Nickname: The Pine Tree State Population: 5,072,000 (19th) Area: 12,407 sq miles (42nd) Birthplace: Billie Holiday & Babe Ruth State Motto: 'Manly Deeds, Womanly Words' Tourism: 800.445.4558 Road Conditions: 800.323.6742 A & B say: We drove up I-81 and were citizens of Maryland for all of 10 minutes. It was raining and blurry green as we sped north. We will be visiting again soon on our trek down the eastern seaboard.