† 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
GroupSalisbury, MDMarylandUnited States
English12.3%8.5%9.5%
Irish10.4%9.3%9.4%
German10.2%11.4%12.5%
American9.4%4.1%5.3%
Italian4.1%4.4%4.8%
Polish2.0%2.6%2.2%
French1.3%1.1%1.6%
Scottish1.2%1.1%1.3%
African American†23.6%23.6%9.9%
Haitian3.5%0.3%0.3%
African0.6%1.2%0.5%
Sudanese0.5%——
Jamaican0.2%0.7%0.4%
Mexican2.8%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%1.2%1.8%
Dominican0.5%0.5%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%1.2%0.5%
Spaniard0.3%——
Honduran0.3%0.7%0.3%
Salvadoran0.2%3.5%0.7%
Korean0.6%0.8%0.4%
Chinese0.3%1.3%1.3%
Pakistani0.3%0.3%—
Filipino0.2%0.9%0.9%
Taiwanese0.2%——
Asian Indian0.2%1.7%1.4%
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
Salisbury, MD
Maryland
United States
Median age
36.6
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
13.8%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.8%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Salisbury, MD
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$74,054
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.4%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.6%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Salisbury, MD
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.5%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.9%
9.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
3.2%
1.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.7%
2.5%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Salisbury, MD
Maryland
United States
Catholic
5.9%
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.3%
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
62.9%
56.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
11.2%
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.
Salisbury, MD
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+9.4%
1896
−4.2%
1900
No data
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+43.7%
1916
+2.6%
1920
−1.2%
1924
+1.1%
1928
−26.5%
1932
+21.9%
1936
+9.9%
1940
+14.0%
1944
−0.2%
1948
+2.0%
1952
−14.5%
1956
−25.9%
1960
−5.8%
1964
+11.0%
1968
−15.0%
1972
−39.2%
1976
−3.4%
1980
−6.1%
1984
−32.1%
1988
−24.8%
1992
−6.1%
1996
+0.7%
2000
−4.3%
2004
−16.6%
2008
−5.2%
2012
−3.7%
2016
−10.2%
2020
−4.2%
2024
−7.5%
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
44.8%Harris25,567
52.4%Trump29,870
1.2%Kennedy658 +7
R+7.5
R+3.3
R+6.1
57,049
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican52.4%29,870
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic44.8%25,567
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.2%658
Jill Ellen SteinIndependent0.8%456
OtherAll other candidates0.4%245
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%237
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%8
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%4
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%3
Shondra IrvingIndependent0.0%1
R
46.7%Biden26,295
50.9%Trump28,683
2.5%
R+4.2
D+6.0
R+8.7
56,363
R
43.0%Clinton22,246
53.2%Trump27,539
3.8%
R+10.2
R+6.6
R+12.3
51,768
R
47.2%Obama24,875
50.9%Romney26,806
1.9%
R+3.7
D+1.5
R+7.5
52,658
R
46.8%Obama24,215
51.9%McCain26,886
1.3%
R+5.2
D+11.4
R+12.4
51,776
R
41.2%Kerry19,171
57.8%Bush26,882
1.0%
R+16.6
R+12.3
R+14.1
46,497
R
46.3%Gore18,254
50.6%Bush19,947
3.0%
R+4.3
R+5.0
R+4.8
39,399
D
46.0%Clinton15,860
45.3%Dole15,606
8.7%
D+0.7
D+6.8
R+7.8
34,455
R
38.5%Clinton14,691
44.5%Bush17,010
17.0%
R+6.1
D+18.7
R+11.6
38,208
R
37.4%Dukakis12,324
62.3%Bush20,494
0.3%
R+24.8
D+7.2
R+17.1
32,920
R
33.9%Mondale10,599
65.9%Reagan20,632
0.2%
R+32.1
