Maryland Posts Lowest Average Poverty Rate, Second-Highest Median Income

WASHINGTON – Maryland recorded the lowest average poverty rate in the country from 1997 to 1999, while posting the second-highest median household income over the same period, according to a report Tuesday from the Census Bureau

Housing For Low-Wage Workers Get Less Affordable in 2000, Study Says

WASHINGTON-A minimum-wage earner in Maryland would have to work 104 hours a week to afford a two-bedroom apartment at the fair-market rate in Maryland, said a study released Wednesday

Maryland Census Response Rate Drops From 1990, Still Beats National Rate

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s response rate to the 2000 census was 1 percent below the relatively disappointing level of 70 percent for the 1990 census, according to figures released Tuesday by the Census Bureau

Caucus’ `Deal Room’ Could Bring Venture Capital Green to Black Businesses

WASHINGTON – It’s been four years since James Bynoe’s firm, Zane Graphics Inc, was launched in Hyattsville

Maryland’s Sharp Drop in Food Stamp Recipients Puzzles Advocates, Bureaucrats

WASHINGTON – The number of food-stamp recipients in Maryland fell 13

Baltimore County Official Touts Reform Program Before Congress

WASHINGTON – Baltimore County’s nationally recognized “gainsharing” program was paraded before a congressional subcommittee Wednesday that is looking at ways to make government more efficient

Blacks Led Population Increases by All Minority Groups in Maryland in 1990s

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s black population made the most sizeable gains among minority groups in the state during the 1990s, according to new figures from the state and the Census Bureau