† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
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
GroupCambridge, MDMarylandUnited States
English13.5%8.5%9.5%
German12.1%11.4%12.5%
American10.2%4.1%5.3%
Irish9.8%9.3%9.4%
Italian3.3%4.4%4.8%
Polish2.3%2.6%2.2%
French1.5%1.1%1.6%
Scottish1.3%1.1%1.3%
African American†22.6%23.6%9.9%
African0.8%1.2%0.5%
Nigerian0.6%1.1%0.2%
Haitian0.3%0.3%0.3%
Mexican2.0%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.7%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran1.3%3.5%0.7%
Dominican0.4%0.5%0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%1.2%0.5%
Cambodian0.5%——
Filipino0.3%0.9%0.9%
Chinese0.2%1.3%1.3%
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
Cambridge, MD
Maryland
United States
Median age
43.5
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.9%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cambridge, MD
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$61,839
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.1%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.4%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cambridge, MD
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.1%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.3%
9.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cambridge, MD
Maryland
United States
Catholic
5.4%
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.9%
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
64.4%
56.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
16.1%
6.6%
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.
Cambridge, MD
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−7.6%
1896
−7.0%
1900
No data
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+58.1%
1916
+5.3%
1920
−3.3%
1924
−4.7%
1928
−48.7%
1932
+13.4%
1936
+17.2%
1940
+21.1%
1944
+5.8%
1948
+9.1%
1952
−6.7%
1956
−21.8%
1960
+3.5%
1964
−7.7%
1968
−14.5%
1972
−51.6%
1976
−2.6%
1980
−2.4%
1984
−35.5%
1988
−26.0%
1992
−9.1%
1996
+2.7%
2000
−5.4%
2004
−17.9%
2008
−8.2%
2012
−4.7%
2016
−14.4%
2020
−11.9%
2024
−14.5%
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
41.5%Harris6,954
56.0%Trump9,390
1.1%Kennedy191 +3
R+14.5
R+2.6
R+13.1
16,772
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican56.0%9,390
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic41.5%6,954
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.1%191
Jill Ellen SteinIndependent0.8%138
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%57
OtherAll other candidates0.3%42
R
42.9%Biden6,857
54.9%Trump8,764
2.2%
R+11.9
D+2.4
R+16.4
15,977
R
41.3%Clinton6,245
55.7%Trump8,413
3.0%
R+14.4
R+9.7
R+16.4
15,104
R
47.0%Obama7,257
51.6%Romney7,976
1.4%
R+4.7
D+3.6
R+8.5
15,444
R
45.3%Obama6,912
53.5%McCain8,168
1.3%
R+8.2
D+9.7
R+15.5
15,274
R
40.6%Kerry5,411
58.5%Bush7,801
1.0%
R+17.9
R+12.5
R+15.5
13,339
R
45.9%Gore5,232
51.3%Bush5,847
2.7%
R+5.4
R+8.1
R+5.9
11,392
D
45.9%Clinton4,613
43.1%Dole4,337
11.0%
D+2.7
D+11.9
R+5.8
10,054
R
35.9%Clinton3,933
45.0%Bush4,934
19.1%
R+9.1
D+16.8
R+14.7
10,957
R
36.6%Dukakis3,709
62.6%Bush6,343
0.9%
R+26.0
D+9.5
R+18.2
10,140
R
31.7%Mondale3,160
67.1%Reagan6,699
1.2%
R+35.5
R+33.1
R+17.2
9,981
R
46.5%Carter4,908
48.9%Reagan5,160
4.6%
R+2.4
D+0.2
D+7.3
10,550
R
48.7%Carter4,528
51.3%Ford4,768
0.0%
R+2.6
D+49.0
R+4.6
9,296
R
23.3%McGovern2,136
75.0%Nixon6,859
1.7%
R+51.6
R+37.1
R+28.5
9,149
R
26.8%Humphrey2,714
41.4%Nixon4,183
31.8%
R+14.5
R+6.8
R+13.8
10,114
R
46.1%Johnson4,564
53.9%Goldwater5,327
0.0%
R+7.7
R+11.2
R+30.3
9,891
D
51.8%Kennedy4,964
48.2%Nixon4,626
0.0%
D+3.5
D+25.3
D+3.4
9,590
R
39.1%Stevenson3,733
60.9%Eisenhower5,809
0.0%
R+21.8
R+15.1
R+6.4
9,542
R
45.9%Stevenson4,823
52.6%Eisenhower5,524
1.4%
R+6.7
R+15.7
D+4.1
10,499
D
54.0%Truman4,507
44.9%Dewey3,751
1.1%
D+9.1
D+3.2
D+4.6
8,351
D
52.9%Roosevelt4,764
47.1%Dewey4,241
0.0%
D+5.8
R+15.3
R+1.7
9,005
D
60.1%Roosevelt6,088
39.0%Willkie3,953
0.9%
D+21.1
D+3.8
D+11.1
10,128
D
58.6%Roosevelt5,293
41.3%Landon3,735
0.1%
D+17.2
D+3.8
R+7.0
9,039
D
56.5%Roosevelt4,547
43.0%Hoover3,466
0.5%
D+13.4
D+62.1
R+4.4
8,052
R
25.5%Smith2,180
74.2%Hoover6,333
0.3%
R+48.7
R+44.0
R+31.2
8,535
R
46.1%Davis3,047
50.8%Coolidge3,356
3.2%
R+4.7
R+1.4
D+20.5
6,612
R
48.1%Cox3,950
51.4%Harding4,218
0.5%
R+3.3
R+8.6
D+22.9
8,210
D
51.7%Wilson2,750
46.4%Hughes2,468
1.9%
D+5.3
R+52.8
D+2.2
5,320
D
102.9%Wilson5,485
44.8%Taft2,387
0.0%
D+58.1
—
D+38.6
5,329
—
5470.8%Bryan4,869
3111.2%Taft2,769
0.0%
No data
—
—
89
—
6119.6%Parker6,242
2627.5%Roosevelt2,680
0.0%
No data
—
—
102
—
18220.0%Bryan2,733
22440.0%McKinley3,366
0.0%
No data
—
—
15
R
45.2%Bryan2,638
52.2%McKinley3,048
2.6%
R+7.0
D+0.6
R+0.9
5,835
R
43.8%Cleveland2,015
51.4%Harrison2,365
4.7%
R+7.6
—
R+9.3
4,597
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
35.1%5,837
60.8%10,113
16,639
2022
R
43.1%4,947
56.8%6,511
11,473
2018
D
48.2%5,928
47.7%5,864
12,292
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+1.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+14.5
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 13 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Cambridge, MD in Cambridge, MD: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−46
2012
−220
2013
+47
2014
−119
2015
−135
2016
−162
2017
−123
2018
−174
2019
+19
2021
+136
2022
+133
2023
+396
2024
+260
2025
+495
Cambridge, MD sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 58.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 51.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.5 points.
A population of 32,754, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,839 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Milledgeville, GA and Roanoke Rapids, NC.
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In 2024, Cambridge, MD, Maryland voted Republican by 14.5 points (R+14.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,772 votes cast, 6,954 went Democratic and 9,390 went Republican.
When did Cambridge, MD, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cambridge, MD, Maryland voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Cambridge, MD, Maryland?
Cambridge, MD, Maryland has a population of 32,754 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cambridge, MD, Maryland?
Median household income in Cambridge, MD, Maryland is $61,839 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Cambridge, MD, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cambridge, MD, Maryland from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.
