Carroll County, Maryland: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+25%. Democratic peak: D+65 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+25MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 175,3212024 5-year
- Median household income
- $118,2112024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+65 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Warren County, OH · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Carroll CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Carroll 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 | +5.4% |
| 1896 | −2.5% |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +64.7% |
| 1916 | +5.3% |
| 1920 | −14.9% |
| 1924 | −6.7% |
| 1928 | −39.6% |
| 1932 | +6.1% |
| 1936 | −6.4% |
| 1940 | −17.4% |
| 1944 | −33.5% |
| 1948 | −30.6% |
| 1952 | −40.1% |
| 1956 | −45.3% |
| 1960 | −33.0% |
| 1964 | +0.7% |
| 1968 | −36.8% |
| 1972 | −57.0% |
| 1976 | −22.3% |
| 1980 | −28.7% |
| 1984 | −50.6% |
| 1988 | −43.1% |
| 1992 | −23.6% |
| 1996 | −24.9% |
| 2000 | −33.7% |
| 2004 | −40.7% |
| 2008 | −31.2% |
| 2012 | −32.9% |
| 2016 | −35.1% |
| 2020 | −23.7% |
| 2024 | −24.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 36,867 | 62,273 | 102,651 | ||
| R | 36,456 | 60,218 | 100,327 | ||
| R | 26,567 | 58,215 | 90,129 | ||
| R | 27,939 | 56,761 | 87,536 | ||
| R | 28,060 | 54,503 | 84,760 | ||
| R | 22,974 | 55,275 | 79,349 | ||
| R | 20,146 | 41,742 | 64,027 | ||
| R | 17,122 | 30,316 | 52,997 | ||
| R | 15,447 | 28,405 | 54,930 | ||
| R | 12,368 | 31,224 | 43,747 | ||
| R | 8,898 | 27,230 | 36,199 | ||
| R | 10,393 | 19,859 | 32,940 | ||
| R | 9,940 | 15,661 | 25,601 | ||
| R | 4,408 | 16,847 | 21,808 | ||
| R | 4,658 | 11,888 | 19,631 | ||
| D | 8,451 | 8,332 | 16,783 | ||
| R | 5,763 | 11,445 | 17,208 | ||
| R | 4,423 | 11,749 | 16,172 | ||
| R | 4,934 | 11,563 | 16,522 | ||
| R | 4,226 | 8,003 | 12,333 | ||
| R | 4,483 | 8,999 | 13,482 | ||
| R | 5,833 | 8,300 | 14,178 | ||
| R | 6,496 | 7,383 | 13,957 | ||
| D | 6,482 | 5,732 | 12,306 | ||
| R | 3,731 | 8,644 | 12,419 | ||
| R | 4,616 | 5,301 | 10,263 | ||
| R | 4,273 | 5,784 | 10,125 | ||
| D | 4,016 | 3,602 | 7,774 | ||
| D | 7,217 | 2,546 | 7,216 | ||
| — | 7,027 | 3,641 | 170 | ||
| — | 8,340 | 3,357 | 143 | ||
| — | 4,022 | 4,103 | 26 | ||
| R | 3,841 | 4,047 | 8,140 | ||
| D | 3,721 | 3,328 | 7,274 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.1%
Irish
17.6%
English
13.8%
American
11.5%
Italian
7.2%
Polish
3.9%
Scottish
2.1%
African American
3.3%
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: 41.3 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
$118,211
Carroll County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Carroll County$118,211
Maryland$103,678
United States$80,734
Carroll County ranks in the top 0.5% 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
5.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 185.0%
Working age (18–64)5.2%
Seniors (65+)6.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.1%
speak English only
Spanish2.9%
Other Indo-European2.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Carroll sits in north-central Maryland where exurban growth has reinforced rather than diluted a longstanding conservative lean, delivering Republican presidential candidates roughly 60 percent or better for more than two decades despite the state's Democratic tilt.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-seven points in 1972 at its widest — Carroll County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-five points.
A median household income of $118,211 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 175,321 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Warren County and Okaloosa County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Carroll County, Maryland vote in 2024?
In 2024, Carroll County, Maryland voted Republican by 24.7 points (R+25), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 102,651 votes cast, 36,867 went Democratic and 62,273 went Republican.
What is Carroll County, Maryland's political typology?
Akashic places Carroll County, Maryland 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 5 times, Republican 26 times, and other 0 times.
When did Carroll County, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Carroll County, Maryland voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Carroll County, Maryland?
Carroll County, Maryland has a population of 175,321 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Carroll County, Maryland?
Median household income in Carroll County, Maryland is $118,211 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Carroll County, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Carroll County, Maryland from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.