Talbot County, Maryland

2024 results by precinct

12 precincts · 22,830 votes cast

Trump · R+0

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−0.0%	11,119	11,125	22,830
2020	D	+0.5%	11,062	10,946	22,555
2016	R	−10.2%	8,653	10,724	20,212
2012	R	−12.4%	8,808	11,339	20,459
2008	R	−9.6%	9,035	10,995	20,328
2004	R	−20.8%	7,367	11,288	18,864
2000	R	−19.8%	5,854	8,874	15,234
1996	R	−16.9%	4,821	6,997	12,855
1992	R	−15.6%	4,642	6,774	13,708
1988	R	−34.6%	3,948	8,170	12,199
1984	R	−42.9%	3,198	8,028	11,256
1980	R	−19.1%	3,995	6,044	10,711
1976	R	−22.3%	3,715	5,848	9,563
1972	R	−50.1%	2,181	6,620	8,859
1968	R	−25.8%	2,609	4,902	8,883
1964	D	+11.7%	4,671	3,693	8,364
1960	R	−18.1%	3,462	4,995	8,457
1956	R	−37.5%	2,735	6,018	8,753
1952	R	−27.8%	3,019	5,357	8,395
1948	R	−20.8%	2,344	3,585	5,980
1944	R	−14.6%	2,768	3,712	6,480
1940	R	−8.4%	3,689	4,368	8,106
1936	D	+2.6%	3,768	3,578	7,365
1932	D	+22.5%	4,233	2,672	6,950
1928	R	−24.2%	2,432	3,990	6,443
1924	D	+7.4%	2,859	2,451	5,488
1920	D	+1.3%	3,130	3,050	6,200
1916	D	+10.4%	2,180	1,753	4,091
1912	D	+54.9%	4,034	1,835	4,006
1908	D	+100.0%	3,956	2,025	101
1904	D	+100.0%	4,977	1,999	96
1900	R	−100.0%	2,233	2,573	10
1896	R	−7.2%	2,189	2,542	4,936
1892	R	−3.8%	1,974	2,137	4,295
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%

African American

9.8%

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: 51.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.8%

85+

3.3%

4.5%

75–84

4.7%

6.8%

65–74

8.5%

7.1%

55–64

8.1%

5.5%

45–54

5.7%

4.5%

35–44

4.9%

5.0%

25–34

5.3%

2.9%

18–24

2.9%

7.7%

5–17

6.5%

2.3%

2.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$84,811

Talbot County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Talbot County$84,811

Maryland$103,678

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.3%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

17.0%

Mainline Protestant

10.3%

Methodist

8.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.6%

Other Christian

4.6%

Non-Christian

2.0%

Baptist

1.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Talbot County, anchored by Easton on Maryland's Eastern Shore, recorded a dead-even 2024 presidential result despite its historically Republican lean — a rare zero-margin outcome that makes it a precise bellwether for Shore-wide shifts.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached 100 points in 1904; the Republican margin reached 100 points in 1900. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Talbot County's demographics — a population of 37,917, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $84,811 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stafford County and Delaware County.

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Talbot County delivered a near-tie in 2024.