Somerset County, Maine: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+27%. Republican peak: R+54 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+27MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 50,9592024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,1792024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+40 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Aroostook County, ME · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Somerset CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Somerset County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −13.1% |
| 1896 | −38.8% |
| 1900 | −29.2% |
| 1904 | −44.4% |
| 1908 | −35.6% |
| 1912 | +17.0% |
| 1916 | −6.2% |
| 1920 | −39.2% |
| 1924 | −54.2% |
| 1928 | −42.1% |
| 1932 | −8.2% |
| 1936 | −17.1% |
| 1940 | −7.0% |
| 1944 | −14.7% |
| 1948 | −21.8% |
| 1952 | −34.1% |
| 1956 | −43.5% |
| 1960 | −18.6% |
| 1964 | +40.3% |
| 1968 | +10.4% |
| 1972 | −26.0% |
| 1976 | +3.1% |
| 1980 | −6.0% |
| 1984 | −25.8% |
| 1988 | −14.0% |
| 1992 | +9.4% |
| 1996 | +23.9% |
| 2000 | +3.6% |
| 2004 | +2.2% |
| 2008 | +5.7% |
| 2012 | +1.7% |
| 2016 | −22.7% |
| 2020 | −23.1% |
| 2024 | −27.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 10,134 | 17,826 | 28,441 | ||
| R | 10,199 | 16,644 | 27,873 | ||
| R | 9,092 | 15,001 | 26,064 | ||
| D | 12,216 | 11,800 | 24,787 | ||
| D | 13,335 | 11,867 | 25,758 | ||
| D | 13,555 | 12,953 | 27,108 | ||
| D | 11,538 | 10,684 | 23,951 | ||
| D | 11,773 | 6,247 | 23,111 | ||
| D | 9,274 | 6,780 | 26,424 | ||
| R | 8,603 | 11,430 | 20,201 | ||
| R | 7,657 | 13,010 | 20,771 | ||
| R | 8,115 | 9,286 | 19,513 | ||
| D | 9,465 | 8,868 | 18,966 | ||
| R | 5,921 | 10,079 | 16,005 | ||
| D | 8,312 | 6,720 | 15,356 | ||
| D | 10,694 | 4,541 | 15,253 | ||
| R | 6,956 | 10,142 | 17,098 | ||
| R | 4,119 | 10,471 | 14,590 | ||
| R | 4,815 | 9,805 | 14,649 | ||
| R | 4,034 | 6,301 | 10,418 | ||
| R | 5,331 | 7,167 | 12,523 | ||
| R | 6,534 | 7,526 | 14,088 | ||
| R | 5,282 | 7,558 | 13,281 | ||
| R | 6,040 | 7,144 | 13,461 | ||
| R | 3,251 | 8,055 | 11,406 | ||
| R | 1,822 | 6,855 | 9,285 | ||
| R | 2,770 | 6,533 | 9,592 | ||
| R | 3,134 | 3,567 | 6,961 | ||
| O | 2,317 | 1,235 | 6,356 | ||
| R | 1,676 | 3,688 | 5,648 | ||
| R | 1,324 | 3,716 | 5,386 | ||
| R | 1,949 | 3,727 | 6,089 | ||
| R | 2,018 | 4,695 | 6,892 | ||
| R | 2,872 | 3,777 | 6,918 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
21.0%
Irish
15.4%
French
11.0%
American
7.8%
German
6.9%
Scottish
4.8%
Italian
3.7%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 47.0 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
$58,179
Somerset County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Somerset County$58,179
Maine$74,733
United States$80,734
Somerset County ranks near the middle 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
14.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.8%
Working age (18–64)14.2%
Seniors (65+)13.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.8%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.6%
Spanish0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 83.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Somerset's sprawling interior landscape — logging towns, potato farms, and a shrinking manufacturing base — has tracked toward increasingly lopsided Republican margins over the past decade, with 2024's R+27.1 result among the widest in the state.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-four points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-seven points.
A population of 50,959, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,179 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Aroostook County and Clare County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Somerset County, Maine vote in 2024?
In 2024, Somerset County, Maine voted Republican by 27.0 points (R+27), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 28,441 votes cast, 10,134 went Democratic and 17,826 went Republican.
What is Somerset County, Maine's political typology?
Akashic places Somerset County, Maine in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. 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 9 times, Republican 24 times, and other 1 times.
When did Somerset County, Maine last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Somerset County, Maine voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Somerset County, Maine?
Somerset County, Maine has a population of 50,959 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Somerset County, Maine?
Median household income in Somerset County, Maine is $58,179 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Somerset County, Maine?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Somerset County, Maine from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.