| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 90.4% | 19,185 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 7.6% | 1,620 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.0% | 419 |
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 2008 | +86.0% |
| 2012 | +88.7% |
| 2016 | +85.5% |
| 2020 | +87.8% |
| 2024 | +82.8% |
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 19,185 | 1,620 | 21,224 | ||
| D | 20,917 | 1,331 | 22,310 | ||
| D | 17,595 | 1,143 | 19,251 | ||
| D | 19,818 | 1,192 | 21,010 | ||
| D | 18,849 | 1,381 | 20,320 |
Demographics
Demographic Profile
Key indicators compared across containing geographies
| Indicator | ClintonCity | MarylandState | United StatesNation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race & Ethnicity | |||
| White | 7.8% | 48.2% | 61.0% |
| Black | 76.0% | 29.4% | 12.2% |
| Asian | 1.9% | 6.6% | 6.0% |
| Two or more races | 5.5% | 8.5% | 12.6% |
| Other race | 8.9% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11.8% | 12.5% | 19.3% |
| Income & Age | |||
| Median household income | $124,803 | $103,678 | $84,427 |
| Poverty rate | 7.7% | 9.5% | 12.5% |
| Median age | 46.8 | 39.5 | 39.1 |
| Age 18–24 | 9.1% | 8.5% | 9.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 15.1% | 16.6% | 17.2% |
| Education & Language | |||
| Bachelor's degree or higher (25+) | 33.6% | 43.4% | 35.7% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 16.5% | 21.1% | 22.3% |
| Spanish | 11.1% | 9.6% | 13.6% |
| Other languages | 2.7% | 2.5% | 0.8% |
| Ancestry | |||
| Largest ancestry | American 3.0% | German 11.4% | German 12.5% |
| 2nd-largest ancestry | German 2.6% | Irish 9.3% | English 9.5% |
| 3rd-largest ancestry | Irish 2.4% | English 8.5% | Irish 9.4% |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 9.2%County context | 14.7% | 18.6% |
| Evangelical Protestant | 16.2%County context | 11.2% | 16.5% |
| Unaffiliated or unclaimed | 49.9%County context | 56.6% | 51.5% |
| Black Protestant | 10.3%County context | 3.4% | 2.2% |
ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.
Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Clinton sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.7 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 82.8 points.
A population of 38,376, a 8% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $124,803 describe the city.
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