State

Maryland

Maryland has a quality-of-life score of 62 out of 100 (high), ranking #20 of 51 US states. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), poverty rate (low) and median household income (high). It ranks worst on average commute time (high), time spent in the emergency room (high) and job growth (low).

62High

Quality-of-life score: #20 of 51 states
Population: 6,265,347 (2025)
Land area: 9,711 mi²
Density: 645.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 24

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety39#31/51
Economy90#6/51
Housing24#39/51
Health76#13/51
Healthcare70#16/51
Environment79#11/49
Education66#18/51
Infrastructure76#13/51
Community50#26/51
Leisure & amenities32#35/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Maryland ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low4.7
98/1002025Federal Emergency Management AgencyAggregated from counties
Poverty rate · low9.2%
95/100United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Median household income · high$102,835
94/100United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Suicide rate · low10.0 /100k
90/100United States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Bachelor's degree or higher · high43.5%
90/100United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Public transit commuters · high4.2%
90/100United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high31.0 min
2/100United States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Time spent in the emergency room · high246 min
2/100United States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Job growth · low-1.7%
2/100United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Restaurants and bars · low7.2 /10k
10/100United States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
12/100United States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · low2.1 /1k
12/100United States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 64% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+63 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
4 days (2017) → 2 days (2022)
−57%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drug overdose deathsImproving
43.4 /100k (2021) → 21.4 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−51%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
11.5 /100k (2021) → 6.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−48%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
24.6% (Dec 2021) → 31.7% (Aug 2026)
+7.1 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Firearm deathsImproving
14.8 /100k (2021) → 9.7 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−34%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Maryland improved on 15 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 5 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Commute−2.1 min33.2 min → 31.1 min
Restaurants+11%6.5 /10k → 7.2 /10k
Grocery stores+9.4%1.8 /10k → 1.9 /10k
Firearm deaths−25%13.0 /100k → 9.7 /100k
Arts & recreation+24%4.0 /10k → 5.0 /10k

Declined6

Transit use−4.2 points8.4% → 4.2%
Pharmacies−18%2.1 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Rent / income+0.9 points29.9% → 30.8%
Rent burden+1.8 points49.7% → 51.5%
Traffic deaths+6.5%8.8 /100k → 9.4 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Maryland between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.0 /10k2020	5.0 /10k2025	+24%	Improved	85%
Average commute time	33.2 min2015-2019	31.1 min2020-2024	−2.1 min	Improved	99%
Average weekly wage	$1,3252020	$1,5682025	+18%	Improved	5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%2015-2019	43.4%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Improved	46%
Broadband subscriptions	86.4%2015-2019	92.4%2020-2024	+6 points	Improved	9%
Child poverty rate	12.3%2019	11.2%2024	−1.1 points	Improved	45%
Distance to an airport	21 mi2020	21 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	15%
Drug overdose deaths	43.8 /100k2020	21.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−51%	Improved	91%
Effective property tax rate	1.05%2015-2019	0.92%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	48%
Firearm deaths	13.0 /100k2020	9.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−25%	Improved	95%
Grocery stores	1.8 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+9.4%	Improved	95%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−6.1%	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	90.2%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Improved	19%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	79%
Homicide rate	10.5 /100k2020	6.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−43%	Improved	85%
Income adjusted for local prices	$58,7352019	$75,5142024	+29%	Improved	21%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4542015-2019	0.4562020-2024	+0.003	Little change	34%
Median household income	$86,6442019	$102,8352024	+19%	Improved	7%
New business applications	15.7 /1k2020	16.2 /1k2025	+2.6%	Little change	7%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−18%	Declined	1%
Poverty rate	9.1%2019	9.2%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−1.7%	Within the margin of error	72%
Public transit commuters	8.4%2015-2019	4.2%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Declined	5%
Rent as share of income	29.9%2015-2019	30.8%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Declined	25%
Rent-burdened households	49.7%2015-2019	51.5%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Declined	40%
Restaurants and bars	6.5 /10k2020	7.2 /10k2025	+11%	Improved	89%
Students per teacher	14.8×2019	14.1×2024	−0.7×	Little change	48%
Suicide rate	9.5 /100k2020	10.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.3%	Within the margin of error	50%
Traffic deaths	8.8 /100k2015-2019	9.4 /100k2020-2024	+6.5%	Declined	48%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2020	4.0%2025	−2.5 points	Improved	32%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.0%2019	7.2%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	19%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Maryland five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Maryland in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Maryland itself moved −0.4 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,206,011 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,362,928 households (±3,782)

