† 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
GroupGreenbeltMarylandUnited States
African American†39.3%23.6%9.9%
Nigerian2.3%1.1%0.2%
African1.8%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican1.5%0.7%0.4%
Ethiopian0.6%0.7%—
Ghanaian0.5%0.3%—
Haitian0.5%0.3%0.3%
Sierra Leonean0.3%——
American5.4%4.1%5.3%
German4.7%11.4%12.5%
Irish4.4%9.3%9.4%
English3.8%8.5%9.5%
Italian2.2%4.4%4.8%
Polish0.9%2.6%2.2%
French0.7%1.1%1.6%
Scottish0.7%1.1%1.3%
Salvadoran8.0%3.5%0.7%
Mexican2.9%2.0%11.3%
Guatemalan2.7%1.2%0.5%
Honduran1.2%0.7%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%1.2%1.8%
Dominican0.8%0.5%0.7%
Nicaraguan0.3%——
Colombian0.3%0.4%0.4%
Asian Indian2.0%1.7%1.4%
Filipino1.8%0.9%0.9%
Chinese1.2%1.3%1.3%
Vietnamese0.6%0.4%0.6%
Korean0.6%0.8%0.4%
Pakistani0.4%0.3%—
Afghan0.4%——
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
Greenbelt
Maryland
United States
Median age
34.6
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.1%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Greenbelt
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$85,997
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.1%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
45.3%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Greenbelt
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
33.5%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
16.1%
9.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
3.6%
1.3%
0.7%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.0%
1.2%
1.1%
Other languages
5.4%
2.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Greenbelt
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.
Greenbelt, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+54.4%
2008
+71.6%
2012
+77.8%
2016
+78.4%
2020
+81.3%
2024
+74.6%
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
85.6%Harris8,202
11.0%Trump1,053
3.5%
D+74.6
R+6.8
D+76.0
9,586
D
90.4%Biden9,312
9.0%Trump932
0.6%
D+81.3
D+2.9
D+76.9
10,302
D
86.9%Clinton9,462
8.5%Trump921
4.7%
D+78.4
D+0.6
D+76.3
10,893
D
88.4%Obama7,580
10.6%Romney908
1.0%
D+77.8
D+6.2
D+73.9
8,578
D
85.0%Obama7,488
13.4%McCain1,183
1.5%
D+71.6
D+17.2
D+64.3
8,806
D
76.5%Kerry5,878
22.1%Bush1,697
1.4%
D+54.4
—
D+56.9
7,680
Founded in 1937 as a federal resettlement project, Greenbelt retains an unusually high concentration of government employees whose voting patterns have made it one of Prince George's County's most reliably left-leaning precincts by double-digit margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 81.3 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 74.6 points.
A population of 24,678, a 21% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,997 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Seabrook and South Laurel.
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, Greenbelt, Maryland voted Democratic by 74.6 points (D+74.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 9,586 votes cast, 8,202 went Democratic and 1,053 went Republican.
How many people live in Greenbelt, Maryland?
Greenbelt, Maryland has a population of 24,678 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greenbelt, Maryland?
Median household income in Greenbelt, Maryland is $85,997 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Greenbelt, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Greenbelt, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
