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      Home›Maryland›MD-01

      Maryland's 1st Congressional District

      R+22.0
      ↓ R+10.7 vs 2022· Maryland · Latest: 2024

      Safe Republican — flipped 4 times in 25 elections

      Population782K

      Current Representative

      REPAndy HarrisElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      “How has Maryland's 1st Congressional District voted in House elections since 2000?”

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      • Has voted Republican in the last 5 presidential elections

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      Who lives in Maryland's 1st Congressional District? 781,616 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      MD-01 vs Maryland vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      782K
      State: 6.2M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.23%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      76.4%
      State: 75.8% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      8.8%
      State: 21.1% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      91.2%
      State: 78.9% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $94,639
      State: $106,179 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      9.5%
      State: 9.5% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      35.0%
      State: 43.5% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      76.0%
      State: 67.6% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      41.7 yrs
      State: 39.5 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      14.1%
      State: 14.8% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      19.6%
      State: 16.7% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      6.2%
      State: 16.6% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      MD-01 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 71.5%Black 15.0%Hispanic 6.0%Multiracial 4.9%Asian 2.4%
      GroupMD-01StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      71.5%46.6%57.4%
      ▶Black(14)
      15.0%29.4%12.2%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(18)
      6.0%12.5%19.3%
      Multiracial / Other
      4.9%4.5%4.0%
      ▶Asian(6)
      2.4%6.6%6.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(9)
      0.7%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(2)
      0.2%0.4%0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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