Number Number Annual Receipts/ Per Capita
of of Payroll Revenue Receipts/
GEOGRAPHIC AREA Establishments Employees ($1,000) ($1,000) Revenue($)
------------------ -------------- --------- -------- --------- -----------
MARYLAND 1,460 19,398 494,774 1,412,354 277
BALTIMORE REGION 674 8,982 265,203 689,128 283
Anne Arundel County 184 1,981 25,659 108,949 232
Baltimore County 237 2,585 39,037 142,030 197
Carroll County 33 366 3,493 12,448 85
Harford County 47 861 8,082 25,280 119
Howard County 66 1,042 20,413 61,681 269
Baltimore City 107 2,147 168,519 338,740 515
SUBURBAN WASHINGTON REGION 444 7,478 187,987 556,959 313
Frederick County 54 655 7,980 30,176 165
Montgomery County 253 4,042 63,968 212,787 257
Prince George's County 137 2,781 116,039 313,996 408
SOUTHERN MARYLAND REGION 68 709 9,285 40,122 149
Calvert County 25 280 4,749 22,585 326
Charles County 22 315 2,924 11,012 96
St. Mary's County 21 114 1,612 6,525 76
WESTERN MARYLAND REGION 62 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Allegany County 23 D D D D
Garrett County 11 263 2,578 8,547 290
Washington County 28 416 4,272 15,996 126
UPPER EASTERN SHORE REGION 116 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Caroline County 2 D D D D
Cecil County 41 319 4,798 16,106 200
Kent County 25 206 4,333 16,562 873
Queen Anne's County 26 221 3,112 12,263 315
Talbot County 22 95 1,373 5,599 171
LOWER EASTERN SHORE REGION 96 598 10,718 46,449 265
Dorchester County 10 55 546 2,385 80
Somerset County 4 5 267 521 21
Wicomico County 19 130 1,353 6,509 82
Worcester County 63 408 8,552 37,034 879
Source: 1997 Economic Census, U.S. Census Bureau.
* Excludes data for firms exempt from federal income tax.
D Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included.
N/A Not available
Prepared by the Maryland Department of Planning, Planning Data Services.