| Maryland is a densely populated state of about | | | | metropolitan area. Computer industries mainly for |
| 12,000 square miles and a population of over 5.6 | | | | the purposes of the Federal Government are |
| million. Maryland's economic activity includes the | | | | another source of employment. The Washington |
| Port of Baltimore and its related rail and trucking | | | | Metro subway and bus system connect |
| access. Other jobs come through the fact that | | | | Washington DC and Virginia to Montgomery |
| much of Maryland surrounds the nation?s capitol, | | | | County and Prince George's County. Baltimore also |
| Washington DC. This includes many government | | | | has a developed subway and bus system. The |
| agencies in Maryland and administration of | | | | Baltimore Convention Center was opened in 1979 |
| defense, aerospace and other government | | | | and was renovated and expanded in 1996. |
| activities. Leading biotech activities are carried out | | | | Harborplace was opened on the waterfront in |
| at and around John Hopkins University in | | | | 1980, followed by the National Aquarium in |
| Baltimore, Md. It is the largest single employer in | | | | Baltimore, Maryland's largest tourist destination. |
| the Baltimore area and the university is also the | | | | Maryland?s capital, Annapolis goes back to the |
| center of a biotechnology park. Consider if these | | | | Revolutionary War. Annapolis is also home to the |
| fields are appropriate to your Maryland | | | | United States Naval Academy and St. John's |
| Incorporation. | | | | College, the third oldest college in the nation. The |
| Many Federal government agencies are located in | | | | capital city is an outstanding city to few Colonial, |
| Maryland, including the Census Bureau, the | | | | Victorian and Federal architecture without hi-rises |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food and | | | | or other disturbing distractions, while watching |
| Drug Administration (FDA) and the Internal | | | | Chesapeake Bay and the Severn River. The |
| Revenue Service (IRS). Maryland has a large | | | | entire city center of Annapolis is a national Historic |
| food-production sector. Commercial fishing is a | | | | District. Annapolis has a large number of |
| major industry in Chesapeake Bay and off the | | | | Georgian-style buildings. Water sports and sailing |
| Atlantic. Maryland oysters and crabs are famous | | | | are also widely enjoyed in the warm weather at |
| and other species caught include striped bass. | | | | Annapolis are widely available. |
| There is quite a bit of agriculture and dairy | | | | Ocean City is a popular summer resort on the |
| production in Maryland, and the counties around | | | | Atlantic Ocean, with a popular boardwalk and ten |
| Chesapeake Bay still grow a tobacco cash crop. | | | | miles of white sandy beaches. Wild ponies roam |
| Salisbury Maryland is a home of Perdue Farms | | | | the beaches and dunes of Assateague Island |
| and other chicken farming operations. | | | | National Seashore, a 37-mile long barrier island |
| There is manufacturing, such as steel production | | | | south of Ocean City. Ocean City is known as the |
| but a lot of it has been shut down over the last | | | | Marlin Capital of the World, but the bay and ocean |
| 20 or 30 years. Baltimore City is the eighth | | | | waters offer many other fish as well. Ocean |
| largest port in the nation and has a population of | | | | Downs Racetrack is 10 minutes away and |
| over 600,000, with over 2.5 million in its | | | | features a summer long racing season. |