Maryland
#8of 5161B−
Above: New Hampshire (62). Below: Vermont (61).
Pillar by pillar
Starting up
How many businesses get founded here, and what the state takes in tax.
33-22 vs median
- Business applications per 1,000 residents1.540 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau
- State tax collected per resident$5,25626 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections
Population health
One comparable public-health read, asked the same way of every state.
71+21 vs median
- Adult obesity, 202432.7%61 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- Firearm-injury deaths per 100,000 (crude)11.680 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCDC NCIPC, CDC NCIPC 2024
Productive base
Output per worker and how much of the job base is manufacturing.
38-13 vs median
- Output per worker$177,38366 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Manufacturing share of jobs4.0%10 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labour market
How tight the market is, and which way it moved last month.
71+22 vs median
- Unemployment rate4.2%42 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Employment change, latest month+0.42%100 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Prosperity
What the average person in the state actually earns.
86+34 vs median
- Per-capita personal income$81,83480 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher44.7%92 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 1-year
Housing permits and prices
Housing units authorised per 1,000 workers, and what housing costs. It counts permits issued, not buildings finished, and says nothing about industrial or infrastructure approvals.
27-31 vs median
- Housing units authorised per 1,000 workers0.38 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau
- House price index (FHFA)722.246 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsFederal Housing Finance Agency
Fiscal standing
How Moody’s rates the state as a borrower: on its general-obligation bonds or, where it has none, as an issuer.
100+8 vs median
- Credit ratingAaa · Stable100 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsMoody's, indicative 2025
Openness
Whether the state publishes in a form a machine can read: an open-data portal that answers; incentive, permit and finance records as data; and newsroom feeds.
65+14 vs median
- Open-data portal answers an APIYes · opendata.maryland.gov100 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCEFA probe, 2026-09
- Incentive, permit & finance datasets1696 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCEFA discovery, 2026-09
- Government or agency newsroom feeds10 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCEFA probe, 2026-09
Industrial project records
Companies in Maryland named in a research file of 60 curated records, compiled October 1, 2026. Each carries the status that file gives it. None is an Applied America project. Most are foreign-owned; U.S. operators appear where the research names them as counterparties. It is not a census, and amounts are announcement scopes that are never added together.
2 records · 2 announced investments
- Hitachi / Hitachi EnergyAnnounced investment
Japan · Grid equipment, rail and automation
Virginia, Maryland, Michigan and other states — Named projects; supplier and future expansion prospect
Major U.S. manufacturing investments including Virginia transformer facility
Announced scope: Over 1bn described; do not add overlapping announcements
2025-09-10Source
- AstraZenecaAnnounced investment
United Kingdom · Pharmaceutical manufacturing and R&D
Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, California, Indiana, Texas — Named sites; no open location search established
$50bn U.S. investment announced through 2030
Announced scope: 50bn through 2030
2025-07-21Source