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1876–2024
Prince George's County, Maryland
Prince George's County·Maryland

Prince George's County is one of the bluest places in America.

One of the most Democratic-leaning majority-Black counties in the U.S.

18762024·38 elections
Prince George's County, Maryland · MamaGeek · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+75
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
959,754
2024 ACS
Most similar
Noxubee County
MS · similarity 1.00
324 precincts · 388,993 votes cast
Harris · D+75
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+75.1%
334,78442,838388,993
2020D
+80.5%
379,20837,090424,855
2016D
+80.6%
344,04932,811386,149
2012D
+80.5%
347,93835,734387,744
2008D
+78.5%
332,39638,833374,026
2004D
+64.4%
260,53255,532318,474
2000D
+61.1%
216,11949,987271,909
1996D
+51.6%
176,61252,697240,302
1992D
+41.2%
168,69162,955256,859
1988D
+21.2%
133,81686,545222,881
1984D
+17.6%
136,06395,121232,220
1980D
+10.2%
98,75778,977193,987
1976D
+15.9%
111,74381,027192,770
1972R
−18.3%
79,914116,166198,410
1968R
−1.0%
71,52473,269177,660
1964D
+27.6%
81,80646,413128,219
1960D
+16.1%
62,01344,817106,830
1956R
−1.7%
39,28040,65479,934
1952R
−13.2%
29,11938,06067,602
1948D
+0.5%
14,87414,71830,024
1944D
+0.9%
14,00613,75027,756
1940D
+26.9%
16,5929,52326,251
1936D
+30.0%
15,0878,10723,295
1932D
+26.3%
11,5806,69618,556
1928R
−18.9%
6,6589,78216,562
1924R
−6.2%
5,0885,86812,490
1920R
−15.2%
4,8576,62811,663
1916D
+6.5%
3,4933,0586,734
1912D
+73.8%
5,3971,4565,341
1908D
+100.0%
5,1392,68078
1904D
+100.0%
6,2792,84524
1900R
−100.0%
2,7873,45511
1896R
−12.8%
2,5053,2505,810
1892D
+4.5%
2,6552,4235,121
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
2.2%
African American
47.0%
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.
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
12.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.4%
Baptist
8.6%
Non-Christian
7.9%
Methodist
6.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Prince George's County delivers some of Maryland's largest raw Democratic margins, driven by its majority African American population and proximity to Washington, D.C. Its suburbs have grown rapidly, adding younger, college-educated residents to an already heavily blue electorate.

The Democratic margin in Prince George's County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at 100 points in 1904; the 2024 margin was seventy-five points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Prince George's County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 12% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $101,798, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Noxubee County and Petersburg city.