Cecil County, Maryland

2024 results by precinct

28 precincts · 52,831 votes cast

Trump · R+31

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−30.7%	17,628	33,871	52,831
2020	R	−26.3%	16,809	29,439	47,939
2016	R	−34.0%	13,650	28,868	44,752
2012	R	−19.4%	16,557	24,806	42,480
2008	R	−14.6%	17,665	23,855	42,494
2004	R	−20.9%	14,680	22,556	37,674
2000	R	−11.0%	12,327	15,494	28,876
1996	R	−3.0%	10,144	10,885	24,460
1992	R	−2.0%	10,232	10,784	27,319
1988	R	−25.6%	7,807	13,224	21,155
1984	R	−32.3%	6,681	13,111	19,885
1980	R	−9.2%	7,937	9,673	18,846
1976	D	+6.7%	8,950	7,833	16,783
1972	R	−43.7%	4,113	10,759	15,191
1968	R	−13.7%	4,517	6,462	14,214
1964	D	+19.1%	7,854	5,330	13,184
1960	R	−9.7%	6,065	7,368	13,433
1956	R	−18.8%	4,936	7,217	12,153
1952	R	−7.4%	5,590	6,482	12,098
1948	D	+5.5%	4,323	3,866	8,236
1944	D	+11.8%	4,662	3,680	8,342
1940	D	+16.0%	5,360	3,878	9,288
1936	D	+15.1%	4,914	3,617	8,582
1932	D	+9.0%	4,282	3,569	7,959
1928	R	−44.0%	2,201	5,706	7,962
1924	R	−4.7%	2,863	3,156	6,266
1920	D	+0.5%	3,468	3,435	6,957
1916	D	+13.6%	2,587	1,959	4,627
1912	D	+79.6%	5,280	1,509	4,736
1908	D	+100.0%	5,037	2,847	55
1904	D	+100.0%	6,066	2,425	58
1900	D	+100.0%	2,988	2,959	24
1896	R	−3.5%	2,908	3,128	6,230
1892	D	+10.8%	2,898	2,310	5,459
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

0.5%

African American

5.8%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.0%

2.3%

75–84

2.5%

5.1%

65–74

5.5%

7.5%

55–64

7.5%

6.4%

45–54

6.6%

6.1%

35–44

6.3%

6.2%

25–34

6.2%

4.1%

18–24

3.8%

8.4%

5–17

8.2%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$92,007

Cecil County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Cecil County$92,007

Maryland$103,678

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.8%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

8.7%

Methodist

5.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

5.8%

Baptist

4.0%

Non-Christian

2.7%

Mainline Protestant

1.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cecil County sits at Maryland's northeastern corner, culturally and politically closer to neighboring Pennsylvania and Delaware's rural precincts than to the Baltimore suburbs. Its R+30.8 presidential margin in 2024 makes it one of the state's most reliably Republican jurisdictions.

The Republican margin in Cecil County reached its widest at forty-four points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was thirty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Cecil County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $92,007, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 104,960 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Horry County and Tioga County.

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Cecil County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.