† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
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
GroupLexington Park, MDMarylandUnited States
English16.3%8.5%9.5%
German15.2%11.4%12.5%
Irish13.4%9.3%9.4%
American5.5%4.1%5.3%
Italian5.3%4.4%4.8%
Scottish2.2%1.1%1.3%
Polish2.1%2.6%2.2%
French1.9%1.1%1.6%
African American†12.5%23.6%9.9%
African0.4%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican0.2%0.7%0.4%
Mexican2.0%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.0%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%3.5%0.7%
Spaniard0.4%——
Dominican0.2%0.5%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%1.2%0.5%
Colombian0.2%0.4%0.4%
Filipino1.1%0.9%0.9%
Asian Indian0.3%1.7%1.4%
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
Lexington Park, MD
Maryland
United States
Median age
38.8
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.1%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lexington Park, MD
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$125,965
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.2%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.7%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lexington Park, MD
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.7%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.5%
9.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lexington Park, MD
Maryland
United States
Catholic
22.0%
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
7.9%
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
57.2%
56.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.6%
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.
Lexington Park, MD
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−6.4%
1896
−13.1%
1900
No data
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+77.5%
1916
+6.9%
1920
−11.6%
1924
−0.4%
1928
+5.7%
1932
+18.0%
1936
+3.6%
1940
+6.8%
1944
−17.1%
1948
−0.3%
1952
−9.6%
1956
−13.5%
1960
+22.4%
1964
+32.8%
1968
+0.1%
1972
−33.3%
1976
+13.3%
1980
−8.1%
1984
−24.2%
1988
−26.3%
1992
−8.2%
1996
−7.1%
2000
−13.4%
2004
−22.0%
2008
−9.6%
2012
−11.3%
2016
−19.9%
2020
−10.0%
2024
−14.1%
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%Harris46,969
55.6%Trump62,943
1.1%Kennedy1,223 +10
R+14.1
R+4.1
R+12.6
113,145
All 13 candidates in 2024 · 11 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican55.6%62,943
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic41.5%46,969
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.1%1,223
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%706
OtherAll other candidates0.6%648
Jill Ellen SteinIndependent0.5%584
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%35
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%17
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%14
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%3
Douglas JenkinsIndependent0.0%1
John ChengIndependent0.0%1
Michael YostIndependent0.0%1
R
43.6%Biden45,725
53.6%Trump56,172
2.7%
R+10.0
D+10.0
R+14.4
104,777
R
37.4%Clinton35,759
57.3%Trump54,839
5.3%
R+19.9
R+8.7
R+22.0
95,689
R
43.1%Obama40,240
54.4%Romney50,749
2.5%
R+11.3
R+1.7
R+15.1
93,342
R
44.4%Obama39,322
54.0%McCain47,800
1.5%
R+9.6
D+12.4
R+16.9
88,466
R
38.5%Kerry29,743
60.5%Bush46,742
1.0%
R+22.0
R+8.6
R+19.5
77,267
R
42.0%Gore24,898
55.4%Bush32,860
2.6%
R+13.4
R+6.4
R+13.9
59,307
R
42.2%Clinton19,996
49.3%Dole23,344
8.5%
R+7.1
D+1.1
R+15.6
47,374
R
36.3%Clinton17,550
44.5%Bush21,511
19.2%
R+8.2
D+18.1
R+13.8
48,334
R
36.6%Dukakis13,810
62.9%Bush23,723
0.4%
R+26.3
R+2.1
R+18.6
37,687
R
37.7%Mondale11,875
61.9%Reagan19,504
0.4%
R+24.2
R+16.1
R+6.0
31,510
R
42.8%Carter11,518
