† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAugusta-Waterville, MEMaineUnited States
English21.9%21.8%9.5%
Irish15.5%16.5%9.4%
French15.4%11.3%1.6%
French Canadian7.6%6.1%—
German7.1%7.8%12.5%
American5.7%5.9%5.3%
Italian5.0%5.4%4.8%
Scottish4.3%4.4%1.3%
Mexican0.5%0.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Augusta-Waterville, ME
Maine
United States
Median age
43.7
44.8
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
8.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.1%
22.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Augusta-Waterville, ME
Maine
United States
Median household income
$69,077
$74,733
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.6%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.9%
36.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Augusta-Waterville, ME
Maine
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.8%
6.1%
22.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.1%
2.3%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Augusta-Waterville, ME
Maine
United States
Catholic
20.3%
16.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.3%
6.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
61.0%
69.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.1%
4.8%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Augusta-Waterville, ME
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−19.2%
1896
−46.1%
1900
−28.3%
1904
−40.9%
1908
−35.1%
1912
+22.3%
1916
−9.6%
1920
−38.2%
1924
−49.2%
1928
−30.7%
1932
−8.7%
1936
−13.7%
1940
+3.2%
1944
−0.9%
1948
−10.9%
1952
−27.3%
1956
−33.5%
1960
−8.6%
1964
+37.4%
1968
+15.0%
1972
−20.1%
1976
+2.0%
1980
−1.2%
1984
−19.9%
1988
−8.0%
1992
+12.5%
1996
+26.7%
2000
+12.3%
2004
+8.8%
2008
+14.8%
2012
+13.5%
2016
−3.6%
2020
+0.2%
2024
−2.7%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
47.5%Harris34,585
50.2%Trump36,589
1.1%Stein826 +3
R+2.7
R+3.0
R+1.3
72,886
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican50.2%36,589
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic47.5%34,585
Jill SteinIndependent1.1%826
Chase OliverLibertarian0.8%581
Cornel WestIndependent0.4%283
OthersIndependent0.0%22
D
48.1%Biden34,902
47.8%Trump34,721
4.1%
D+0.2
D+3.8
R+4.2
72,615
R
44.3%Clinton29,302
47.8%Trump31,675
7.9%
R+3.6
R+17.0
R+5.7
66,208
D
55.2%Obama35,068
41.8%Romney26,519
3.0%
D+13.5
R+1.3
D+9.6
63,497
D
56.4%Obama37,238
41.6%McCain27,482
1.9%
D+14.8
D+6.0
D+7.5
65,986
D
53.3%Kerry35,616
44.6%Bush29,761
2.1%
D+8.8
R+3.5
D+11.2
66,772
D
53.0%Gore31,198
40.7%Bush23,967
6.4%
D+12.3
R+14.4
D+11.8
58,907
D
54.4%Clinton30,257
27.7%Dole15,403
18.0%
D+26.7
D+14.2
D+18.2
55,654
D
39.3%Clinton25,125
26.8%Bush17,135
33.9%
D+12.5
D+20.5
D+6.9
63,921
R
45.6%Dukakis23,578
53.6%Bush27,734
0.8%
R+8.0
D+11.8
R+0.3
51,745
R
39.8%Mondale21,183
59.7%Reagan31,753
0.5%
R+19.9
R+18.7
R+1.7
53,191
R
42.7%Carter20,943
43.8%Reagan21,517
13.5%
R+1.2
R+3.2
D+8.6
49,077
D
49.5%Carter23,473
47.5%Ford22,534
3.0%
D+2.0
D+22.1
R+0.1
47,407
R
39.9%McGovern16,379
60.0%Nixon24,617
0.1%
R+20.1
R+35.1
D+3.1
41,035
D
56.8%Humphrey21,752
41.8%Nixon16,009
1.4%
D+15.0
R+22.4
D+15.7
38,292
D
68.7%Johnson24,813
31.3%Goldwater11,307
0.1%
D+37.4
D+46.0
D+14.8
36,143
R
45.7%Kennedy18,252
54.3%Nixon21,699
0.0%
R+8.6
D+24.8
R+8.8
39,951
R
33.3%Stevenson11,483
66.7%Eisenhower23,028
0.0%
R+33.5
R+6.2
R+18.1
34,511
R
36.3%Stevenson12,113
63.6%Eisenhower21,207
0.1%
R+27.3
R+16.3
R+16.5
33,351
R
44.2%Truman11,163
55.1%Dewey13,923
0.7%
R+10.9
R+10.0
R+15.4
25,260
R
49.5%Roosevelt14,070
50.4%Dewey14,335
0.1%
R+0.9
R+4.1
R+8.4
28,430
D
51.6%Roosevelt15,861
48.4%Willkie14,877
0.1%
D+3.2
D+16.9
R+6.7
30,765
R
41.6%Roosevelt11,268
55.3%Landon14,987
3.1%
R+13.7
R+5.0
R+38.0
27,081
R
45.2%Roosevelt12,110
53.9%Hoover14,451
0.9%
R+8.7
D+21.9
R+26.5
26,797
R
34.5%Smith8,226
65.1%Hoover15,541
0.4%
R+30.7
D+18.6
R+13.2
23,859
R
23.0%Davis4,184
72.3%Coolidge13,122
4.7%
R+49.2
R+11.0
R+24.0
18,159
R
30.4%Cox5,466
68.6%Harding12,333
1.0%
R+38.2
R+28.6
R+12.0
17,973
R
44.1%Wilson5,527
53.7%Hughes6,731
2.2%
R+9.6
R+31.9
R+12.8
12,531
O
37.5%Wilson4,397
15.2%Taft1,782
47.3%
Roosevelt +9.8
D+57.4
D+2.8
11,726
R
30.9%Bryan2,871
66.0%Taft6,133
3.1%
R+35.1
D+5.8
R+25.5
9,294
R
27.8%Parker2,333
68.7%Roosevelt5,765
3.5%
R+40.9
R+12.6
R+21.2
8,394
R
34.3%Bryan3,410
62.6%McKinley6,228
3.1%
R+28.3
D+17.8
R+20.8
9,949
R
25.6%Bryan2,817
71.7%McKinley7,889
2.7%
R+46.1
R+26.9
R+40.0
11,003
R
38.0%Cleveland4,094
57.3%Harrison6,165
4.7%
R+19.2
—
R+20.9
10,765
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
50.7%36,394
37.9%27,170
71,721
2020
R
38.5%27,664
54.9%39,481
71,886
2018
D
57.8%29,640
42.2%21,608
51,251
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025R+2.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+2.7
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.5 points.
Domestic migration in Augusta-Waterville, ME in Augusta-Waterville, ME: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−212
2012
−215
2013
−432
2014
+144
2015
−137
2016
+531
2017
+585
2018
+346
2019
+500
2021
+1,389
2022
+1,672
2023
+1,139
2024
+614
2025
+718
Anchored by the state capital and Colby College's home city, this compact metro blends government-sector employment with working-class mill-town demographics, producing competitive margins that frequently mirror Maine's statewide results.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 49.2 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.7 points.
A population of 126,808, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,077 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lewiston-Auburn, ME and Bangor, ME.
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How did Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine vote in 2024?
In 2024, Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine voted Republican by 2.7 points (R+2.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 72,886 votes cast, 34,585 went Democratic and 36,589 went Republican.
When did Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine?
Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine has a population of 126,808 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine?
Median household income in Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine is $69,077 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Augusta-Waterville, ME, Maine from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.
