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BasicIntroductionEducationEconomyAttractionsCelebritysportsMarylandisaU.S.statelocatedintheMid-AtlanticregionoftheUnitedStatesMarylandisaU.S.statelocatedintheMid-AtlanticregionoftheUnitedStateslocationThe7thstateintheunitedstate.The7thstateintheunitedstate.The7thstateintheunitedstate.StateFlowerStateFlowerStateFlowerStateBirdStateFlowerStateFlowerNamedafterQueenHenriettaMariaMotto:ManlyDeeds,WomanlyWordsNickname:FreeStateSize:Ranked42ndTotal12,407sqmi(32,133km2)Width101miles(163km)Length249miles(400km)Population:Ranked19th-Total5,928,81460.8%WhiteAmerican(53.9%non-HispanicWhite,6.9%WhiteHispanic)30.0%BlackorAfricanAmerican0.5%AmericanIndianandAlaskaNative6.0%AsianAmerican0.1%NativeHawaiianandOtherPacificIslander2.5%MultiracialAmerican1498:JohnCabotbeganexploringthearea1634:Thefirstsettlementscame1776:MarylandbecameastateintheUnitedStatesTheUniversityofMaryland，BaltimoreJohnsHopkinsUniversityUniversityofMaryland,CollegeparkMedianhouseholdincome:$69,272,1stinthenationPovertyrate:7.8%,thelowestinthecountryPercapitapersonalincomein2006:$43,500,5thinthenationMarylandrankedNo.1withthemostmillionairespercapitain2013,witharatioof7.70percentBaltimore-InnerHarbor—WorldTradeCenterTheU.S.Capitol-Washington,DCMarylandBlueCrab，spongecrabFrederickDouglassAnAfrican-Americansocialreformer,oneoftheleadersoftheabolitionistmovementThurgoodMarshallThefirstAfricanAmericanjusticeRuthwasoneofthefirstfiveplayerstobeelectedintotheNationalBaseballHallofFameBaltimoreOriolesBaltimoreRavens