† 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
20042024
Boundary 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
GroupLaurelMarylandUnited States
African American†43.9%23.6%9.9%
Nigerian2.6%1.1%0.2%
African2.0%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican1.7%0.7%0.4%
Ethiopian0.6%0.7%—
Ghanaian0.6%0.3%—
Haitian0.6%0.3%0.3%
Sierra Leonean0.4%——
Salvadoran9.3%3.5%0.7%
Mexican3.4%2.0%11.3%
Guatemalan3.2%1.2%0.5%
Honduran1.4%0.7%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%1.2%1.8%
Dominican0.9%0.5%0.7%
Nicaraguan0.4%——
Colombian0.3%0.4%0.4%
American4.0%4.1%5.3%
German3.5%11.4%12.5%
Irish3.2%9.3%9.4%
English2.8%8.5%9.5%
Italian1.6%4.4%4.8%
Polish0.7%2.6%2.2%
French0.5%1.1%1.6%
Scottish0.5%1.1%1.3%
Asian Indian2.1%1.7%1.4%
Filipino1.9%0.9%0.9%
Chinese1.3%1.3%1.3%
Vietnamese0.6%0.4%0.6%
Korean0.6%0.8%0.4%
Pakistani0.4%0.3%—
Afghan0.4%——
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
Laurel
Maryland
United States
Median age
36.3
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
6.7%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.5%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Laurel
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$100,504
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.0%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
47.7%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Laurel
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
36.4%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
17.6%
9.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.5%
1.3%
0.7%
Korean
3.1%
0.6%
0.3%
Other languages
8.2%
2.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Laurel
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.
Laurel, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+42.2%
2008
+63.4%
2012
+70.1%
2016
+69.7%
2020
+72.3%
2024
+59.9%
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, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles 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
78.2%Harris8,693
18.3%Trump2,036
3.5%
D+59.9
R+12.4
D+61.3
11,120
D
85.8%Biden10,805
13.6%Trump1,707
0.6%
D+72.3
D+2.6
D+67.8
12,590
D
82.3%Clinton8,322
12.6%Trump1,273
5.1%
D+69.7
R+0.4
D+67.6
10,114
D
84.5%Obama9,336
14.4%Romney1,593
1.1%
D+70.1
D+6.7
D+66.2
11,045
D
81.1%Obama7,908
17.7%McCain1,724
1.2%
D+63.4
D+21.3
D+56.1
9,751
D
70.5%Kerry6,210
28.3%Bush2,494
1.2%
D+42.2
—
D+44.6
8,814
Laurel straddles two of Maryland's most politically distinct counties, giving it an unusual dual-precinct structure that makes it a useful stress-test for county-level modeling in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.3 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 12.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.9 points.
A population of 29,798, a 14% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,504 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of South Laurel and Seabrook.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Laurel, Maryland voted Democratic by 59.9 points (D+59.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 11,120 votes cast, 8,693 went Democratic and 2,036 went Republican.
How many people live in Laurel, Maryland?
Laurel, Maryland has a population of 29,798 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Laurel, Maryland?
Median household income in Laurel, Maryland is $100,504 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Laurel, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Laurel, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
