congressional districtMaryland 5th Congressional District
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+9.7
2008D+26.0
2012D+27.3
2016D+23.8
2020D+36.7
2024D+33.3
net swing · 2004→2024D+23.6D+9.7 → D+33.3
vs. U.S. · 2024D+34.8D+33.3 vs R+1.5
presidential returns
2024 turnout 73.0% of 587,496 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
280,952
138,223
9,595
428,770
587,496
73.0%
2020
280,900
128,861
4,484
414,245
566,206†
73.2%
2016
205,325
122,595
18,988
346,908
549,030†
63.2%
2012
216,783
122,382
6,556
345,721
521,207†
66.3%
2008
209,540
122,335
3,623
335,498
498,526†
67.3%
2004
160,008
131,427
2,721
294,156
475,845†
61.8%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles from the constituent-county ACS trend anchored to the current figure. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
20042024
District by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupMD-5MarylandUnited States
German10.1%11.4%12.5%
English9.6%8.5%9.5%
Irish9.1%9.3%9.4%
American4.7%4.1%5.3%
Italian4.0%4.4%4.8%
Polish1.9%2.6%2.2%
Scottish1.5%1.1%1.3%
French1.2%1.1%1.6%
African American†33.8%23.6%9.9%
Nigerian1.6%1.1%0.2%
African1.5%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican1.1%0.7%0.4%
Ethiopian0.4%0.7%—
Ghanaian0.3%0.3%—
Haitian0.3%0.3%0.3%
Sierra Leonean0.2%——
Salvadoran2.4%3.5%0.7%
Mexican1.3%2.0%11.3%
Guatemalan0.9%1.2%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.2%1.8%
Honduran0.4%0.7%0.3%
Dominican0.2%0.5%0.7%
Filipino0.9%0.9%0.9%
Asian Indian0.7%1.7%1.4%
Chinese0.4%1.3%1.3%
Korean0.3%0.8%0.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.4%0.6%
Pakistani0.2%0.3%—
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
MD-5
Maryland
United States
Median age
39.8
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.7%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.1%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
MD-5
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$130,777
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.7%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.4%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
MD-5
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
19.8%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
11.6%
9.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.3%
1.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
2.5%
2.0%
Other languages
2.6%
2.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
MD-5
Maryland
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
56.6%
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.
Maryland 5th Congressional District
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+9.7%
2008
+26.0%
2012
+27.3%
2016
+23.8%
2020
+36.7%
2024
+33.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
65.5%Harris280,952
32.2%Trump138,223
0.9%Kennedy3,841 +13
D+33.3
R+3.4
D+34.8
428,770
All 16 candidates in 2024 · 14 minor / independent
Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.
Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races
U.S. House
Each result reflects the U.S. House district as it was drawn for that election; redistricting has redrawn these lines over time, so they can differ from the current 120th-Congress district shown on the map above.
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
District
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
5
D
67.8%283,619
32.0%133,985
418,603
2022
5
D
65.9%182,478
33.9%94,000
276,920
2020
5
D
68.8%274,210
31.0%123,525
398,839
2018
5
D
70.3%213,796
27.1%82,361
304,209
2016
5
D
67.4%242,989
29.4%105,931
360,634
2014
5
D
64.0%144,725
35.7%80,752
226,040
2012
5
D
69.4%238,618
27.7%95,271
343,820
2010
5
D
64.3%155,110
34.6%83,575
241,383
2008
5
D
73.6%253,854
24.0%82,631
344,691
2006
5
D
82.7%168,114
0.0%0
203,323
2004
5
D
68.7%204,867
29.2%87,189
298,129
2002
5
D
69.4%137,903
30.6%60,758
198,819
2000
5
D
65.1%166,231
34.9%89,019
255,375
1998
5
D
65.4%126,792
34.6%67,176
193,968
1996
5
D
56.9%121,288
43.1%91,806
213,094
1994
5
D
58.8%98,821
41.2%69,211
168,045
1992
5
D
53.0%118,312
47.0%104,972
223,284
1990
5
D
80.7%84,747
19.3%20,314
105,061
1988
5
D
78.6%128,437
21.4%34,909
163,346
1986
5
D
81.9%82,098
18.1%18,102
100,200
1984
5
D
72.2%116,310
27.8%44,839
161,149
1982
5
D
79.6%83,937
20.4%21,533
105,470
1980
5
D
80.5%106,035
19.5%25,693
131,728
1978
5
D
77.2%64,868
22.8%19,160
84,028
1976
5
D
57.7%77,836
42.3%57,057
134,893
U.S. Senate
The statewide Senate race, counted in this district — aggregated from the precinct-level returns that fall inside its boundaries (not a statewide figure).
Votes · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL) precinct returns (CC BY 4.0); aggregated to the district over VEST precinct geometry (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
59.6%243,604
38.2%156,169
408,920
2022
D
65.8%1,316,897
34.1%682,293
2,002,336
2018
D
64.9%1,491,614
30.3%697,017
2,297,538
2016
D
61.0%1,659,907
35.7%972,557
2,722,434
2012
D
56.0%1,474,028
26.4%693,291
2,630,505
2010
D
62.3%1,140,615
35.8%655,666
1,831,744
2006
D
54.2%965,477
44.2%787,182
1,780,223
2004
D
64.8%1,504,691
33.7%783,055
2,321,571
2000
D
63.2%1,230,013
36.7%715,178
1,946,898
1998
D
70.5%1,062,810
29.5%444,637
1,507,447
1994
D
59.1%809,125
40.9%559,908
1,369,033
1992
D
71.0%1,307,610
29.0%533,688
1,841,298
1988
D
61.8%999,166
38.2%617,537
1,616,703
1986
D
60.7%675,225
39.3%437,411
1,112,636
1982
D
63.5%707,356
36.5%407,334
1,114,690
1980
R
33.8%435,118
66.2%850,970
1,286,088
1976
D
56.6%772,101
38.9%530,439
1,365,290
2024 U.S. Senate — every candidate counted in this district
Angela Alsobrooks · Democrat59.6%243,604
Larry Hogan · Republican38.2%156,169
Mike Scott · Libertarian2.0%8,359
Writein0.2%654
Patrick J Burke · Other0.0%115
Billy Bridges · Unaffiliated0.0%15
Christy Renee Helmondollar · Unaffiliated0.0%2
Robin Rowe · Unaffiliated0.0%2
Maryland's 5th stretches from Prince George's County suburbs into Southern Maryland, blending a majority-minority urban core with rural Chesapeake waterfront communities — a combination that has produced some of the region's most consistent Democratic margins over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.3 points.
A population of 774,685, a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $130,777 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 4 and Congressional District 4.
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How did Maryland 5th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Maryland 5th Congressional District voted Democratic by 33.3 points (D+33.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 428,770 votes cast, 280,952 went Democratic and 138,223 went Republican.
How many people live in Maryland 5th Congressional District?
Maryland 5th Congressional District has a population of 774,685 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Maryland 5th Congressional District?
Median household income in Maryland 5th Congressional District is $130,777 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Maryland 5th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Maryland 5th Congressional District from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
