† 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
GroupBowieMarylandUnited States
African American†45.0%23.6%9.9%
Nigerian2.7%1.1%0.2%
African2.1%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican1.7%0.7%0.4%
Ethiopian0.7%0.7%—
Ghanaian0.6%0.3%—
Haitian0.6%0.3%0.3%
Sierra Leonean0.4%——
American7.6%4.1%5.3%
German6.6%11.4%12.5%
Irish6.1%9.3%9.4%
English5.3%8.5%9.5%
Italian3.1%4.4%4.8%
Polish1.3%2.6%2.2%
French1.0%1.1%1.6%
Scottish1.0%1.1%1.3%
Salvadoran4.2%3.5%0.7%
Mexican1.5%2.0%11.3%
Guatemalan1.4%1.2%0.5%
Honduran0.6%0.7%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.2%1.8%
Dominican0.4%0.5%0.7%
Nicaraguan0.2%——
Asian Indian0.8%1.7%1.4%
Filipino0.8%0.9%0.9%
Chinese0.5%1.3%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%0.4%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.8%0.4%
Pakistani0.2%0.3%—
Afghan0.2%——
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
Bowie
Maryland
United States
Median age
44
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
6.8%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.4%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bowie
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$141,995
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
3.8%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
50.4%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bowie
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.0%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
7.6%
9.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.8%
1.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
2.5%
2.0%
Other languages
3.7%
2.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bowie
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.
Bowie, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+18.9%
2008
+45.5%
2012
+49.6%
2016
+48.6%
2020
+64.9%
2024
+62.7%
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, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles 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
80.3%Harris26,704
17.6%Trump5,847
2.2%
D+62.7
R+2.2
D+64.2
33,268
D
82.1%Biden27,522
17.2%Trump5,753
0.7%
D+64.9
D+16.3
D+60.5
33,520
D
71.4%Clinton19,639
22.8%Trump6,270
5.8%
D+48.6
R+1.0
D+46.5
27,503
D
74.3%Obama21,907
24.7%Romney7,273
1.1%
D+49.6
D+4.1
D+45.8
29,490
D
72.2%Obama20,471
26.7%McCain7,573
1.1%
D+45.5
D+26.6
D+38.2
28,353
D
58.9%Kerry16,069
40.0%Bush10,916
1.1%
D+18.9
—
D+21.3
27,281
Bowie sits at the eastern edge of the Washington metro area and has trended heavily Democratic in recent cycles, with its majority-Black electorate making it one of Prince George's County's most electorally consistent municipalities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.9 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 62.7 points.
A population of 57,926, a 27% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $141,995 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fort Washington and Clinton.
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, Bowie, Maryland voted Democratic by 62.7 points (D+62.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 33,268 votes cast, 26,704 went Democratic and 5,847 went Republican.
How many people live in Bowie, Maryland?
Bowie, Maryland has a population of 57,926 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bowie, Maryland?
Median household income in Bowie, Maryland is $141,995 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Bowie, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bowie, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
