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1876–2024
Cumberland, MD-WV·Maryland

Cumberland, MD-WV peaked at D+96; 2024 delivered R+46.

Appalachian metro where deindustrialization reshaped the political map

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MD
Latest
R+46
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
94,306
2024 ACS

Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+46%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1908.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+46MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
94,3062024 5-year
Median household income
$62,3862024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
88.4%2024 5-year
Black
5.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
1.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+96 in 1908MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+49 in 2016MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−45.9%
11,71432,38845,041
R
−43.9%
11,81830,92643,517
R
−48.6%
9,92530,34042,040
R
−35.2%
12,69027,06340,838
R
−28.0%
14,44326,02141,289
R
−30.8%
14,09426,83441,316
R
−18.3%
14,23520,83636,153
R
−5.7%
14,51216,51635,077
R
−7.8%
15,49318,69941,323
R
−19.1%
15,90323,47739,614
R
−28.5%
14,97527,05442,361
R
−15.9%
16,83823,63742,758
D
+3.1%
21,86520,56542,430
R
−32.4%
14,08427,84442,481
R
−1.6%
17,45218,10641,953
D
+24.6%
26,76916,18542,954
R
−20.0%
17,86526,78844,653
R
−30.0%
14,36326,65141,014
R
−13.0%
19,07424,78443,905
D
+0.6%
18,98418,75738,331
R
−2.2%
19,33420,22439,558
D
+8.5%
23,65119,93743,776
D
+22.8%
25,05415,67741,062
R
−3.7%
16,13117,43035,191
R
−37.8%
11,33625,30336,915
R
−22.5%
7,30212,59323,527
R
−22.1%
8,15913,24123,022
R
−7.5%
6,6067,72514,963
D
+83.2%
11,9601,90912,084
D
+95.6%
10,8016,7774,209
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12,2777,0344,010
R
−32.5%
6,1887,1853,071
R
−14.3%
5,2147,01112,584
R
−7.7%
4,9175,77111,041
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
25.0%
English
12.9%
Irish
12.4%
American
6.8%
Italian
3.3%
Scottish
3.1%
Polish
1.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.9%
85+
1.7%
3.2%
75–84
3.7%
5.8%
65–74
6.3%
6.7%
55–64
6.8%
6.4%
45–54
5.6%
6.6%
35–44
5.4%
7.1%
25–34
5.1%
5.4%
18–24
4.8%
7.1%
5–17
6.7%
2.4%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$62,386
Cumberland, MD-WV ranks near the middle of US counties.
Cumberland, MD-WV$62,386
Maryland$103,678
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.8%
Working age (18–64)15.0%
Seniors (65+)14.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.3%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Methodist
11.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.7%
Other Christian
7.9%
Mainline Protestant
4.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.6%
Baptist
2.7%
Non-Christian
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Centered on Allegany County, Maryland, this two-state metro along the Potomac shifted decisively rightward as its coal and manufacturing economy contracted over decades, now recording some of the widest Republican margins of any mid-Atlantic metro area.

The Democratic margin in Cumberland, MD-WV peaked at ninety-six points in 1908. By 1980 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-six points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $62,386 sits well below state and national norms, and 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland voted Republican by 45.9 points (R+46), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 45,041 votes cast, 11,714 went Democratic and 32,388 went Republican.
What is Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 7 times, Republican 26 times, and other 0 times.
When did Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland?
Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland has a population of 94,306 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland?
Median household income in Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland is $62,386 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cumberland, MD-WV, Maryland from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.