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Transportation
The following table shows transportation statistics of Maryland for selected years.
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Years Ended June 1
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30,
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1975
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1976
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1977
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1978
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1979
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Miles of State Highways (1) ...................
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5,223
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5,236
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5,266
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5,253
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5,257
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Motor Vehicle Titles Issues ...................
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714,880
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764,977
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807,737
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818,859
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809,256
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Motor Vehicle Registration Transactions ........
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2,848,290
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2,936,999
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3,067,297
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3,173,064
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3,335,114
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Motor Vehicle Fuel — Gallons Sold .............
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. . . 1,968,748,761
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2,012,589,210
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2,098,534,684
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2,155,148,527
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2,213,729,428
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Port of Baltimore: (2) ........................
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Export Commerce (2,000 lbs.) ................
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13,868,820
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14,944,604
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14,039,561
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14,339,178
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N/A
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Import Commerce (2,000 lbs.) ................
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22,372,273
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19,651,223
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16,368,524
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19,184,697
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N/A
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Total Foreign Commerce (2,000 Ibs.) ........
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36,241,093
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34,595,827
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30,408,085
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33,523,875
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N/A
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General Cargo (2,000 Ibs.) ..................
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4,840,000
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4,472,088
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4,994,133
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5,175,860
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N/A
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Baltimore- Washington International Airport:
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Passenger Traffic ..........................
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2,713,574
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2,898,940
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3,049,005
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3,323,427
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3,667,175
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Commercial Air Carrier Operations ..........
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106,787
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110,337
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123,048
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123,134
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116,252
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Total- Aircraft Operations .................
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222,353
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226,476
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237,791
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228,953
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219,354
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(.1) As of January 1. Includes tollroads.
(2) Calendar year basis.
SOURCE: Maryland Department of Transportation
Higher Education
The following table shows the opening fall enrollment for years 1975-1979, expressed in terms of full time
equivalent students, in institutions of higher learning in Maryland.
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1975
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1976
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1977
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1978
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1979
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University of Maryland ..............
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.... 45,449
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45,422
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46,151
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44,695
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45,538
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State Universities and Colleges ........
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.... 30,757
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30,384
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31,415
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30,675
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31,050
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Community Colleges .................
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.... 44,176
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45,936
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47,742
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47,200
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48,187
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Independent Institutions .............
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21,713
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21,797
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22,111
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20,803
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21,512
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Total .................................
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142,095
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143,539
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147,419
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143,373
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146,287
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SOURCE: Maryland State Board for Higher Education.
Employment
Government, Wholesale and Retail Trade, Services, and Manufacturing (food and kindred products,
primary metal products, electrical machinery, transportation equipment, chemicals and allied products, ma-
chinery, printing and publishing) are the leading areas of employment in the State of Maryland. In contrast to
the nation as a whole, more people in Maryland are employed in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Government,
and Services than in Manufacturing as shown in the following table depicting the percentage Distribution of
Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment in the United States and Maryland in 1978:
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Type of Employment
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Md.(a)
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U.S.(b)
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Manufacturing ...................
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15%
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24%
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Wholesale and Retail Trade ........
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24%
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22%
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Government .....................
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24%
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18%
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Services ........................
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20%
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18%
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Transportation, Public Utilities .....
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5%
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6%
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Finance, Insurance, Real Estate ....
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5%
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6%
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Contract Construction .............
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7%
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5%
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Mining .........................
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. . . —
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1%
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SOURCES:
(a) Maryland Department of Human Resources.
(b) U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, Economic Indicators, August, 1979.
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