WASHINGTON – Federal spending in Maryland totaled more than $8,100 per person in fiscal 1999, the third-highest level of spending among the states. The state was also the fifth-highest recipient of federal defense money, led in the state by St. Mary’s County. COUNTY
POPULATION
TOTAL FEDERAL
SPENDING
SPENDING
PER PERSON St. Mary’s
88,758
2,143,596,058
24,151.02 Baltimore
632,681
7,444,787,861
11,767.05 Montgomery
852,174 9,210,812,795
10,808.61 Prince George’s
781,781 6,874,607,592
8,793.52 Anne Arundel
480,483
3,390,365,050
7,056.16 Allegany
71,162
475,137,006
6,676.80 Worcester
43,672
287,346,510
6,579.65 Dorchester
29,709
182,604,444
6,146.44 Harford
217,908
1,314,240,896
6,031.17 Talbot
33,550
199,843,296
5,956.58 Kent
19,089
113,525,202
5,947.15 Baltimore Co.
723,914
3,715,888,030
5,133.05 Somerset
24,236
121,291,900
5,004.62 Charles
120,946
587,213,080
4,855.17 Garrett
29,389
125,568,519
4,272.63 Caroline
29,708
123,891,446
4,170.31 Wicomico
79,560
326,824,809
4,107.90 Washington
127,791
510,815,681
3,997.27 Cecil
84,238
335,102,096
3,978.04 Frederick
190,869
741,608,366
3,885.43 Howard
243,112
779,990,595
3,208.36 Queen Anne’s
40,688
128,275,559
3,152.66 Carroll
152,468
475,529,949
3,118.88 Calvert
73,748
220,708,753
2,992.74 MARYLAND
5,171,634 41,990,243,556
8,119.34 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Consolidated Federal Funds Report, Fiscal 1999