† 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
GroupSalisburyMarylandUnited States
English9.6%8.5%9.5%
Irish8.6%9.3%9.4%
German8.3%11.4%12.5%
American5.1%4.1%5.3%
Italian3.4%4.4%4.8%
Polish1.6%2.6%2.2%
French1.2%1.1%1.6%
Scottish1.1%1.1%1.3%
African American†32.8%23.6%9.9%
Haitian6.7%0.3%0.3%
African0.6%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican0.3%0.7%0.4%
Mexican3.3%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.0%1.2%1.8%
Dominican0.7%0.5%0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%1.2%0.5%
Honduran0.3%0.7%0.3%
Spaniard0.3%——
Salvadoran0.2%3.5%0.7%
Korean0.6%0.8%0.4%
Chinese0.4%1.3%1.3%
Pakistani0.4%0.3%—
Filipino0.3%0.9%0.9%
Taiwanese0.3%——
Asian Indian0.2%1.7%1.4%
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
Salisbury
Maryland
United States
Median age
30.1
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
17.0%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.3%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Salisbury
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$58,576
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
24.3%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.7%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Salisbury
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
22.2%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
5.6%
9.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
10.1%
1.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
4.7%
2.5%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Salisbury
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.
Salisbury, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+0.6%
2008
+13.1%
2012
+16.7%
2016
+19.2%
2020
+23.0%
2024
+17.8%
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
57.6%Harris6,401
39.7%Trump4,417
2.7%
D+17.8
R+5.2
D+19.3
11,121
D
60.9%Biden6,843
37.9%Trump4,254
1.3%
D+23.0
D+3.8
D+18.6
11,239
D
56.6%Clinton5,545
37.4%Trump3,664
5.9%
D+19.2
D+2.5
D+17.1
9,791
D
57.4%Obama5,908
40.6%Romney4,183
2.0%
D+16.7
D+3.6
D+12.9
10,301
D
55.7%Obama5,890
42.6%McCain4,504
1.7%
D+13.1
D+12.5
D+5.8
10,570
D
49.5%Kerry4,595
48.9%Bush4,535
1.6%
D+0.6
—
D+3.1
9,282
Salisbury tilts Democratic in local elections while sitting at the center of one of Maryland's most reliably Republican congressional districts, making it a persistent outlier on the Eastern Shore's political map.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.0 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.8 points.
A population of 33,285, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,576 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hattiesburg and Greenville.
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, Salisbury, Maryland voted Democratic by 17.8 points (D+17.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 11,121 votes cast, 6,401 went Democratic and 4,417 went Republican.
How many people live in Salisbury, Maryland?
Salisbury, Maryland has a population of 33,285 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Salisbury, Maryland?
Median household income in Salisbury, Maryland is $58,576 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Salisbury, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Salisbury, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
