Queen Anne's County, Maryland: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+28%. Democratic peak: D+59 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+28MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 51,8252024 5-year
- Median household income
- $112,8262024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cole County, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Queen Anne's CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Queen Anne's 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 | +17.4% |
| 1896 | +13.0% |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +59.0% |
| 1916 | +27.6% |
| 1920 | +23.6% |
| 1924 | +30.5% |
| 1928 | +0.6% |
| 1932 | +39.7% |
| 1936 | +29.1% |
| 1940 | +17.5% |
| 1944 | +17.6% |
| 1948 | +13.1% |
| 1952 | −1.8% |
| 1956 | −11.4% |
| 1960 | +3.6% |
| 1964 | +34.9% |
| 1968 | −14.9% |
| 1972 | −42.9% |
| 1976 | −0.3% |
| 1980 | −10.2% |
| 1984 | −39.4% |
| 1988 | −33.7% |
| 1992 | −14.9% |
| 1996 | −15.3% |
| 2000 | −22.2% |
| 2004 | −34.0% |
| 2008 | −27.1% |
| 2012 | −29.2% |
| 2016 | −34.5% |
| 2020 | −26.5% |
| 2024 | −27.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 11,273 | 20,200 | 32,347 | ||
| R | 10,709 | 18,741 | 30,290 | ||
| R | 7,973 | 16,993 | 26,178 | ||
| R | 8,556 | 15,823 | 24,888 | ||
| R | 8,575 | 15,087 | 24,045 | ||
| R | 7,070 | 14,489 | 21,794 | ||
| R | 6,257 | 9,970 | 16,761 | ||
| R | 5,054 | 7,147 | 13,639 | ||
| R | 4,668 | 6,829 | 14,514 | ||
| R | 3,857 | 7,803 | 11,703 | ||
| R | 2,938 | 6,784 | 9,763 | ||
| R | 3,820 | 4,749 | 9,112 | ||
| R | 3,457 | 3,479 | 6,936 | ||
| R | 1,712 | 4,380 | 6,217 | ||
| R | 1,969 | 2,888 | 6,155 | ||
| D | 4,052 | 1,955 | 6,007 | ||
| D | 3,126 | 2,906 | 6,032 | ||
| R | 2,641 | 3,321 | 5,962 | ||
| R | 3,058 | 3,170 | 6,265 | ||
| D | 2,660 | 2,038 | 4,742 | ||
| D | 3,027 | 2,119 | 5,146 | ||
| D | 3,581 | 2,508 | 6,126 | ||
| D | 3,548 | 1,946 | 5,503 | ||
| D | 3,683 | 1,583 | 5,294 | ||
| D | 2,700 | 2,666 | 5,389 | ||
| D | 3,155 | 1,656 | 4,908 | ||
| D | 3,519 | 2,157 | 5,762 | ||
| D | 2,206 | 1,242 | 3,499 | ||
| D | 3,334 | 1,311 | 3,426 | ||
| — | 3,885 | 2,086 | 113 | ||
| — | 4,538 | 1,487 | 140 | ||
| — | 2,544 | 1,873 | 8 | ||
| D | 2,516 | 1,917 | 4,616 | ||
| D | 2,281 | 1,579 | 4,023 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
18.3%
German
16.6%
Irish
14.9%
Italian
7.1%
American
5.1%
Polish
4.2%
Scottish
2.5%
African American
4.6%
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: 44.7 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
$112,826
Queen Anne's County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Queen Anne's County$112,826
Maryland$103,678
United States$80,734
Queen Anne's 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
6.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.4%
Working age (18–64)6.1%
Seniors (65+)6.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.3%
speak English only
Spanish3.7%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Other languages0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Straddling the Eastern Shore and the Bay Bridge corridor, Queen Anne's County has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 25 points in recent cycles, making it one of Maryland's most reliably right-leaning jurisdictions despite its proximity to the Baltimore–Washington metro.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-three points in 1972 at its widest — Queen Anne's County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-eight points.
A median household income of $112,826 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 51,825 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cole County and Roanoke County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Queen Anne's County, Maryland vote in 2024?
In 2024, Queen Anne's County, Maryland voted Republican by 27.6 points (R+28), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 32,347 votes cast, 11,273 went Democratic and 20,200 went Republican.
What is Queen Anne's County, Maryland's political typology?
Akashic places Queen Anne's 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 14 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.
When did Queen Anne's County, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Queen Anne's County, Maryland voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Queen Anne's County, Maryland?
Queen Anne's County, Maryland has a population of 51,825 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Queen Anne's County, Maryland?
Median household income in Queen Anne's County, Maryland is $112,826 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Queen Anne's County, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Queen Anne's County, Maryland from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.