Maryland
United States share

Under $25k11%264,367
$25k–50k12%292,526
$50k–75k13%303,384

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,362,928 households (±3,782)

Maryland
United States share

Own68%1,597,565
Rent32%765,363

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+0.7 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,127,685 workers (±8,544)

Maryland
United States share

Drive alone65%2,024,501
Carpool7.7%241,457
Public transit4.2%131,271

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Maryland employ 557,630 people. 9 pay a median above the US median and 1 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Maryland by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
General and Operations Managers96,740 jobs	96,740	$117,930US $105,770	+11%	1.55×
Retail Salespersons79,320 jobs	79,320	$35,510US $35,410	0%	1.15×
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive54,890 jobs	54,890	$48,680US $47,540	+2%	1.81×
Registered Nurses52,910 jobs	52,910	$99,790US $97,550	+2%	0.88×
Cashiers49,910 jobs	49,910	$34,390US $32,880	+5%	0.91×
Fast Food and Counter Workers49,380 jobs	49,380	$33,660US $31,200	+8%	0.72×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand47,710 jobs	47,710	$41,600US $40,240	+3%	0.91×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides46,560 jobs	46,560	$38,040US $35,800	+6%	0.61×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners40,390 jobs	40,390	$36,620US $36,840	−1%	1.03×
Business Operations Specialists, All Other39,820 jobs	39,820	$101,500US $83,050	+22%	2.06×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Maryland.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Maryland has 142,967 employer establishments, 230 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248), with 2,468,367 paid employees at an average annual pay of $68,097. The Census Bureau also counts 620,896 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 142,967; 620,896 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 230; US 248
Paid employees: 2,468,367
Average annual pay: $68,097; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Maryland by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	13,071	21.1	1.01×About typical	160,614	$72,491	38,506
Restaurants and other eating places	10,438	16.8	0.92×About typical	197,368	$24,833	3,329
Specialty trade contractors	9,065	14.6	0.94×About typical	118,543	$73,721	34,327
Lessors of real estate	6,542	10.5	0.86×About typical	36,397	$81,932	53,234
Limited-service restaurants	5,487	8.8	1.10×About typical	91,593	$21,867	1,496
Computer systems design and related services	5,227	8.4	1.95×More than typical	86,551	$115,750	8,149
Construction of buildings	4,872	7.9	1.04×About typical	34,708	$86,022	17,729
Management, scientific and technical consulting	4,680	7.5	1.12×About typical	56,808	$99,471	28,896
Services to buildings and dwellings	4,141	6.7	0.99×About typical	56,264	$38,242	29,966
Offices of physicians	4,091	6.6	1.02×About typical	52,191	$99,754	5,384
Full-service restaurants	3,803	6.1	0.80×Fewer than typical	90,952	$28,235	1,318
Building equipment contractors	3,567	5.7	0.96×About typical	58,126	$80,030	7,483

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 6,204,927 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $33.3B on contracts performed in Maryland: $5,320 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $33.3B; −16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,320; US $1,994
Sole-source: 23%; US 30%
Single offer: 14%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$4.2B13%
National Institutes of Health$2.9B8.7%
Department of the Army$2.2B6.7%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$2.2B6.6%
Department of Energy$1.9B5.7%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.7B5.0%
Federal Aviation Administration$1.6B4.8%
Defense Information Systems Agency$1.5B4.4%

Top recipients

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$1.8B5.3%
ORANO FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$900M2.7%
AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE OPERATING, LLC$900M2.7%
LEIDOS, INC.$704.8M2.1%
ROHDE & SCHWARZ USA, INC.$661.3M2.0%

Spending by fiscal year

30.9BFY2017
33.7BFY2018
35.6BFY2019
43.9BFY2020
39.2BFY2021
42.1BFY2022
41.7BFY2023
46.3B

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$9.7B29%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$4.5B14%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$3.4B10%
Basic chemical manufacturing · 3251$1.8B5.4%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$1.6B4.7%

Largest awards

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $59.5B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Maryland: $9,493 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $59.5B; −9.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,493; US $12,955
Loan face value: $5.1B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$22.5B38%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$12.4B21%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$4B6.6%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$2.2B3.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$1.7B2.9%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1.3B2.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1B1.7%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$947.4M1.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$13B22%
BALTIMORE, MD
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$2B3.4%
BALTIMORE, MD
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.4B2.4%
BALTIMORE, MD
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$1.4B2.3%
BALTIMORE, MD
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$27.4B46%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$14.1B24%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$4.5B7.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$2.1B3.5%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

60.7BFY2021
52.8BFY2022
56.6BFY2023
68.4BFY2024
66BFY2025
59.5BFY2026

County aggregates

55%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Maryland, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Maryland
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Maryland and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maryland	United States
FY2017	$5,129

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Maryland is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Metro areas in Maryland

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Maryland, largest first.

