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1876–2024
Garrett County, Maryland
Garrett County·Maryland

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

Maryland's most Republican county sits deep in Appalachian coal country

18762024·38 elections
Garrett County, Maryland · Skye Marthaler · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+54
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
28,615
2024 ACS
Most similar
Grant County
WV · similarity 1.00
19 precincts · 15,838 votes cast
Trump · R+54
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−53.8%
3,45611,98315,838
2020R
−55.9%
3,28112,00215,611
2016R
−59.3%
2,56710,77613,850
2012R
−50.3%
3,1249,74313,157
2008R
−40.1%
3,7368,90312,872
2004R
−46.4%
3,2919,08512,484
2000R
−43.6%
2,8727,51410,655
1996R
−23.3%
3,1215,4009,786
1992R
−27.0%
2,8565,71410,580
1988R
−44.3%
2,5576,6659,282
1984R
−49.1%
2,3867,0429,477
1980R
−32.4%
2,7085,4758,545
1976R
−16.4%
3,3324,6407,972
1972R
−55.5%
1,5105,4807,154
1968R
−30.8%
1,9334,0216,772
1964R
−1.5%
3,5153,6247,139
1960R
−36.4%
2,3575,0577,414
1956R
−46.2%
2,0455,5557,600
1952R
−37.1%
2,2814,9807,279
1948R
−29.6%
1,9093,5365,496
1944R
−35.9%
1,9614,1626,123
1940R
−21.9%
2,8054,3877,230
1936R
−10.9%
3,2524,0577,373
1932R
−15.0%
2,2323,0485,443
1928R
−57.4%
1,1684,3715,577
1924R
−32.6%
1,2262,5944,198
1920R
−43.5%
1,0702,8053,993
1916R
−26.3%
1,0311,8082,954
1912D
+91.1%
3,3166552,920
1908D
+100.0%
3,0631,121140
1904D
+100.0%
3,5802,05165
1900R
−100.0%
1,2832,2598
1896R
−23.0%
1,2772,0583,392
1892R
−7.9%
1,3231,5562,960
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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.
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
Mainline Protestant
14.6%
Other Christian
8.3%
Methodist
6.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.7%
Baptist
2.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Garrett County, tucked into Maryland's westernmost corner and separated from the rest of the state by mountain ridges, has delivered some of the widest Republican presidential margins in the mid-Atlantic, reflecting its rural, resource-economy roots.

The Republican margin in Garrett County reached its widest at 100 points in 1900. The margin in 2024 was fifty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Garrett County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,688, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 28,615 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 Grant County and Perry County.