Number Number Annual Receipts/ Per Capita
of of Payroll Revenue Receipts/
GEOGRAPHIC AREA Establishments Employees ($1,000) ($1,000) Revenue ($)
------------------ -------------- --------- --------- ---------- ------------
MARYLAND 14,115 146,814 6,483,841 15,940,200 3,130
BALTIMORE REGION 6,595 60,424 2,605,190 6,633,857 2,724
Anne Arundel County 1,321 9,033 366,682 1,025,419 2,183
Baltimore County 2,132 17,132 682,115 1,708,166 2,372
Carroll County 289 1,073 27,537 67,428 459
Harford County 408 2,608 90,478 237,524 1,118
Howard County 1,050 15,883 772,090 1,950,287 8,519
Baltimore City 1,395 14,695 666,288 1,645,033 2,502
SUBURBAN WASHINGTON REGION 6,127 76,030 3,517,082 8,480,539 4,760
Frederick County 449 3,821 130,196 296,235 1,618
Montgomery County 4,314 49,186 2,419,285 5,997,485 7,238
Prince George's County 1,364 23,023 967,601 2,186,819 2,841
SOUTHERN MARYLAND REGION 416 5,735 227,797 495,616 1,836
Calvert County 105 516 17,243 38,867 561
Charles County 145 993 33,033 91,906 798
St. Mary's County 166 4,226 177,521 364,843 4,271
WESTERN MARYLAND REGION 293 1,520 39,778 96,577 421
Allegany County 94 515 13,877 25,489 351
Garrett County 36 151 3,172 7,611 259
Washington County 163 854 22,729 63,477 499
UPPER EASTERN SHORE REGION 352 1,612 51,094 122,651 611
Caroline County 21 70 1,003 2,675 91
Cecil County 109 363 9,654 27,255 338
Kent County 39 284 4,319 13,078 689
Queen Anne's County 71 291 8,472 20,705 531
Talbot County 112 604 27,646 58,938 1,801
LOWER EASTERN SHORE REGION 332 1,493 42,900 110,960 632
Dorchester County 42 126 3,117 7,340 246
Somerset County 18 81 1,814 4,039 165
Wicomico County 169 967 29,244 76,463 967
Worcester County 103 319 8,725 23,118 549
Source: 1997 Economic Census, U.S. Census Bureau.
* Excludes data for firms exempt from federal income tax.
Prepared by the Maryland Department of Planning, Planning Data Services
