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1876–2024
Baltimore County, Maryland
Baltimore County·Maryland

Baltimore County is one of the bluest places in America.

A suburban anchor that has drifted steadily toward double-digit Democratic margins

18762024·38 elections
Baltimore County, Maryland · Jason Knauer · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+24
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
850,796
2024 ACS
Most similar
Howard County
MD · similarity 0.98
243 precincts · 412,915 votes cast
Harris · D+24
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+24.3%
249,958149,560412,915
2020D
+27.0%
258,409146,202414,932
2016D
+17.9%
218,412149,477384,981
2012D
+17.0%
220,322154,908384,782
2008D
+14.6%
214,151158,714380,938
2004D
+4.6%
182,474166,051353,479
2000D
+9.1%
160,635133,033304,084
1996D
+6.7%
132,599114,449269,968
1992D
+5.2%
143,498126,728323,220
1988R
−14.7%
121,570163,881287,295
1984R
−23.2%
106,908171,929280,428
1980R
−4.0%
121,280132,490279,917
1976R
−9.5%
118,505143,293261,798
1972R
−42.2%
70,309175,897250,224
1968R
−12.8%
80,798108,930219,011
1964D
+20.1%
117,15377,870195,073
1960R
−0.9%
94,39696,027190,423
1956R
−36.6%
48,270104,021152,291
1952R
−25.5%
48,47681,898130,858
1948R
−13.4%
31,88341,84674,490
1944R
−12.9%
26,27534,04760,322
1940D
+6.5%
30,36026,65257,198
1936D
+19.9%
28,36718,89347,576
1932D
+27.1%
24,62613,93839,494
1928R
−20.8%
15,63223,88939,701
1924D
+0.2%
9,4249,38321,661
1920R
−13.8%
9,36512,43222,183
1916D
+9.1%
15,22612,63328,406
1912D
+75.0%
20,9824,24722,312
1908D
+100.0%
17,24610,297488
1904D
+100.0%
18,9877,570282
1900R
−100.0%
9,1479,348142
1896R
−12.2%
7,1109,21117,188
1892D
+16.0%
7,2255,16512,880
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
1.2%
African American
24.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
11.5%
Non-Christian
7.2%
Other Christian
6.2%
Methodist
3.6%
Mainline Protestant
2.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Baptist
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Baltimore County surrounds — but excludes — Baltimore City, and its dense inner suburbs have driven consistent Democratic performance, with the 2024 presidential margin landing 24 points left of center despite a historically competitive past.

The Democratic margin in Baltimore County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at 100 points in 1904; the 2024 margin was twenty-four points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Baltimore County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $91,768, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Howard County and Buncombe County.