† 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
5 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
GroupSalisburyUnited States
Irish14.3%9.4%
English13.7%9.5%
German13.6%12.5%
American7.6%5.3%
Italian6.8%4.8%
Polish3.1%2.2%
Scottish1.8%1.3%
French1.4%1.6%
African American†13.9%9.9%
Haitian1.4%0.3%
African0.4%0.5%
Jamaican0.2%0.4%
Mexican2.8%11.3%
Guatemalan2.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.5%0.7%
Honduran0.4%0.3%
Dominican0.3%0.7%
Cuban0.2%0.7%
Filipino0.3%0.9%
Chinese0.2%1.3%
Korean0.2%0.4%
Asian Indian0.2%1.4%
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
Salisbury
United States
Median age
47
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
25.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Salisbury
United States
Median household income
$78,114
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Salisbury
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.6%
22.3%
Spanish
7.0%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Salisbury
United States
Catholic
12.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
61.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
10.7%
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.
Salisbury, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+4.3%
1896
−4.7%
1900
−9.1%
1904
No data
1908
+56.2%
1912
+38.0%
1916
+2.5%
1920
−2.4%
1924
+1.3%
1928
−31.4%
1932
+15.4%
1936
+8.0%
1940
+10.6%
1944
−2.1%
1948
−2.6%
1952
−11.2%
1956
−18.3%
1960
−3.6%
1964
+8.6%
1968
−14.1%
1972
−37.9%
1976
−0.4%
1980
−7.7%
1984
−34.3%
1988
−25.0%
1992
−4.9%
1996
+1.3%
2000
−6.2%
2004
−20.1%
2008
−8.6%
2012
−10.5%
2016
−19.0%
2020
−10.6%
2024
−11.8%
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
R
43.2%Harris109,788
55.0%Trump139,917
0.5%Kennedy1,191 +9
R+11.8
R+1.2
R+10.4
254,341
All 12 candidates in 2024 · 10 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican55.0%139,917
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic43.2%109,788
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.5%1,191
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.4%1,099
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%878
Jill Ellen SteinIndependent0.3%778
OtherAll other candidates0.2%434
Vermin SupremeIndependent0.1%234
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%10
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%6
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%5
Shondra IrvingIndependent0.0%1
R
43.9%Biden102,394
54.5%Trump127,248
1.6%
R+10.6
D+8.4
R+15.1
233,383
R
38.7%Clinton77,577
57.7%Trump115,773
3.6%
R+19.0
R+8.6
R+21.1
200,642
R
44.0%Obama83,121
54.5%Romney102,852
1.5%
R+10.5
R+1.8
R+14.3
188,744
R
45.1%Obama82,800
53.7%McCain98,600
1.1%
R+8.6
D+11.5
R+15.9
183,466
R
39.5%Kerry64,328
59.6%Bush97,035
0.9%
R+20.1
R+13.9
R+17.6
162,817
R
45.4%Gore62,614
51.6%Bush71,156
2.9%
R+6.2
R+7.5
R+6.7
137,831
D
45.2%Clinton51,251
43.9%Dole49,751
11.0%
D+1.3
D+6.2
R+7.2
113,452
R
37.1%Clinton43,838
41.9%Bush49,621
21.0%
R+4.9
D+20.2
R+10.4
118,289
R
37.3%Dukakis37,324
62.3%Bush62,396
0.4%
R+25.0
D+9.3
R+17.3
100,097
R
32.7%Mondale31,158
67.0%Reagan63,876
0.4%
R+34.3
R+26.6
R+16.1
95,389
R
43.5%Carter37,849
51.2%Reagan44,535
5.3%
R+7.7
R+7.3
D+2.1
87,007
R
49.6%Carter40,040
50.0%Ford40,359
0.4%
R+0.4
D+37.5
R+2.5
80,762
R
30.5%McGovern23,104
68.4%Nixon51,864
1.2%
