Cumberland County, Maine: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+35%. Republican peak: R+53 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+35MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 308,8272024 5-year
- Median household income
- $95,6772024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+39 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Washington County, VT · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cumberland CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cumberland County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −6.3% |
| 1896 | −34.6% |
| 1900 | −20.3% |
| 1904 | −29.0% |
| 1908 | −28.3% |
| 1912 | +16.1% |
| 1916 | −9.0% |
| 1920 | −39.7% |
| 1924 | −53.5% |
| 1928 | −35.8% |
| 1932 | −22.6% |
| 1936 | −13.2% |
| 1940 | −5.1% |
| 1944 | −4.4% |
| 1948 | −22.8% |
| 1952 | −38.5% |
| 1956 | −43.8% |
| 1960 | −17.0% |
| 1964 | +38.9% |
| 1968 | +15.9% |
| 1972 | −21.2% |
| 1976 | −2.0% |
| 1980 | +1.4% |
| 1984 | −13.7% |
| 1988 | −6.6% |
| 1992 | +10.6% |
| 1996 | +20.7% |
| 2000 | +11.0% |
| 2004 | +18.1% |
| 2008 | +29.9% |
| 2012 | +26.9% |
| 2016 | +26.3% |
| 2020 | +35.3% |
| 2024 | +35.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 127,971 | 59,964 | 192,656 | ||
| D | 128,759 | 59,584 | 195,914 | ||
| D | 102,981 | 57,709 | 171,818 | ||
| D | 101,950 | 57,821 | 163,786 | ||
| D | 105,218 | 56,186 | 164,151 | ||
| D | 94,846 | 65,384 | 162,962 | ||
| D | 74,203 | 58,543 | 142,620 | ||
| D | 69,496 | 42,620 | 129,610 | ||
| D | 60,781 | 45,752 | 141,522 | ||
| R | 55,220 | 63,028 | 119,075 | ||
| R | 49,894 | 65,842 | 116,026 | ||
| D | 47,337 | 45,820 | 107,461 | ||
| R | 47,007 | 48,959 | 98,626 | ||
| R | 33,326 | 51,268 | 84,617 | ||
| D | 44,697 | 32,275 | 78,048 | ||
| D | 50,844 | 22,365 | 73,272 | ||
| R | 33,553 | 47,271 | 80,825 | ||
| R | 19,438 | 49,696 | 69,134 | ||
| R | 20,831 | 46,957 | 67,898 | ||
| R | 18,913 | 30,284 | 49,885 | ||
| R | 26,857 | 29,349 | 56,278 | ||
| R | 26,911 | 29,795 | 56,782 | ||
| R | 22,895 | 30,021 | 54,030 | ||
| R | 20,655 | 32,864 | 54,033 | ||
| R | 15,648 | 33,190 | 48,996 | ||
| R | 7,078 | 26,187 | 35,719 | ||
| R | 10,484 | 24,623 | 35,585 | ||
| R | 9,795 | 11,768 | 21,961 | ||
| D | 8,480 | 5,154 | 20,661 | ||
| R | 5,735 | 10,593 | 17,138 | ||
| R | 4,989 | 9,356 | 15,054 | ||
| R | 5,770 | 8,824 | 15,060 | ||
| R | 5,175 | 11,017 | 16,866 | ||
| R | 8,050 | 9,165 | 17,677 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
21.3%
Irish
19.2%
German
8.6%
French
8.3%
Italian
7.2%
Scottish
4.3%
American
4.0%
African American
2.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$95,677
Cumberland County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Cumberland County$95,677
Maine$74,733
United States$80,734
Cumberland County ranks in the top 5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
7.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.1%
Working age (18–64)7.1%
Seniors (65+)8.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.4%
speak English only
Other Indo-European3.6%
Spanish1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.3%
Other languages1.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Portland and its surrounding suburbs, Cumberland County delivers the state's largest raw vote margins, with the 2024 presidential race landing at D+35.3 — the widest gap of any Maine county.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-three points in 1924 at its widest — Cumberland County has trended Democratic. The 2024 margin was thirty-five points.
A median household income of $95,677 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 308,827 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washington County and Snohomish County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cumberland County, Maine vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cumberland County, Maine voted Democratic by 35.3 points (D+35), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 192,656 votes cast, 127,971 went Democratic and 59,964 went Republican.
What is Cumberland County, Maine's political typology?
Akashic places Cumberland County, Maine in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 13 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Cumberland County, Maine last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Cumberland County, Maine voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Cumberland County, Maine?
Cumberland County, Maine has a population of 308,827 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cumberland County, Maine?
Median household income in Cumberland County, Maine is $95,677 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Cumberland County, Maine?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cumberland County, Maine from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.