KEY FACTS ABOUT MARYLAND

Population (1994): 5,006,000 (18th in size)

State size: 10,460 square miles (42nd in size)

State Capital: Annapolis (named after Queen Anne of England)

Major cities: Annapolis, Baltimore, Dundalk, Silver Spring, Towson and Wheaton

Admission to union: The 7th State

Date entered the union: April 28, 1788

Origin of state name: Named after Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I of England.

Nicknames: The Old Line State

Bordering states: Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania, with the Atlantic Ocean on the east.

Motto: Manly Deeds, Womanly Words

State bird: Baltimore Oriole

State flower: Black-eyed Susan

State tree: White Oak