† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupAberdeenMarylandUnited States
German15.1%11.4%12.5%
Irish11.1%9.3%9.4%
English9.2%8.5%9.5%
Italian6.2%4.4%4.8%
Polish4.1%2.6%2.2%
American3.3%4.1%5.3%
Scottish1.3%1.1%1.3%
French1.2%1.1%1.6%
African American†23.2%23.6%9.9%
African1.9%1.2%0.5%
Nigerian1.4%1.1%0.2%
Jamaican0.8%0.7%0.4%
Ghanaian0.4%0.3%—
Haitian0.4%0.3%0.3%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.4%0.2%—
Mexican2.8%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.5%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.8%3.5%0.7%
Dominican0.6%0.5%0.7%
Guatemalan0.6%1.2%0.5%
Ecuadorian0.6%——
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
Honduran0.4%0.7%0.3%
Asian Indian0.5%1.7%1.4%
Chinese0.3%1.3%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.9%0.9%
Korean0.3%0.8%0.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.4%0.6%
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
Aberdeen
Maryland
United States
Median age
38.8
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.9%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Aberdeen
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$74,826
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.3%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.6%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Aberdeen
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.1%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
6.4%
9.6%
13.6%
Other languages
2.7%
2.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Aberdeen
Maryland
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
56.6%
51.5%
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.
Aberdeen, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+10.0%
2008
+19.6%
2012
+26.4%
2016
+19.4%
2020
+20.9%
2024
+15.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
56.3%Harris4,090
41.2%Trump2,994
2.5%
D+15.1
R+5.9
D+16.6
7,268
D
59.5%Biden4,336
38.6%Trump2,811
1.9%
D+20.9
D+1.6
D+16.5
7,285
D
56.9%Clinton4,068
37.6%Trump2,684
5.5%
D+19.4
R+7.1
D+17.3
7,145
D
61.9%Obama4,150
35.5%Romney2,378
2.6%
D+26.4
D+6.8
D+22.6
6,704
D
59.1%Obama3,815
39.4%McCain2,547
1.5%
D+19.6
D+9.7
D+12.4
6,460
D
54.3%Kerry3,117
44.3%Bush2,544
1.4%
D+10.0
—
D+12.4
5,744
Aberdeen's economy and voter base are heavily influenced by the adjacent Army installation, one of the nation's oldest active proving grounds, giving defense-related issues unusual salience in local and federal races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.4 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.1 points.
A population of 17,298, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,826 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of McKeesport and Whitehall.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Aberdeen, Maryland voted Democratic by 15.1 points (D+15.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 7,268 votes cast, 4,090 went Democratic and 2,994 went Republican.
How many people live in Aberdeen, Maryland?
Aberdeen, Maryland has a population of 17,298 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Aberdeen, Maryland?
Median household income in Aberdeen, Maryland is $74,826 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Aberdeen, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Aberdeen, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
