Maryland Legislative District 31


Maryland's Legislative District 31 is one of 47 districts in the state for the Maryland General Assembly. It covers part of Anne Arundel County. Up until the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, the district was divided into two sub-districts for the Maryland House of Delegates: District 31A and District 31B.

Demographic characteristics

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 140,611, of whom 109,551 were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 97,123 White, 20,581 African American, 606 Native American, 4,908 Asian, 64 Pacific Islander, 6,027 from some other race, and 11,262 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11,689 of the population.
The district had 96,299 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 21,137 were registered as unaffiliated, 36,831 were registered as Republicans, 36,960 were registered as Democrats, and 677 were registered to other parties.

Political representation

The district is represented for the 2023–2027 legislative term in the State Senate by Bryan W. Simonaire and in the House of Delegates by Brian A. Chisholm, Nicholaus R. Kipke, and LaToya Nkongolo.