† 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
GroupBangor, MEMaineUnited States
English21.2%21.8%9.5%
Irish15.4%16.5%9.4%
French11.4%11.3%1.6%
American8.0%5.9%5.3%
German6.5%7.8%12.5%
Italian4.8%5.4%4.8%
French Canadian4.7%6.1%—
Scottish4.2%4.4%1.3%
Mexican0.8%0.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%——
African American†0.6%0.9%9.9%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Chinese0.4%0.2%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
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
Bangor, ME
Maine
United States
Median age
42.5
44.8
39.1
Age 18–24
10.3%
8.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.1%
22.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bangor, ME
Maine
United States
Median household income
$66,356
$74,733
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.1%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.1%
36.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bangor, ME
Maine
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.9%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.1%
1.0%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.3%
2.3%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bangor, ME
Maine
United States
Catholic
15.5%
16.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.6%
6.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
70.9%
69.3%
51.5%
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.
Bangor, ME
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−17.4%
1896
−34.6%
1900
−30.3%
1904
−50.3%
1908
−34.3%
1912
+12.3%
1916
−0.2%
1920
−39.4%
1924
−57.0%
1928
−40.8%
1932
−18.3%
1936
−29.8%
1940
−11.7%
1944
−12.0%
1948
−20.7%
1952
−37.3%
1956
−52.9%
1960
−19.5%
1964
+33.1%
1968
+9.6%
1972
−23.9%
1976
−7.8%
1980
−3.7%
1984
−24.5%
1988
−10.2%
1992
+6.5%
1996
+18.5%
2000
−3.8%
2004
+0.1%
2008
+5.0%
2012
+2.9%
2016
−10.9%
2020
−8.3%
2024
−10.9%
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
43.6%Harris37,945
54.5%Trump47,438
0.9%Stein801 +3
R+10.9
R+2.6
R+9.4
87,073
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican54.5%47,438
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic43.6%37,945
Jill SteinIndependent0.9%801
Chase OliverLibertarian0.7%576
Cornel WestIndependent0.3%240
OthersIndependent0.1%73
R
43.8%Biden37,713
52.0%Trump44,825
4.2%
R+8.3
D+2.6
R+12.7
86,133
R
40.8%Clinton32,838
51.7%Trump41,622
7.5%
R+10.9
R+13.8
R+13.0
80,540
D
50.2%Obama38,811
47.3%Romney36,547
2.5%
D+2.9
R+2.1
R+0.9
77,306
D
51.7%Obama41,514
46.7%McCain37,495
1.7%
D+5.0
D+4.9
R+2.3
80,367
D
49.2%Kerry40,417
49.1%Bush40,318
1.7%
D+0.1
D+3.9
D+2.6
82,112
R
44.9%Gore32,868
48.7%Bush35,620
6.4%
R+3.8
R+22.3
R+4.3
73,206
D
51.0%Clinton35,961
32.5%Dole22,885
16.6%
D+18.5
D+12.0
D+10.0
70,517
D
36.7%Clinton29,485
30.1%Bush24,218
33.2%
D+6.5
D+16.7
D+1.0
80,444
R
44.6%Dukakis28,429
54.8%Bush34,912
0.6%
R+10.2
D+14.4
R+2.4
63,754
R
37.6%Mondale24,445
62.1%Reagan40,403
0.3%
R+24.5
R+20.8
R+6.3
65,054
R
42.2%Carter26,519
46.0%Reagan28,869
11.8%
R+3.7
D+4.1
D+6.0
62,793
R
44.4%Carter24,672
52.2%Ford29,016
3.5%
R+7.8
D+16.1
R+9.9
55,613
R
38.1%McGovern18,552
61.9%Nixon30,186
0.0%
R+23.9
R+33.5
R+0.7
48,749
D
54.1%Humphrey24,327
44.5%Nixon20,011
1.5%
D+9.6
R+23.5
D+10.3
