[1] As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 129,429, of whom 101,733 (78.6%) were of voting age.

The racial makeup of the district was 103,031 (79.6%) White, 11,859 (9.2%) African American, 414 (0.3%) Native American, 1,613 (1.2%) Asian, 40 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 4,190 (3.2%) from some other race, and 8,282 (6.4%) from two or more races.

[5] The district is represented for the 2023–2027 legislative term in the State Senate by Stephen S. Hershey Jr. (R) and in the House of Delegates by Steven J. Arentz (R), Jefferson L. Ghrist (R) and Jay A. Jacobs (R).

[6][7] On January 14, 1994, Maryland was ordered to submit a plan for a new African American majority district on the Eastern Shore following Marylanders for Fair Representation, Inc. v. Schaefer.

The U.S. District Court approved a plan to alter the boundaries of former legislative districts 36, 37, and 38, beginning with the 1994 general election.