Talbot County, Maryland: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted a near-tie. Democratic peak: D+55 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- TiedMIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 37,9172024 5-year
- Median household income
- $84,8112024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+55 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Stafford County, VA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Talbot CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Talbot 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 | −3.8% |
| 1896 | −7.2% |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +54.9% |
| 1916 | +10.4% |
| 1920 | +1.3% |
| 1924 | +7.4% |
| 1928 | −24.2% |
| 1932 | +22.5% |
| 1936 | +2.6% |
| 1940 | −8.4% |
| 1944 | −14.6% |
| 1948 | −20.8% |
| 1952 | −27.8% |
| 1956 | −37.5% |
| 1960 | −18.1% |
| 1964 | +11.7% |
| 1968 | −25.8% |
| 1972 | −50.1% |
| 1976 | −22.3% |
| 1980 | −19.1% |
| 1984 | −42.9% |
| 1988 | −34.6% |
| 1992 | −15.6% |
| 1996 | −16.9% |
| 2000 | −19.8% |
| 2004 | −20.8% |
| 2008 | −9.6% |
| 2012 | −12.4% |
| 2016 | −10.2% |
| 2020 | +0.5% |
| 2024 | −0.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 11,119 | 11,125 | 22,830 | ||
| D | 11,062 | 10,946 | 22,555 | ||
| R | 8,653 | 10,724 | 20,212 | ||
| R | 8,808 | 11,339 | 20,459 | ||
| R | 9,035 | 10,995 | 20,328 | ||
| R | 7,367 | 11,288 | 18,864 | ||
| R | 5,854 | 8,874 | 15,234 | ||
| R | 4,821 | 6,997 | 12,855 | ||
| R | 4,642 | 6,774 | 13,708 | ||
| R | 3,948 | 8,170 | 12,199 | ||
| R | 3,198 | 8,028 | 11,256 | ||
| R | 3,995 | 6,044 | 10,711 | ||
| R | 3,715 | 5,848 | 9,563 | ||
| R | 2,181 | 6,620 | 8,859 | ||
| R | 2,609 | 4,902 | 8,883 | ||
| D | 4,671 | 3,693 | 8,364 | ||
| R | 3,462 | 4,995 | 8,457 | ||
| R | 2,735 | 6,018 | 8,753 | ||
| R | 3,019 | 5,357 | 8,395 | ||
| R | 2,344 | 3,585 | 5,980 | ||
| R | 2,768 | 3,712 | 6,480 | ||
| R | 3,689 | 4,368 | 8,106 | ||
| D | 3,768 | 3,578 | 7,365 | ||
| D | 4,233 | 2,672 | 6,950 | ||
| R | 2,432 | 3,990 | 6,443 | ||
| D | 2,859 | 2,451 | 5,488 | ||
| D | 3,130 | 3,050 | 6,200 | ||
| D | 2,180 | 1,753 | 4,091 | ||
| D | 4,034 | 1,835 | 4,006 | ||
| — | 3,956 | 2,025 | 101 | ||
| — | 4,977 | 1,999 | 96 | ||
| — | 2,233 | 2,573 | 10 | ||
| R | 2,189 | 2,542 | 4,936 | ||
| R | 1,974 | 2,137 | 4,295 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
17.9%
German
17.2%
Irish
16.4%
American
7.1%
Italian
4.6%
Scottish
3.7%
Polish
2.8%
African American
9.8%
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: 51.2 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
$84,811
Talbot County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Talbot County$84,811
Maryland$103,678
United States$80,734
Talbot County ranks in the top 25% 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
9.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.5%
Working age (18–64)8.5%
Seniors (65+)10.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.1%
speak English only
Spanish7.1%
Other Indo-European1.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Talbot County, anchored by Easton on Maryland's Eastern Shore, recorded a dead-even 2024 presidential result despite its historically Republican lean — a rare zero-margin outcome that makes it a precise bellwether for Shore-wide shifts.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty points in 1972 at its widest — Talbot County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was zero points.
A median household income of $84,811 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 37,917 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stafford County and Delaware County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Talbot County, Maryland vote in 2024?
In 2024, Talbot County, Maryland voted a near-tie (Tied), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 22,830 votes cast, 11,119 went Democratic and 11,125 went Republican.
What is Talbot County, Maryland's political typology?
Akashic places Talbot 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 8 times, Republican 23 times, and other 0 times.
When did Talbot County, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Talbot County, Maryland voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Talbot County, Maryland?
Talbot County, Maryland has a population of 37,917 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Talbot County, Maryland?
Median household income in Talbot County, Maryland is $84,811 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Talbot County, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Talbot County, Maryland from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.