4/Maryland Manual

Qmore (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

By 1989, manufacturing ranked 4th after services,
trade, and government, with 10% of total employ-
ment The largest concentration in Maryland is
found in Dorchester County, where manufacturing
employs 39 9% of the workforce and constitutes
42% of the payroll Within manufacturing, high
tech manufacturing makes up nearly one third of
the industry and grew by 11% from 1980 to 1987
while total manufacturing declined Manufacture of
communications equipment accounted for 40% of
high tech manufacturing and is concentrated in
Anne Arundel County

Economic Growth Sate, 1980-88
Maryland +22 8%
US +168%

Aswage Weekly Way 1980 1988
Maryland $267 $432 (+61 8%)
US $276 $421 (+52 5%)

Per Capita Personal Income

1988 1989
Maryland $19,639 $21,013 (+7 00%)
US $16,513 $17,596 (+6 56%)

Per Capita Personal Income by County, 1988

Allegany $12,904 Harfbrd $19,094
Anne Arundel $20,323 Howard $26,526
Baltimore City $15,307 Kent $17,367
Baltimore County $20,418 Montgomery $27,831
Calvert $18,892 Pnnce George's $17,813
Caroline $13,425 Queen Anne's $18,874
Carroll $19,252 St Mary's $15,194
Cecil $15,756 Somerset $12,343
Charles $17,236 Talbot $23,202
Dorchester $14,962 Washington $14,693
Frederick $17,861 Wicomico $14,742
Garrett $11,731 Worcester $15,419

MANUFACTURES, 1987
Total value added in 1987 by manufactures was
$14,020 0 million (up 17 7% from 1985)

Most Important Manufactures:
Food & kindred products $1,977 0 million
Instruments & related products $1,857 2 million

Printing & Publishing $1,558 8 million
Chemicals & allied products $1,544 3 million

LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYERS, 1989

1) Giant Foods
2) Westinghouse Electric Corp
3) Mamott Corp
4) Johns Hopkins University & Hospital
5) C & P Telephone Co
6) IBM Corp
7) Baltimore Gas & Electric Co
8) Bethlehem Steel Co
9) Ames Department Stores
10) May Department Stores

PORT OF BALTIMORE, 1989

The Port of Baltimore has a vital role in Maryland's
economic development, generating almost $1 9 bil
lion in economic benefits and thousands of jobs Closer
to the Midwest than any other East Coast port, and
within an overnight drive of one third of the nation's
population, the Port serves over 60 ocean earners
making nearly 2,500 annual port visits Foreign water
borne commerce increased in 1989 to 30,983,363
short tons worth a record $184 billion The Port's
container capacity recently has been increased 50% by
the opening of the new Seagirt Marine Terminal, a
265 acre automated cargo handling center

Chief Exports coal, corn, soybeans, lignite and coal
coke, and petroleum, fuel oils, and asphalt The Port
leads the nation in overseas exports of automobiles
and trucks The World Trade Center in Baltimore,
headquarters for the Port, serves as the center of
international commerce for the region

Chief Imports Baltimore is a major port of entry for
imported automobiles and small trucks with
478,770 short tons moving through the Port in
1989 Other chief imports are iron ore, petroleum
and petroleum products, gypsum, sugar, cement,
bauxite, salt, crude mineral substances, fertilizer
and fertilizer materials, coal, and ferroalloys

LABOR FORCE & EMPLOYMENT, 1989

Total Civilian Labor Force 2,523,000
employed (96 3%) 2,430,000
unemployed (3 7%) 93,000

Employed in Agriculture (1 2%) 26,000

Employed in Manufacturing (9 6%) 209,000
durable goods 110,900
nondurable goods 98,200

Employed in Government (18 9%) 410,700
local 181,200
state 94,700
federal 134,800

Employed in Private Sector Nonmanufactunng
Industry (70 3%) 1,528,000
services 591,400