R+25.9
R+13.8
31,302
R
44.3%Carter12,773
50.4%Reagan14,541
5.3%
R+6.1
R+2.7
D+3.6
28,842
R
48.3%Carter12,884
51.7%Ford13,791
0.0%
R+3.4
D+35.8
R+5.5
26,675
R
29.9%McGovern7,546
69.1%Nixon17,457
1.0%
R+39.2
R+24.2
R+16.1
25,264
R
30.2%Humphrey7,711
45.2%Nixon11,536
24.5%
R+15.0
R+26.0
R+14.3
25,502
D
55.5%Johnson13,222
44.5%Goldwater10,603
0.0%
D+11.0
D+16.8
R+11.6
23,825
R
47.1%Kennedy11,298
52.9%Nixon12,701
0.0%
R+5.8
D+20.1
R+6.0
23,999
R
37.0%Stevenson8,320
63.0%Eisenhower14,147
0.0%
R+25.9
R+11.4
R+10.5
22,467
R
42.6%Stevenson9,829
57.1%Eisenhower13,174
0.3%
R+14.5
R+16.5
R+3.7
23,068
D
50.7%Truman8,527
48.7%Dewey8,191
0.6%
D+2.0
D+2.2
R+2.5
16,815
R
49.9%Roosevelt8,799
50.1%Dewey8,830
0.0%
R+0.2
R+14.2
R+7.7
17,629
D
56.6%Roosevelt11,550
42.6%Willkie8,695
0.8%
D+14.0
D+4.1
D+4.0
20,402
D
54.6%Roosevelt11,389
44.6%Landon9,315
0.8%
D+9.9
R+11.9
R+14.3
20,871
D
60.7%Roosevelt11,706
38.8%Hoover7,487
0.6%
D+21.9
D+48.4
D+4.1
19,300
R
36.6%Smith6,372
63.1%Hoover10,994
0.4%
R+26.5
R+27.6
R+9.1
17,428
D
48.7%Davis5,971
47.6%Coolidge5,834
3.7%
D+1.1
D+2.4
D+26.3
12,253
R
49.1%Cox7,688
50.3%Harding7,883
0.6%
R+1.2
R+3.8
D+24.9
15,663
D
50.1%Wilson5,170
47.5%Hughes4,903
2.4%
D+2.6
R+41.1
R+0.6
10,325
D
81.9%Wilson7,639
38.2%Taft3,566
0.0%
D+43.7
—
D+24.1
9,325
—
2814.6%Bryan7,346
1445.2%Taft3,772
0.0%
No data
—
—
261
—
5928.1%Parker9,070
2191.5%Roosevelt3,353
0.0%
No data
—
—
153
—
72950.0%Bryan4,377
74416.7%McKinley4,465
0.0%
No data
—
—
6
R
45.6%Bryan3,724
49.7%McKinley4,066
4.7%
R+4.2
R+13.6
D+1.9
8,173
D
52.4%Cleveland3,799
43.1%Harrison3,120
4.5%
D+9.4
—
D+7.7
7,246
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
36.4%20,531
58.8%33,197
56,432
2022
R
45.5%16,952
54.4%20,250
37,239
2018
D
48.7%20,191
47.1%19,526
41,458
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+0.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+7.5
Salisbury, MD registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 7.7-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
Domestic migration in Salisbury, MD in Salisbury, MD: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+81
2012
−545
2013
−478
2014
−507
2015
−102
2016
−76
2017
−273
2018
+112
2019
+239
2021
−62
2022
+147
2023
+261
2024
−48
2025
+95
Salisbury anchors the Delmarva Peninsula's commercial and healthcare hub, drawing retirees from the Mid-Atlantic corridor while its poultry-processing workforce adds a growing Latino demographic that has gradually shifted the area's electoral composition.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 39.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.5 points.
A population of 129,736, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,054 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Savannah, GA and Greenville, NC.
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In 2024, Salisbury, MD, Maryland voted Republican by 7.5 points (R+7.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 57,049 votes cast, 25,567 went Democratic and 29,870 went Republican.
When did Salisbury, MD, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Salisbury, MD, Maryland voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Salisbury, MD, Maryland?
Salisbury, MD, Maryland has a population of 129,736 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Salisbury, MD, Maryland?
Median household income in Salisbury, MD, Maryland is $74,054 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Salisbury, MD, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Salisbury, MD, Maryland from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
