† 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
2 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
GroupCumberland, MD-WVUnited States
German25.0%12.5%
English12.9%9.5%
Irish12.4%9.4%
American6.8%5.3%
Italian3.3%4.8%
Scottish3.1%1.3%
Polish1.1%2.2%
Welsh1.1%—
African American†4.8%9.9%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.8%
Salvadoran0.3%0.7%
Mexican0.3%11.3%
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
Cumberland, MD-WV
United States
Median age
42.2
39.1
Age 18–24
10.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cumberland, MD-WV
United States
Median household income
$62,386
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cumberland, MD-WV
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cumberland, MD-WV
United States
Catholic
9.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
60.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
14.6%
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.
Cumberland, MD-WV
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−7.7%
1896
−14.3%
1900
−59.8%
1904
No data
1908
+95.6%
1912
+83.2%
1916
−7.5%
1920
−22.1%
1924
−22.5%
1928
−37.8%
1932
−3.7%
1936
+22.8%
1940
+8.5%
1944
−2.2%
1948
+0.6%
1952
−13.0%
1956
−30.0%
1960
−20.0%
1964
+24.6%
1968
−1.6%
1972
−32.4%
1976
+3.1%
1980
−15.9%
1984
−28.5%
1988
−19.1%
1992
−7.8%
1996
−5.7%
2000
−18.3%
2004
−30.8%
2008
−28.0%
2012
−35.2%
2016
−48.6%
2020
−43.9%
2024
−45.9%
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
26.0%Harris11,714
71.9%Trump32,388
0.8%Kennedy363 +8
R+45.9
R+2.0
R+44.4
45,041
All 11 candidates in 2024 · 9 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican71.9%32,388
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic26.0%11,714
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.8%363
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%170
Jill Ellen SteinIndependent0.4%161
OtherAll other candidates0.3%118
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.2%109
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%9
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%6
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%2
John ChengIndependent0.0%1
R
27.2%Biden11,818
71.1%Trump30,926
1.8%
R+43.9
D+4.7
R+48.4
43,517
R
23.6%Clinton9,925
72.2%Trump30,340
4.2%
R+48.6
R+13.4
R+50.7
42,040
R
31.1%Obama12,690
66.3%Romney27,063
2.7%
R+35.2
R+7.2
R+39.1
40,838
R
35.0%Obama14,443
63.0%McCain26,021
2.0%
R+28.0
D+2.8
R+35.3
41,289
R
34.1%Kerry14,094
64.9%Bush26,834
0.9%
R+30.8
R+12.6
R+28.4
41,316
R
39.4%Gore14,235
57.6%Bush20,836
3.0%
R+18.3
R+12.5
R+18.8
36,153
R
41.4%Clinton14,512
47.1%Dole16,516
11.5%
R+5.7
D+2.0
R+14.2
35,077
R
37.5%Clinton15,493
45.3%Bush18,699
17.3%
R+7.8
D+11.4
R+13.3
41,323
R
40.1%Dukakis15,903
59.3%Bush23,477
0.6%
R+19.1
D+9.4
R+11.4
39,614
R
35.4%Mondale14,975
63.9%Reagan27,054
0.8%
R+28.5
R+12.6
R+10.3
42,361
R
39.4%Carter16,838
55.3%Reagan23,637
5.3%
R+15.9
R+19.0
R+6.2
42,758
D
51.5%Carter21,865
48.5%Ford20,565
0.0%
D+3.1
D+35.5
D+1.0
42,430
R
33.2%McGovern14,084
65.5%Nixon27,844
1.3%
R+32.4
R+30.8
R+9.2
42,481
R
41.6%Humphrey17,452
43.2%Nixon18,106
15.2%
R+1.6
R+26.2
R+0.9
41,953
D
62.3%Johnson26,769
37.7%Goldwater16,185
0.0%
D+24.6
D+44.6
D+2.1
42,954
R
40.0%Kennedy17,865
60.0%Nixon26,788
0.0%
R+20.0
D+10.0
R+20.1
44,653
R
35.0%Stevenson14,363
65.0%Eisenhower26,651
0.0%
R+30.0
R+17.0
R+14.6
41,014
R
43.4%Stevenson19,074
56.4%Eisenhower24,784
0.1%
R+13.0
R+13.6
R+2.2
43,905
D
49.5%Truman18,984
48.9%Dewey18,757
1.5%
D+0.6
D+2.8
R+3.9
38,331
R
48.9%Roosevelt19,334
51.1%Dewey20,224
0.0%
R+2.2
R+10.7
R+9.7
39,558
D
54.0%Roosevelt23,651
45.5%Willkie19,937
0.4%
D+8.5
R+14.4
R+1.5
43,776
D
61.0%Roosevelt25,054
38.2%Landon15,677
0.8%
D+22.8
D+26.5
R+1.4
41,062
R
45.8%Roosevelt16,131
49.5%Hoover17,430
4.6%
R+3.7
D+34.1
R+21.5
35,191
R
30.7%Smith11,336
68.5%Hoover25,303
0.7%
R+37.8
R+15.3
R+20.4
36,915
R
31.0%Davis7,302
53.5%Coolidge12,593
15.4%
R+22.5
R+0.4
D+2.7
23,527
R
35.4%Cox8,159
57.5%Harding13,241
7.0%
R+22.1
R+14.6
D+4.1
23,022
R
44.1%Wilson6,606
51.6%Hughes7,725
4.2%
R+7.5
R+90.7
R+10.6
14,963
D
99.0%Wilson11,960
15.8%Taft1,909
0.0%
D+83.2
R+12.4
D+63.6
12,084
D
256.6%Bryan10,801
161.0%Taft6,777
0.0%
D+95.6
—
D+105.2
4,209
—
306.2%Parker12,277
175.4%Roosevelt7,034
0.0%
No data
—
—
4,010
R
187.8%Bryan5,768
247.6%McKinley7,605
0.0%
R+59.8
R+45.5
R+52.3
3,071
R
41.4%Bryan5,214
55.7%McKinley7,011
2.9%
R+14.3
R+6.5
R+8.2
12,584
R
44.5%Cleveland4,917
52.3%Harrison5,771
3.2%
R+7.7
—
R+9.4
11,041
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+31.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+45.9
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 14 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Cumberland, MD-WV in Cumberland, MD-WV: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−339
2012
−615
2013
−378
2014
−571
2015
−426
2016
−189
2017
−548
2018
−401
2019
−317
2021
+228
2022
+118
2023
+490
2024
+295
2025
+361
Centered on Allegany County, Maryland, this two-state metro along the Potomac shifted decisively rightward as its coal and manufacturing economy contracted over decades, now recording some of the widest Republican margins of any mid-Atlantic metro area.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.6 points in 1908 and a Republican high of 59.8 points in 1900. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.9 points.
A population of 94,306, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,386 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Huntingdon, PA and North Platte, NE.
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In 2024, Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland voted Republican by 45.9 points (R+45.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 45,041 votes cast, 11,714 went Democratic and 32,388 went Republican.
When did Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland?
Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland has a population of 94,306 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland?
Median household income in Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland is $62,386 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
