Maryland
State Government
Governor
Wes Moore (D)
State Senate
33
Democrats,
13
Republicans
State House
102
Democrats,
39
Republicans
Economic well-being - Maryland
Extreme poverty rate
0.1
Food insecurity
0.1
Minimum wage
15.0
Percent of working families under 200% of the poverty line
0.2
Poverty rate
9.1%
Unemployment rate
3.6
Number of Black or African American children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Number of Hispanic or Latino children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Percent of individuals who are uninsured
6.3
Poverty by demographic - Maryland
Child poverty rate
0.1
Number of Asian and Pacific Islander children below 200% poverty
12000
Number of Black or African American children below 200% poverty
138000
Number of Hispanic or Latino children below 200% poverty
104000
Senior poverty rate
9.5 %
Women in poverty
3,167,176
The Baltimore Sun, December 18, 2011: Baltimore health deal reveals the future of Medicare
"Most suffer from diabetes, congestive heart failure or other long-term illness. They're like the millions of chronically ill Americans who visit doctors half a dozen times a year or more and, by some measures, account for 80 percent or more of all spending by the Medicare program for senior citizens."
The New York Times, December 14, 2011: Subsidies for Child Care Keep Dwindling When Families Need Them Most
"With states under pressure to cut their budgets and federal stimulus money gone, low-income working parents are facing a paradox. Just when they have to work longer hours to make ends meet, they are losing access to the thing they need most to stay on the job: a government subsidy that helps pay for child care."
The Baltimore Sun, September 29, 2011: State must make early education a priority
"The correlation between education and employment is clear: The better the education, the more likely a person will seek and find employment. The U.S. unemployment rate for those without a high school diploma is 14.3 percent; for those with a bachelor's degree or higher, it is 4.3 percent."