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Maryland

State facts

people (ACS)
6,206,011
House seats
8
president 2024
D +28.8
Democrat

Governor Wes Moore

Senators: 2 Democrats. House members: 7 Democrats, 1 Republican.

Districts

8 House districts (2024 lines), 47 State Senate districts and 71 House of Delegates districts. Each district has its own page: who holds it, who lives there and how it has voted.

Choose a district on the map or in the table. House districts follow the lines their members were elected on; state legislative districts are the ones drawn for 2024.

Maryland: U.S. House, 2024 lines

8 districts

U.S. House, 2024 lines districts of Maryland
Maryland’s 1stAndy HarrisR781,6162022
Maryland’s 2ndJohnny OlszewskiD771,1182022
Maryland’s 3rdSarah ElfrethD781,4792022
Maryland’s 4thGlenn IveyD758,6792022
Maryland’s 5thSteny HoyerD791,4192022
Maryland’s 6thApril McClain DelaneyD796,6692022
Maryland’s 7thKweisi MfumeD753,8682022
Maryland’s 8thJamie RaskinD771,1632022

Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files (2025; 2026 lines from TIGER/Line 2026).

Notes

Districts are filled by the party of the officials on this site who hold them; a hatched district has no one here today or is shared by members of more than one party. “Lines since” is the first general election held on the district’s lines: results before it describe a different place.

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Who represents it

2 senators, 8 House members and a governor on this site, and 188 state legislators.

Each name links to the official’s profile: what they say, how they vote, their ideology and money.

Governor and senators

The House delegation

8 members, by district

The state legislature

Officials on this site by chamber and party

State legislators on this site by chamber and party
ChamberDemocratsRepublicansOthers
State Senate34130
House of Delegates102390

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Elections

2024 presidential vote: D +28.8. 63.1% Democratic, 34.3% Republican.

Results from Candidates in American General Elections (CAGE): certified from 1990 to 2024, and 2026 as it is counted (unofficial, from NYT and NBC reporting, until certified). Shares are of all votes cast.

U.S. Senate

2024

2024 general election: candidates by votes
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Angela AlsobrookswonD1,650,91254.7%
Larry Hogan Jr.R1,294,34442.9%
Mike ScottLbt69,3962.3%

Certified results. Source: CAGE.

Earlier

  • 2022: Chris Van Hollen Jr. (D) won by 31.8 points
  • 2018: Ben Cardin (D) won by 34.6 points
  • 2016: Chris Van Hollen Jr. (D) won by 25.3 points
  • 2012: Ben Cardin (D) won by 29.6 points
  • 2010: Barbara Mikulski (D) won by 26.4 points

Governor

2026

2026 general election: candidates by votes
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Wes MoorecalledincumbentD1,160,55562.7%
Dan CoxR615,96033.3%
Andy EllisGrn38,2012.1%
Cathy WhiteOther36,4652.0%

Unofficial: about 78% of the expected vote counted; called by a network. Source: CAGE.

Earlier

  • 2022: Wes Moore (D) won by 32.5 points
  • 2018: Larry Hogan Jr. (R) won by 11.9 points
  • 2014: Larry Hogan Jr. (R) won by 3.8 points
  • 2010: Martin O'Malley (D) won by 14.5 points
  • 2006: Martin O'Malley (D) won by 6.5 points

President

Statewide vote

Presidential vote in Maryland by year
YearDemocraticRepublicanMargin
202463.1%34.3%D +28.8
202065.8%32.4%D +33.4
201661.3%34.5%D +26.8
201262.2%36.0%D +26.2
200862.1%36.6%D +25.5
200456.0%43.0%D +13.0
200056.6%40.2%D +16.3
199654.3%38.3%D +16.0
199249.8%35.6%D +14.2

U.S. House

Seats won and the statewide House vote

House seats and vote in Maryland by year
YearD seatsR seatsD voteR vote
2026counting7167.1%31.9%
20247163.6%34.7%
20227164.8%34.6%
20207164.9%34.9%
20187165.4%32.3%
20167160.5%35.6%
20147157.5%41.4%
20127163.1%33.3%
20106260.5%37.0%
20087167.2%30.6%
20066264.9%32.3%
20046258.2%39.8%
20026254.5%45.4%
20004455.1%44.5%
19984453.5%46.5%
19964453.5%46.5%
19944449.2%50.8%
19924452.9%46.7%
19905351.9%47.4%

In 2026 the seats are the races called so far.

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Who lives there

6,206,011 people, by the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

Each figure beside the nation’s; ± is the 90 percent margin of error.

