A profile of Maryland, which holds its presidential primary on Tuesday:
NUMBERS
Population: 5,828,289
AGE
Median age: 38
Percentage of population 65 and over: 12.3 percent
RACE
58.2 percent white, 29.4 percent black, 5.5 percent Asian, 8.2 percent Hispanic
LANGUAGE
Language other than English spoken at home: 15.9 percent
EDUCATION
High school graduate: 87.8 percent
Bachelor's degree or higher: 35.7 percent
MONEY
Median household income: $70,747
People below poverty level: 8.6 percent
Homeownership rate: 69 percent
2008 PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS
Barack Obama, 61.9 percent
John McCain, 36.5 percent
REGISTERED VOTERS
Republican, 27 percent
Democratic, 56 percent
MARYLAND FACTS
_About 260,000 civilian federal employees live in the state.
_Federal agencies in Maryland include the Food and Drug Administration, the National Security Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the National Institutes of Health and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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- GOP
- GOP primary
- Maryland
