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Statistics at a Glance

Baltimore and Maryland offer an abundance of intellectual capital

Maryland offers access to all the resources a company needs to build its business:

Balt.-MSA Wash.-MSA
Source: City-data.com, 2000 Census
Population: 2,542,865 4,923,275
Median Age: 36.3 35.0
Median Household Income: $49,889 $62,703
Educational Attainment:
High school or higher 65.34% 56.12%
Bachelor's degree or higher 17.33% 23.01%
Graduate or professional degree 11.91% 18.82%

Baltimore rankings

  • #1 for Academic R&D Spending by Region (over $1.6 billion in FY 2003), State of the Region Report 2005
  • Top 10 Up-and-Coming Destinations, Frommers 2005
  • #1 Best Hospitals (Johns Hopkins), U.S. News & World Report 2006
  • #3 Top "Salary Value" Cities, Salary.Com 2005
  • #5 Best Cities for Singles (Washington/Baltimore), Forbes 2005
  • #5 Best Big City Mayors, Time 2005
  • #6 For Entrepreneurial Dynamism (Washington-Baltimore), Entrepreneur Magazine 2005
  • # 11 for Top Arts Destination, American Style Magazine 2005
  • America's Fittest City, Men's Fitness Magazine 2005

Maryland rankings

  • Highest per capita number of bioscience researcher/scientists in the nation (over 45,000)
  • Second highest concentration of doctoral scientists and engineers in the country
  • Fourth in the nation in NIH funding (all awards) - over $1.4 billion in 2004