combined metro areaWashington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+13.7
2008D+26.8
2012D+26.4
2016D+30.0
2020D+35.3
2024D+29.8
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 70.8% of 7,082,124 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
3,172,806
1,680,419
158,716
5,011,941
7,082,124
70.8%
2020
3,338,603
1,564,853
116,282
5,019,738
6,887,174
72.9%
2016
2,794,255
1,453,266
229,385
4,476,906
6,620,023
67.6%
2012
2,693,684
1,551,308
82,169
4,327,161
6,256,323
69.2%
2008
2,599,652
1,488,436
56,237
4,144,325
5,988,622
69.2%
2004
2,072,274
1,568,645
38,998
3,679,917
5,720,921†
64.3%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
42 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWashington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PAUnited States
German11.1%12.5%
Irish9.4%9.4%
English8.9%9.5%
Italian4.4%4.8%
American4.1%5.3%
Polish2.4%2.2%
Scottish1.4%1.3%
French1.3%1.6%
African American†19.2%9.9%
African1.0%0.5%
Ethiopian0.9%—
Nigerian0.8%0.2%
Jamaican0.6%0.4%
Ghanaian0.3%—
Haitian0.2%0.3%
Salvadoran3.9%0.7%
Mexican2.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.3%1.8%
Guatemalan1.2%0.5%
Honduran0.8%0.3%
Peruvian0.6%—
Colombian0.4%0.4%
Bolivian0.4%—
Asian Indian2.3%1.4%
Chinese1.4%1.3%
Korean1.1%0.4%
Filipino0.9%0.9%
Vietnamese0.7%0.6%
Pakistani0.6%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
United States
Median age
38.7
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.4%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
United States
Median household income
$118,955
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
49.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
24.4%
22.3%
Spanish
11.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.4%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.4%
1.1%
Other languages
2.4%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
United States
Catholic
14.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.7%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+13.3%
1896
−8.7%
1900
−5.4%
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+72.6%
1916
+11.5%
1920
−11.0%
1924
−1.1%
1928
−14.2%
1932
+27.2%
1936
+26.4%
1940
+18.7%
1944
+4.0%
1948
−1.8%
1952
−12.1%
1956
−18.7%
1960
+6.3%
1964
+34.5%
1968
+6.2%
1972
−18.8%
1976
+8.6%
1980
+2.0%
1984
−3.0%
1988
−2.0%
1992
+14.8%
1996
+15.2%
2000
+14.4%
2004
+13.7%
2008
+26.8%
2012
+26.4%
2016
+30.0%
2020
+35.3%
2024
+29.8%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
63.3%Harris3,172,806
33.5%Trump1,680,419
3.2%
D+29.8
R+5.6
D+31.2
5,011,941
D
66.5%Biden3,338,603
31.2%Trump1,564,853
2.3%
D+35.3
D+5.4
D+30.9
5,019,738
D
62.4%Clinton2,794,255
32.5%Trump1,453,266
5.1%
D+30.0
D+3.6
D+27.9
4,476,906
D
62.3%Obama2,693,684
35.9%Romney1,551,308
1.9%
D+26.4
R+0.4
D+22.5
4,327,161
D
62.7%Obama2,599,652
35.9%McCain1,488,436
1.4%
D+26.8
D+13.1
D+19.5
4,144,325
D
56.3%Kerry2,072,274
42.6%Bush1,568,645
1.1%
D+13.7
R+0.7
D+16.1
3,679,917
D
55.4%Gore1,726,004
41.0%Bush1,277,659
3.5%
D+14.4
R+0.8
D+13.9
3,113,792
D
54.1%Clinton1,466,506
39.0%Dole1,055,922
6.9%
D+15.2
D+0.3
D+6.6
2,708,866
D
50.5%Clinton1,497,629
35.7%Bush1,057,512
13.8%
D+14.8
D+16.8
D+9.3
2,965,164
R
48.6%Dukakis1,231,150
50.5%Bush1,281,215
0.9%
R+2.0
D+1.1
D+5.8
2,535,546
R
48.2%Mondale1,183,184
51.3%Reagan1,257,640
0.5%
R+3.0
R+5.0
D+15.2
2,452,982
D
46.3%Carter1,010,856
44.3%Reagan967,813
9.5%
D+2.0
R+6.7
D+11.7
2,185,215
D