50.9%Reagan13,707
6.3%
R+8.1
R+21.4
D+1.6
26,926
D
56.6%Carter11,853
43.4%Ford9,079
0.0%
D+13.3
D+46.6
D+11.2
20,932
R
32.7%McGovern5,803
66.1%Nixon11,713
1.2%
R+33.3
R+33.5
R+10.2
17,726
D
36.3%Humphrey5,312
36.2%Nixon5,294
27.5%
D+0.1
R+32.6
D+0.8
14,624
D
66.4%Johnson9,166
33.6%Goldwater4,643
0.0%
D+32.8
D+10.3
D+10.2
13,809
D
61.2%Kennedy8,287
38.8%Nixon5,253
0.0%
D+22.4
D+35.9
D+22.2
13,540
R
43.2%Stevenson5,409
56.8%Eisenhower7,100
0.0%
R+13.5
R+3.9
D+1.9
12,509
R
44.9%Stevenson5,797
54.6%Eisenhower7,039
0.5%
R+9.6
R+9.4
D+1.1
12,903
R
49.3%Truman4,144
49.5%Dewey4,166
1.2%
R+0.3
D+16.8
R+4.7
8,411
R
41.5%Roosevelt3,440
58.5%Dewey4,857
0.0%
R+17.1
R+23.9
R+24.6
8,297
D
53.0%Roosevelt5,009
46.2%Willkie4,368
0.8%
D+6.8
D+3.2
R+3.2
9,451
D
51.0%Roosevelt4,701
47.4%Landon4,368
1.6%
D+3.6
R+14.4
R+20.6
9,218
D
58.2%Roosevelt4,581
40.1%Hoover3,160
1.7%
D+18.0
D+12.3
D+0.3
7,877
D
51.9%Smith4,150
46.2%Hoover3,694
1.9%
D+5.7
D+6.1
D+23.2
7,995
R
48.4%Davis3,191
48.8%Coolidge3,217
2.9%
R+0.4
D+11.2
D+24.8
6,596
R
43.6%Cox3,091
55.2%Harding3,916
1.2%
R+11.6
R+18.5
D+14.6
7,095
D
51.5%Wilson2,353
44.6%Hughes2,039
3.9%
D+6.9
R+70.6
D+3.7
4,568
D
133.4%Wilson5,482
55.9%Taft2,297
0.0%
D+77.5
—
D+58.0
4,109
—
3414.5%Bryan5,429
1472.3%Taft2,341
0.0%
No data
—
—
159
—
3678.0%Parker7,540
1416.6%Roosevelt2,904
0.0%
No data
—
—
205
—
7789.2%Bryan2,882
11537.8%McKinley4,269
0.0%
No data
—
—
37
R
39.8%Bryan2,965
52.9%McKinley3,940
7.2%
R+13.1
R+6.7
R+7.0
7,442
R
41.9%Cleveland2,580
48.3%Harrison2,972
9.8%
R+6.4
—
R+8.0
6,154
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
32.8%36,785
63.3%71,051
112,212
2022
R
43.6%32,663
56.3%42,251
74,994
2018
R
43.2%34,221
52.1%41,294
79,199
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+9.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+14.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 4.6 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Lexington Park, MD in Lexington Park, MD: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+918
2012
+250
2013
−28
2014
−321
2015
−231
2016
+246
2017
+233
2018
+164
2019
+560
2021
+1,241
2022
−111
2023
−148
2024
+226
2025
−85
Lexington Park's political and economic identity bends heavily toward the defense sector, with a civilian contractor workforce surrounding NAS Patuxent River that tilts the area's demographics and voting patterns away from surrounding rural St. Mary's County.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 33.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.1 points.
A population of 209,439, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $125,965 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Heber, UT and Jackson, WY-ID.
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How did Lexington Park, MD, Maryland vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lexington Park, MD, Maryland voted Republican by 14.1 points (R+14.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 113,145 votes cast, 46,969 went Democratic and 62,943 went Republican.
When did Lexington Park, MD, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lexington Park, MD, Maryland voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Lexington Park, MD, Maryland?
Lexington Park, MD, Maryland has a population of 209,439 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lexington Park, MD, Maryland?
Median household income in Lexington Park, MD, Maryland is $125,965 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Lexington Park, MD, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lexington Park, MD, Maryland from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