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years

Maryland

United States

2014

0.8%

2.0%

2015

1.5%

2.1%

2016

1.4%

1.7%

2017

1.0%

1.4%

2018

1.0%

1.6%

2019

0.7%

1.4%

2020

−6.9%

−6.1%

2021

2.7%

3.4%

2022

2.3%

4.3%

2023

2.4%

2.1%

2024

2.3%

1.2%

2025

−0.5%

0.5%

Calendar years

Maryland

United States

2014

−4.7%

−4.2%

2015

−1.5%

−1.3%

2016

0.0%

2017

+2.6%

+3.3%

2018

+5.3%

+6.8%

2019

+8.4%

Calendar years

Maryland

United States

2014

5.7%

6.2%

2015

5.0%

5.3%

2016

4.2%

4.9%

2017

4.1%

4.4%

2018

3.8%

3.9%

2019

3.4%

Calendar years

Maryland

United States

2014

−6.2%

−5.5%

2015

−2.8%

−1.9%

2016

0.0%

2017

+2.9%

+4.1%

2018

+5.8%

+8.9%

2019

+9.0%

Calendar years

Maryland

United States

2014

2.7/1k

3.3/1k

2015

2.8/1k

3.7/1k

2016

2.8/1k

3.7/1k

2017

2.7/1k

3.9/1k

2018

3.1/1k

4.1/1k

2019

3.1/1k

Calendar years

Maryland

United States

2014

−6.3%

−6.9%

2015

−3.8%

−3.2%

2016

0.0%

2017

+2.4%

+4.7%

2018

+5.4%

+7.5%

2019

+10.0%

Calendar years

Maryland

United States

2014

10.4%

15.5%

2015

9.9%

14.7%

2016

9.7%

14.0%

2017

9.4%

13.4%

2018

9.1%

13.1%

2019

9.1%

12.3%

Calendar years

Maryland

United States

2014

−5.4% (Dec 2014)

−10.8% (Dec 2014)

2015

−2.6% (Dec 2015)

−5.2% (Dec 2015)

2016

0.0% (Dec 2016)

2017

+3.8%

Calendar years

Maryland

United States

2014

8.9%

13.5%

2015

7.4%

10.9%

2016

7.0%

10.0%

2017

7.0%

10.2%

2018

6.9%

10.4%

2019

7.0%

Calendar years

Maryland

United States

2014

9.7/1k

8.5/1k

2015

9.8/1k

8.7/1k

2016

10.3/1k

9.1/1k

2017

11.3/1k

9.8/1k

2018

12.4/1k

10.7/1k

2019

12.5/1k

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maryland	United States
FY2017	$346	$93.28
FY2018	$324	$105
FY2019	$352	$128
FY2020	$393	$145
FY2021	$332	$117
FY2022	$489	$138
FY2023	$527	$159
FY2024	$454	$157
FY2025	$336	$149
FY2026	$272 (partial year)	$211

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maryland	United States
FY2021	$10,122	$5,748
FY2022	$9,935	$5,221
FY2023	$10,424	$5,364
FY2024	$12,321	$5,501
FY2025	$10,768	$5,732
FY2026	$9,021 (partial year)	$5,446

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maryland	United States
FY2021	$203	$298
FY2022	$169	$357
FY2023	$254	$301
FY2024	$249	$319
FY2025	$1,172	$360
FY2026	$427 (partial year)	$349

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maryland	United States
FY2021	$262	$239
FY2022	$234	$185
FY2023	$300	$229
FY2024	$284	$229
FY2025	$297	$249
FY2026	$259 (partial year)	$201

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maryland	United States
FY2021	$2,329	$2,304
FY2022	$2,092	$2,197
FY2023	$2,632	$2,274
FY2024	$2,373	$2,267
FY2025	$2,435	$2,397
FY2026	$2,644 (partial year)	$2,597

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Maryland	United States
FY2021	$1,127	$1,186
FY2022	$443	$465
FY2023	$64.15	$76.52
FY2024	$133	$120
FY2025	$87.78	$148
FY2026	$120 (partial year)	$108

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved15

Declined6

States like Maryland five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Counties of Maryland

Metro areas in Maryland

Largest cities and towns in Maryland

Neighboring states

Similar states

Data and sources

Improved15

Declined6

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought