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By Job Gal | September 2, 2008
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore is the largest city in the State of Maryland. The city is located in the center of the state at the head of the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, part of Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is the largest city in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, which consists of about 8.1 million residents. Baltimore serves as a major seaport and is close to many major Midwestern markets.
Baltimore was founded in 1729. The city is named after Cecilius Calvert, Second Baron of Baltimore, Ireland, who was the first governor of the Province of Maryland. Baltimore became an independent city from Baltimore County in 1851. The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in 30 hours, forcing the city to rebuild.
Recently the city has seen a push to revitalize its downtown area and Inner Harbor. In the city’s early history, the harbor was a landing destination for boats and ships bringing such items as bananas, sugar and cocoa. However, until the late 1970s the harbor had been abandoned.
Baltimore’s Job Market
The city’s economy has recently shifted from that of industrialization to a service-based economy. The city is currently a growing financial, business and health service industry center. Johns Hopkins Hospital, which is the center of a new biotechnology park, is located in Baltimore.
The city’s fastest growing industries include: healthcare, financial services and leisure and hospitality.
Work Trends
Baltimore unemployment rate: 4.9 percent
National unemployment rate: 5.7 percent
Mean travel time to work: 31.1 minutes
Baltimore’s Largest Employers
Constellation Energy
750 E. Pratt St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
Legg Mason
100 Light St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
T. Rowe Price
100 E. Pratt St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
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Jobs.com
WorkBaltimore
Baltimore Sun
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Continuing Education
Johns Hopkins University
The Community College of Baltimore County
Towson University
Discovering Baltimore
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
The Baltimore Consort
Harborplace
National Aquarium in Baltimore
Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Statistics
Population
Total population: 631,366
Persons under five-years old: 6.4 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 24.8 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 13.2 percent
Female: 53.4 percent
White: 31.6
Black: 64.3 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: .3 percent
Asian: 1.5 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: less than 1 percent
Multi-racial: 1.5 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 1.7 percent
Education
High school graduates: 68.4 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 19.1 percent
Housing
Housing units: 300,477
Homeownership rate: 50.3 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $69,100
Households: 257,996
Persons per household: 2.42
Income
Median household income: $30,078
Per capita income: $16,978
Persons below poverty: 22.9 percent
Transportation
Airports: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
Railroads: Amtrak (Acela Express, Palmetto, Carolinian, Silver Star, Silver Meteor, Vermonter, Crescent, Regional), MARC
Public mass transit: Maryland Transit Administration
Weather
Average annual precipitation: 43.59 inches
Average low temp. in January: 29 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 91 degrees
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