44,999
D
66.5%Johnson28,766
33.4%Goldwater14,449
0.0%
D+33.1
D+52.6
D+10.5
43,232
R
40.3%Kennedy19,175
59.7%Nixon28,459
0.0%
R+19.5
D+33.4
R+19.7
47,634
R
23.6%Stevenson8,568
76.4%Eisenhower27,806
0.0%
R+52.9
R+15.6
R+37.5
36,374
R
31.3%Stevenson11,222
68.6%Eisenhower24,614
0.1%
R+37.3
R+16.6
R+26.6
35,885
R
39.2%Truman10,705
59.9%Dewey16,367
0.9%
R+20.7
R+8.7
R+25.2
27,315
R
43.9%Roosevelt13,292
56.0%Dewey16,934
0.1%
R+12.0
R+0.3
R+19.5
30,264
R
44.1%Roosevelt14,757
55.8%Willkie18,674
0.1%
R+11.7
D+18.1
R+21.6
33,471
R
31.0%Roosevelt9,732
60.8%Landon19,077
8.2%
R+29.8
R+11.4
R+54.1
31,368
R
40.4%Roosevelt13,058
58.8%Hoover18,987
0.8%
R+18.3
D+22.5
R+36.1
32,317
R
29.4%Smith9,114
70.3%Hoover21,750
0.3%
R+40.8
D+16.1
R+23.3
30,960
R
18.0%Davis3,618
74.9%Coolidge15,081
7.1%
R+57.0
R+17.6
R+31.8
20,128
R
30.0%Cox6,110
69.3%Harding14,145
0.7%
R+39.4
R+39.2
R+13.2
20,398
R
49.2%Wilson7,294
49.4%Hughes7,324
1.4%
R+0.2
R+12.5
R+3.3
14,823
O
36.2%Wilson5,093
23.9%Taft3,367
39.9%
Roosevelt +3.8
D+46.6
R+7.3
14,082
R
31.7%Bryan3,525
66.0%Taft7,336
2.2%
R+34.3
D+16.0
R+24.7
11,110
R
23.4%Parker2,225
73.6%Roosevelt7,013
3.0%
R+50.3
R+20.0
R+30.6
9,523
R
33.6%Bryan3,615
63.9%McKinley6,873
2.5%
R+30.3
D+4.3
R+22.7
10,761
R
31.8%Bryan4,031
66.4%McKinley8,414
1.8%
R+34.6
R+17.2
R+28.5
12,668
R
38.3%Cleveland4,516
55.8%Harrison6,571
5.9%
R+17.4
—
R+19.1
11,781
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
45.5%39,123
41.6%35,774
86,002
2020
R
34.0%28,958
60.0%51,088
85,207
2018
D
53.0%31,290
46.9%27,692
58,991
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025R+8.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+10.9
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.9 points.
Domestic migration in Bangor, ME in Bangor, ME: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−211
2012
−436
2013
−89
2014
−179
2015
−1,137
2016
−606
2017
+506
2018
+305
2019
+491
2021
+1,706
2022
+1,906
2023
+1,693
2024
+523
2025
+993
Bangor anchors Maine's third congressional district, a media market where mill-town precincts and college-adjacent neighborhoods produce persistently split tickets and competitive margins in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 57.0 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.9 points.
A population of 154,710, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,356 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Augusta-Waterville, ME and Lewiston-Auburn, ME.
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In 2024, Bangor, ME, Maine voted Republican by 10.9 points (R+10.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 87,073 votes cast, 37,945 went Democratic and 47,438 went Republican.
When did Bangor, ME, Maine last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bangor, ME, Maine voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Bangor, ME, Maine?
Bangor, ME, Maine has a population of 154,710 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bangor, ME, Maine?
Median household income in Bangor, ME, Maine is $66,356 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Bangor, ME, Maine?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Bangor, ME, Maine from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