54.0%Carter1,086,879
45.4%Ford913,028
0.7%
D+8.6
D+27.5
D+6.6
2,013,157
R
39.9%McGovern740,342
58.8%Nixon1,089,946
1.3%
R+18.8
R+25.0
D+4.3
1,854,982
D
46.6%Humphrey780,157
40.4%Nixon677,088
13.0%
D+6.2
R+28.3
D+6.9
1,674,461
D
67.2%Johnson1,008,803
32.7%Goldwater491,075
0.1%
D+34.5
D+28.2
D+11.9
1,500,801
D
53.1%Kennedy630,123
46.8%Nixon555,609
0.1%
D+6.3
D+25.0
D+6.1
1,186,556
R
40.5%Stevenson418,363
59.1%Eisenhower611,586
0.4%
R+18.7
R+6.6
R+3.3
1,034,257
R
43.6%Stevenson423,891
55.7%Eisenhower541,756
0.8%
R+12.1
R+10.3
R+1.4
973,211
R
47.6%Truman299,498
49.4%Dewey311,110
2.9%
R+1.8
R+5.8
R+6.3
629,157
D
52.0%Roosevelt329,031
48.0%Dewey303,792
0.0%
D+4.0
R+14.7
R+3.5
633,063
D
58.9%Roosevelt396,922
40.3%Willkie271,216
0.8%
D+18.7
R+7.7
D+8.7
673,818
D
62.9%Roosevelt402,389
36.5%Landon233,576
0.6%
D+26.4
R+0.8
D+2.1
639,610
D
62.4%Roosevelt326,232
35.3%Hoover184,360
2.3%
D+27.2
D+41.3
D+9.4
522,493
R
42.6%Smith226,337
56.8%Hoover301,563
0.6%
R+14.2
R+13.1
D+3.3
530,925
R
42.9%Davis155,831
44.1%Coolidge159,853
13.0%
R+1.1
D+9.9
D+24.1
362,851
R
43.3%Cox184,208
54.2%Harding230,937
2.5%
R+11.0
R+22.5
D+15.2
425,882
D
54.6%Wilson144,483
43.1%Hughes113,969
2.3%
D+11.5
R+61.1
D+8.4
264,413
D
94.9%Wilson223,874
22.3%Taft52,663
0.0%
D+72.6
—
D+53.0
235,850
—
457.8%Bryan212,515
246.7%Taft114,530
0.0%
No data
—
—
46,416
—
568.0%Parker243,618
252.1%Roosevelt108,129
0.0%
No data
—
—
42,894
R
227.0%Bryan135,987
232.3%McKinley139,197
0.0%
R+5.4
D+3.3
D+2.2
59,913
R
44.1%Bryan120,496
52.8%McKinley144,244
3.1%
R+8.7
R+22.0
R+2.6
273,339
D
55.4%Cleveland132,518
42.0%Harrison100,605
2.6%
D+13.3
—
D+11.7
239,365
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+31.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+29.8
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.0 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2026 (partial)
4,786,639
2,563,723
1,041,157
1,090,459
91,300
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−20,493 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −391,197 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA in Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+28,170
2012
+9,250
2013
+1,872
2014
−26,616
2015
−40,158
2016
−41,933
2017
−27,689
2018
−35,272
2019
−36,588
2021
−44,138
2022
−81,408
2023
−52,502
2024
−23,692
2025
−20,493
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 18.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 5.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.8 points.
A population of 10,092,159, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $118,955 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC and San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA.
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How did Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Virginia voted Democratic by 29.8 points (D+29.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,011,941 votes cast, 3,172,806 went Democratic and 1,680,419 went Republican.
When did Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Virginia voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Virginia?
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Virginia has a population of 10,092,159 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Virginia?
Median household income in Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Virginia is $118,955 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
