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Located on the Atlantic Coast in
the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States of America.
According to the most recent information provided by the
American Community Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau,
Maryland is the second wealthiest state in the United
States. Maryland is classified as a South-Atlantic state.
It is also commonly referred to as a Mid Atlantic state.
It was the seventh state to ratify the United States
Constitution. Its history as a border state has led it to
exhibit characteristics of both the Northern and Southern
regions of the United States. As a general rule, the
rural areas of Maryland &emdash; such as Western,
Southern, and Eastern Maryland &emdash; are more Southern
in culture, while densely-populated Central Maryland
&emdash;- areas in the Baltimore and the Washington
Beltway Regions &emdash;- exhibit more Northern
characteristics.
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