Maryland

Maryland is the nineteenth-most populous state and the wealthiest in the country by median household income. Wedged between the Atlantic, the Chesapeake Bay and Washington, D.C., its economy runs on federal agencies and contractors, biotechnology along the I-270 corridor, the Port of Baltimore and world-class research universities such as Johns Hopkins.

Capital: AnnapolisLargest city: BaltimoreNickname: The Old Line StateStatehood: 1788
6.18 M
Population
19th in the U.S.
$101,652
Median household income
1st in the U.S.
$483 B
GDP
15th in the U.S.
32,131 km²
Area
42nd in the U.S.

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