41.9% of
the payroll. Concentrated in Anne Arundel County,
manufacture of search and navigation equipment
accounted for 30% of high tech manufacturing.

In 1992, Maryland became a part of a federally desig-
nated Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area
(CMSA). Using commuting patterns, development,
and other criteria, the U.S. Office of Management and
Budget merged the Baltimore and Washington areas,
a region with 6.7 million people, into a single eco-
nomic market creating the fourth largest economic
market in the nation, after New York, Los Angeles,
and Chicago. The Area stretches from the Eastern
Shore to the Shenandoah Valley and from the Penn-
sylvania line to the suburbs of Richmond.

Scientific and technological research leading to
product development plays an increasing role in the
State's economy. Federal agencies located in Mary-
land such as the National Institutes of Health,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
Goddard Space Flight Center, and Department of
Defense operations have been a catalyst for the
State's technology base. Advanced technology en-
terprise is especially strong in telecommunications,
computer sciences, and biotechnology. New re-
search parks facilitate joint research among univer-
sities, State and federal government institutions,
and private industry. These parks include: The
Johns Hopkins Bayview Research Campus in Balti-
more (life sciences research); Shady Grove Life
Sciences Center in Montgomery County (biomedi-
cal and life sciences research); and University of
Maryland Science and Technology Center in Prince
George's County, future site of the federal Defense
Department's Supercomputer Research Center
(hub of U.S. efforts to build a fifth-generation
computer). Also significant are the Applied Physics
Laboratory in Columbia and the Space Telescope
Science Institute in Baltimore, both affiliated with
The Johns Hopkins University.

Maryland ........................ + 24.0%
U.S. ............................ +21.2%

Maryland ....... $432 ...... $522 (+ 20.8% )
U.S. ........... $421 ...... $498 (+ 15.9% )

Per Capita Personal Income

Maryland .... $19,607 . . . $22,974 (+ 17.1% )
U.S.' ........ $16,618 . . . $19,841 (+ 19.0% )

Maryland Manual 1994-1995

Maryland ranks fifth among the states in per capita
income for 1992.

AUegany. ......... $14,786 Harford. ......... $20,941
Annc Anmdel .... $22,797 Howard ......... $27,546
Baltimore City ..... $17,263 Kent. ........... $19,261
Baltimore County . . $23,470 Montgomery. ..... $30,081
Calvert. .......... $21,893 Prince George's .... $19,568

Caroline......... $14,121 Queen Anne's ..... $21,344
Carrol].......... $22,002 St. Marv's ........ $16,702
Cecil ........... $18,744 Somerset......... $11,889
Charles .......... $19,317 Talbot ........... $25,217
Dorchester. ...... $17,032 Washington....... $16,238
Frederick ......... $19,954 Wicomico ........ $16,581
Garrctt. ......... $13,172 Worcester ........ $18,955

MANUFACTURES, 1991

Total value added in 1991 by manufactures was
$15,241.8 million (up 8.7% from 1987).

Most Important Manufactures:
Food & kindred products ...... $2,431,000,000
Instruments & related products . $2,163,500,000
Chemicals & allied products .... $1,879,300,000
Printing & Publishing ......... $1,865,100,000
Transportation equipment. ..... $1,584,300,000

MARYLANDERS IN LABOR FORCE, 1992

Total Civilian Labor Force. ......... 2,623,000
Employed (93.4% ) ............ 2,450,000
Unemployed (6.6% )............. 173,000
(Figures above include Maryland residents who
work out of state.)

EMPLOYMENT IN MARYLAND, 1992

Total Employed. ................. 2,041,720
In Agriculture (0.8% )............... 16,960
In Manufacturing (9.0% )............ 183,113
durable goods. ................... 91,238
nondurable goods ................ 91,875

In Government (19.3% )............. 394,232
local .......................... 174,299
state ........................... 85,644
federal. ........................ 134,289

In Private Sector Nonmanufacturing
Industry (70.9% ) ................ 1,447,415
services ........................ 594,294
mining .......................... 1,193
trade.......................... 504,211
retail...... 400,738
wholesale.. 103,473
finance, insurance, real estate ....... 128,442
construction.................... 119,858
transportation, communications,
public utilities ................. 95,336
other. ........................... 4.091