Maryland at a glance

ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimates

People

6,206,011

A Census Bureau estimate

Median age

39.4

±0.1 · United States 38.9

Median household income

$103,678

±$597 · United States $80,734

Race and ethnicity

Share of everyone; Hispanic or Latino people may be of any race, the other groups are not Hispanic

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Race and ethnicity: maryland beside United States
PartMarylandUnited States
White46.6%57.4%
Black28.9%11.9%
Hispanic or Latino12.5%19.3%
Asian6.5%5.9%
Another race or more than one5.4%5.5%

Age, schooling, income and place

Maryland over United States; ± is the 90 percent margin of error

0%50%
Maryland
United States
±
Aged 65 and over
16.7%
17.2%
±0.1
Bachelor’s degree or moreadults 25 and over
43.5%
35.7%
±0.3
Below the poverty line
9.4%
12.4%
±0.2
Born outside the U.S.
16.6%
14.1%
±0.2
Veteranscivilian adults
6.8%
6.2%
±0.1
Living in rural areas2020 Census
14.4%
20.0%
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Shares of people: maryland beside United States
RowMarylandUnited States
Aged 65 and over16.7%17.2%
Bachelor’s degree or more (adults 25+)43.5%35.7%
Below the poverty line9.4%12.4%
Born outside the U.S.16.6%14.1%
Veterans (adults)6.8%6.2%
Living in rural areas (2020 Census)14.4%20.0%

Source: ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates (Census Bureau); rural share from the 2020 Census.

About these figures

The figures from the American Community Survey are estimates from a sample, not a count. The ± beside each is its 90 percent margin of error: nine times in ten the true value lies within that range. In small districts the margins are wide, so a gap of a few points from United States may be noise. Shares are of everyone in the district, except education (adults 25 and over), poverty (people whose poverty status is known) and veterans (civilian adults).

These are the Census Bureau’s own estimates for the district; margins on shares are approximated from the counts’ margins.

The rural share counts the people living outside the urban areas the Census Bureau drew from the 2020 Census; it is a count, with no margin of error.

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Opinion

What Maryland’s adults think, estimated from the lab’s national survey.

Estimates for each state come from multilevel regression and poststratification (MRP): a model of every respondent’s answers by age, race, education, sex and their state’s 2024 vote, weighted to the state’s population. Rank 1 is the highest of the 51 states. See Public Opinion for the questions and the national trends.

Partisan animosity: Maryland’s estimates
Partisan animosityMDRankMedian state
Feelings gap between the parties49.3 47.0–51.24651.8
Very liberal or very conservative23% 22%–25%4226%
MAGA Republicans41% 38%–45%5047%
Political violence: Maryland’s estimates
Political violenceMDRankMedian state
Protesting without a permit28% 26%–29%3829%
Vandalism7.0% 6.2%–7.8%96.2%
Assault2.4% 1.9%–2.9%272.5%
Arson1.8% 1.4%–2.3%301.8%
Assault with a deadly weapon1.3% 1.0%–1.8%371.4%
Murder1.1% 0.8%–1.5%401.2%
Support for political violence (index)7.1% 6.6%–7.8%297.1%
Democratic norms: Maryland’s estimates
Democratic normsMDRankMedian state
Censoring hostile media17% 15%–19%2717%
Governing by executive order34% 32%–36%229%
Ignoring court rulings12% 11%–14%1612%
Party over election rules14% 13%–15%2814%
Cutting polling stations7.0% 6.1%–7.8%277.0%
Accepting norm breaches (index)17% 15%–19%1716%
Issues: Maryland’s estimates
IssuesMDRankMedian state
The economy over the next six months26% 21%–30%4935%
The economy over the past six months23% 20%–26%5025%
Free speech is secure18% 15%–21%4020%
Amnesty for undocumented immigrants37% 34%–40%330%
Deport immigrants here illegally42% 38%–46%4851%
Immigration is good for America72% 69%–76%665%
More manufacturing jobs42% 39%–47%5048%
New tariffs23% 19%–28%5033%
New tariffs, if prices rise21% 17%–25%5029%
Notes

An estimate is uncertain, especially in small states: the 95% interval shows the range. Ranks between states whose intervals overlap mean little. Estimates as of Nov 3, 2026.

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What its officials say

6.0% of Maryland’s officials’ statements make personal attacks, against 4.7% nationwide.

An AI model reads each statement (posts on X, press releases, newsletters, floor speeches) and marks the kinds of statement it contains; a rate is the share of statements with that label, in the officials’ current terms. The Maryland dashboard has the trends, topics and leaders.