R+37.9
R+23.8
R+14.8
75,841
R
31.7%Humphrey24,142
45.8%Nixon34,878
22.5%
R+14.1
R+22.7
R+13.4
76,140
D
54.2%Johnson39,470
45.6%Goldwater33,208
0.1%
D+8.6
D+12.2
R+14.0
72,775
R
48.1%Kennedy35,081
51.6%Nixon37,695
0.3%
R+3.6
D+14.7
R+3.7
73,005
R
40.8%Stevenson28,320
59.1%Eisenhower41,042
0.2%
R+18.3
R+7.1
R+2.9
69,474
R
44.1%Stevenson32,414
55.3%Eisenhower40,636
0.6%
R+11.2
R+8.6
R+0.4
73,503
R
48.4%Truman26,837
51.0%Dewey28,251
0.6%
R+2.6
R+0.5
R+7.0
55,441
R
48.9%Roosevelt26,854
51.0%Dewey27,984
0.1%
R+2.1
R+12.7
R+9.6
54,911
D
55.0%Roosevelt34,232
44.4%Willkie27,636
0.5%
D+10.6
D+2.6
D+0.7
62,195
D
53.8%Roosevelt33,048
45.8%Landon28,152
0.4%
D+8.0
R+7.4
R+16.3
61,440
D
57.5%Roosevelt32,464
42.1%Hoover23,763
0.4%
D+15.4
D+46.8
R+2.4
56,456
R
34.2%Smith17,831
65.6%Hoover34,216
0.3%
R+31.4
R+32.6
R+13.9
52,198
D
49.6%Davis23,650
48.4%Coolidge23,054
2.0%
D+1.3
D+3.7
D+26.4
47,656
R
48.6%Cox23,762
51.0%Harding24,938
0.4%
R+2.4
R+4.9
D+23.8
48,915
D
50.3%Wilson15,707
47.8%Hughes14,923
1.9%
D+2.5
R+35.5
R+0.6
31,217
D
76.2%Wilson22,293
38.2%Taft11,176
0.0%
D+38.0
R+18.2
D+18.4
29,275
D
181.4%Bryan20,836
125.2%Taft14,385
0.0%
D+56.2
—
D+65.7
11,488
—
224.2%Parker24,409
123.1%Roosevelt13,398
0.0%
No data
—
—
10,886
R
146.8%Bryan13,923
155.9%McKinley14,783
0.0%
R+9.1
R+4.3
R+1.5
9,482
R
45.5%Bryan12,149
50.2%McKinley13,411
4.3%
R+4.7
R+9.1
D+1.4
26,719
D
49.8%Cleveland11,919
45.4%Harrison10,879
4.8%
D+4.3
—
D+2.7
23,953
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+5.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+11.8
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.8 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Salisbury in Salisbury: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+2,266
2012
+1,694
2013
+2,580
2014
+3,373
2015
+4,265
2016
+4,623
2017
+5,152
2018
+5,911
2019
+6,184
2021
+12,352
2022
+9,500
2023
+8,085
2024
+6,890
2025
+7,253
The Salisbury market covers Maryland's lower Eastern Shore — Somerset, Dorchester, Wicomico, and Worcester counties — plus Sussex County, Delaware. Once narrowly Republican (R+0.4 in 1976), it has voted Republican by double digits in each election from 2004 through 2024 (R+11.9 in 2024). Its median age was 47 in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.2 points in 1908 and a Republican high of 37.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.8 points.
A population of 471,816, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,114 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wilmington and Fort Myers-Naples.
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In 2024, Salisbury, Maryland voted Republican by 11.8 points (R+11.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 254,341 votes cast, 109,788 went Democratic and 139,917 went Republican.
When did Salisbury, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Salisbury, Maryland voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Salisbury, Maryland?
Salisbury, Maryland has a population of 471,816 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Salisbury, Maryland?
Median household income in Salisbury, Maryland is $78,114 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Salisbury, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Salisbury, Maryland from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
