Cecil County, Maryland: Industrial Catholic Metro county. In 2024, voted R+31%. Democratic peak: D+80 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+31MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Industrial Catholic MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 104,9602024 5-year
- Median household income
- $92,0072024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+80 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Horry County, SC · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cecil CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cecil County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +10.8% |
| 1896 | −3.5% |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +79.6% |
| 1916 | +13.6% |
| 1920 | +0.5% |
| 1924 | −4.7% |
| 1928 | −44.0% |
| 1932 | +9.0% |
| 1936 | +15.1% |
| 1940 | +16.0% |
| 1944 | +11.8% |
| 1948 | +5.5% |
| 1952 | −7.4% |
| 1956 | −18.8% |
| 1960 | −9.7% |
| 1964 | +19.1% |
| 1968 | −13.7% |
| 1972 | −43.7% |
| 1976 | +6.7% |
| 1980 | −9.2% |
| 1984 | −32.3% |
| 1988 | −25.6% |
| 1992 | −2.0% |
| 1996 | −3.0% |
| 2000 | −11.0% |
| 2004 | −20.9% |
| 2008 | −14.6% |
| 2012 | −19.4% |
| 2016 | −34.0% |
| 2020 | −26.3% |
| 2024 | −30.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 17,628 | 33,871 | 52,831 | ||
| R | 16,809 | 29,439 | 47,939 | ||
| R | 13,650 | 28,868 | 44,752 | ||
| R | 16,557 | 24,806 | 42,480 | ||
| R | 17,665 | 23,855 | 42,494 | ||
| R | 14,680 | 22,556 | 37,674 | ||
| R | 12,327 | 15,494 | 28,876 | ||
| R | 10,144 | 10,885 | 24,460 | ||
| R | 10,232 | 10,784 | 27,319 | ||
| R | 7,807 | 13,224 | 21,155 | ||
| R | 6,681 | 13,111 | 19,885 | ||
| R | 7,937 | 9,673 | 18,846 | ||
| D | 8,950 | 7,833 | 16,783 | ||
| R | 4,113 | 10,759 | 15,191 | ||
| R | 4,517 | 6,462 | 14,214 | ||
| D | 7,854 | 5,330 | 13,184 | ||
| R | 6,065 | 7,368 | 13,433 | ||
| R | 4,936 | 7,217 | 12,153 | ||
| R | 5,590 | 6,482 | 12,098 | ||
| D | 4,323 | 3,866 | 8,236 | ||
| D | 4,662 | 3,680 | 8,342 | ||
| D | 5,360 | 3,878 | 9,288 | ||
| D | 4,914 | 3,617 | 8,582 | ||
| D | 4,282 | 3,569 | 7,959 | ||
| R | 2,201 | 5,706 | 7,962 | ||
| R | 2,863 | 3,156 | 6,266 | ||
| D | 3,468 | 3,435 | 6,957 | ||
| D | 2,587 | 1,959 | 4,627 | ||
| D | 5,280 | 1,509 | 4,736 | ||
| — | 5,037 | 2,847 | 55 | ||
| — | 6,066 | 2,425 | 58 | ||
| — | 2,988 | 2,959 | 24 | ||
| R | 2,908 | 3,128 | 6,230 | ||
| D | 2,898 | 2,310 | 5,459 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.1%
Irish
16.4%
English
16.0%
Italian
7.8%
American
5.3%
Polish
4.7%
Scottish
2.2%
African American
5.8%
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: 40.6 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
$92,007
Cecil County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Cecil County$92,007
Maryland$103,678
United States$80,734
Cecil County ranks in the top 10% 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
10.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.3%
Working age (18–64)9.5%
Seniors (65+)10.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.1%
speak English only
Spanish3.3%
Other Indo-European2.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cecil County sits at Maryland's northeastern corner, culturally and politically closer to neighboring Pennsylvania and Delaware's rural precincts than to the Baltimore suburbs. Its R+30.8 presidential margin in 2024 makes it one of the state's most reliably Republican jurisdictions.
Its margins are typically close. The Democratic margin reached eighty points in 1912; the Republican margin reached forty-four points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-one points.
Its demographics sit near national norms: a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $92,007, and a 11% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Horry County and Tioga County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cecil County, Maryland vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cecil County, Maryland voted Republican by 30.7 points (R+31), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 52,831 votes cast, 17,628 went Democratic and 33,871 went Republican.
What is Cecil County, Maryland's political typology?
Akashic places Cecil County, Maryland in the "Industrial Catholic Metro" typology — Mid-size industrial metros with Catholic ethnic roots — among the most competitive, swing-prone ground in the country. 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 11 times, Republican 20 times, and other 0 times.
When did Cecil County, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cecil County, Maryland voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Cecil County, Maryland?
Cecil County, Maryland has a population of 104,960 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cecil County, Maryland?
Median household income in Cecil County, Maryland is $92,007 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Cecil County, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cecil County, Maryland from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The county's typology — "Industrial Catholic Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.