Rates of each kind of statement in Maryland and the nation
Kind of statementAll officialsMembers of CongressLegislators and governorNation
Personal attacks6.0%8.9%3.9%4.7%
Policy criticism22%26%19%16%
Policy discussion55%76%40%50%
Bipartisanship4.9%9.4%1.6%5.5%
Credit claiming13%19%8.9%19%
Extreme labels2.5%3.2%2.1%2.3%
Statements34,11214,42219,6901,724,578

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Ideology and lawmaking

20,448 bills in the Maryland legislature since 2019, 6,351 of them law (31.1%).

CSIP is the lab’s ideology score from roll calls, donations and text, on one scale for every official (0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition). The legislature’s party gap is measured within each chamber from its own roll calls, in standard deviations of its members’ positions. See Bills for every legislature.

CSIP medians

By party and level

Median CSIP score by party and level
OfficialsMediann
D in Congress-0.999
D governor-0.581
D in the legislature-0.73136
R in Congress1.411
R in the legislature0.3952

Party gap in the legislature

Latest term, from roll calls

Party gap by chamber and term
Chamber, termGap (SD)Members
State Senate, 2025-20262.4651
House of Delegates, 2025-20262.05147
State Senate, 2023-20242.1845
House of Delegates, 2023-20242.03139

Bills

State legislature, 2019 on

20,448

bills introduced

6,351 became law (31.1%)

The most bills are on Health (12% of those with an area).

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Money

44% of itemized gifts to its members of Congress came from inside Maryland; 88% of itemized gifts to its state officials came from inside Maryland (latest cycle).

Itemized donations are individual gifts over $200 a cycle, the only ones reported with an address; totals and shares count those only. Aggregates only: no donor is named.

Members of Congress

2026 cycle · 10 officials · $11.3M itemized

Where itemized donations came from
Donors inShare
Maryland44%
District of Columbia8.1%
California7.5%
New York5.8%
Virginia4.5%

State officials

2026 cycle · 178 officials · $10.1M itemized

Where itemized donations came from
Donors inShare
Maryland88%
District of Columbia2.6%
Virginia2.2%
Florida1.1%
Pennsylvania1.0%

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Threats and violence

3 federal prosecutions for threatening officials in Maryland, 37 threats or harassment of local officials since 2022, and 10 political violence events in the lab’s record.

Separate records, never added together: prosecutions the Justice Department announced (not every threat), the Bridging Divides Initiative’s record of threats and harassment against local officials, the lab’s record of political violence, the FBI’s hate crime statistics and the Crowd Counting Consortium’s protests. The Political Violence page has each record in full.

4.4

hate crimes per 100,000 (2025)

Agencies covering 100% of residents reported

916

protests in the last 12 months

2025-06 to 2026-05; 14.6 per 100,000

3

threat prosecutions announced

Justice Department press releases, 2010 on

Hate crimes reported to the FBI

Incidents per year

2004001991: 431 incidents1992: 492 incidents1993: 405 incidents1994: 330 incidents1995: 352 incidents1996: 386 incidents1997: 323 incidents1998: 282 incidents1999: 230 incidents2000: 218 incidents2001: 240 incidents2002: 217 incidents2003: 248 incidents2004: 245 incidents2005: 195 incidents2006: 212 incidents2007: 151 incidents2008: 100 incidents2009: 102 incidents2010: 80 incidents2011: 49 incidents2012: 35 incidents2013: 51 incidents2014: 16 incidents2015: 41 incidents2016: 39 incidents2017: 102 incidents2018: 48 incidents2019: 19 incidents2020: 45 incidents2021: 149 incidents2022: 259 incidents2023: 262 incidents2024: 261 incidents2025: 275 incidents0492 in 199227519912000201020202025
Notes

Reporting is voluntary: a year’s count rises and falls with the number of police agencies that took part, not only with crime. Few agencies reported in the early 1990s, and in 2021 the FBI took reports only through its incident-based system (NIBRS), which many agencies had not yet joined. The Political Violence page has each year’s coverage.

Where people protested

Counties with the most protest events, last 12 months

Protest events by county
Baltimore city256
Montgomery County178
Howard County118
Baltimore County58
Frederick County57

Crowd Counting Consortium (CC0).

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Files and sources

Every figure on this page is in the bulk files and the data API.

The state facts file has one row per state and every series by year or month, with the state boundaries; the API serves this state at /v1/states/MD. Sources: the Census Bureau (people, boundaries), Candidates in American General Elections and MIT Election Data and Science Lab (elections), the lab’s survey, the FBI, the Crowd Counting Consortium, the Justice Department, the Bridging Divides Initiative and the Global Terrorism Database. Credits and terms are on Open data.

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