About Maryland:

Capt. John Smith was the first to visit the Chesapeake Bay in 1608. King Charles I granted Maryland to Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore, in 1632 and soon after English settlers, many of whom were Roman Catholic, landed on St. Clement’s (now Blakistone) Island in 1634. Religious freedom, granted all Christians in the Toleration Act passed by the Maryland assembly in 1649, was ended by a Puritan revolt which lasted from 1654 to 1658. In 1791, Maryland ceded land to form the District of Columbia.
During the British attempt to capture Baltimore, the bombardment of Fort McHenry inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner.” During the Civil War, Maryland was a slave state but remained part of the Union. Consequently, Marylanders fought on both sides of the civil war.
Chesapeake Bay, on the eastern and western shore of Maryland, produces more seafood—oysters, crabs, clams, fin fish—than other bay in the U.S. Important agricultural products include greenhouse and nursery products, chickens, dairy products, eggs, and soybeans. The state’s chief mineral products include stone, coal, sand, gravel, cement, and clay.
Manufacturing industries include food products, chemicals, computers and electronics, transportation equipment, and primary metals. Baltimore, home of the Johns Hopkins University and Hospital, ranks as the nation’s second port in foreign trade. The capital, Annapolis, is the site of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Among Maryland’s most popular tourist destinations are the Fort McHenry National Monument, Harpers Ferry, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Parks, Antietam National Battlefield, National Aquarium, Maryland Science Center, Historic St. Jefferson Patterson Park, Ocean City beach resort; Catoctin Mountain, Fort Frederick, and Piscataway park.

A few facts about Maryland:

• The population of Maryland is approximately 5,558,058 people.
• Land size, 9,774 square miles.
• Persons per square mile is 541.9
• 6.7% are kids under the age of 5 years old.
• 25.6% persons under the age of 18 years old.
• 11.3% of people are over the age of 65 years old.
• 51.7% female persons.
• The median household income is $52,868.
• The average per capita money income is $25,614.

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