Maryland's legislative district 1C
Represents parts of Allegany County and Washington County
Delegate(s)	Terry Baker (R)
Registration	52.2% Republican 27.5% Democratic 18.6% unaffiliated
Demographics	87.3% White 5.5% Black/African American 0.2% Native American 1.1% Asian 0.0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.8% Other race 5.1% Two or more races 2.3% Hispanic
Population (2020)	39,382
Voting-age population	31,702
Registered voters	25,840

Maryland House of Delegates District 1C is one of the 67 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistricts 1A and 1B, it makes up the 1st district of the Maryland Senate. Situated in Western Maryland, District 1C covers parts of Allegany County and Washington County.^[1] Since 2023, it has been represented by Terry Baker, a Republican.^[2]

District 1C was created in the 1994 election, splitting off from District 1B, which until then had elected 2 delegates.^[3]

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 39,382, of whom 31,702 (80.5%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 34,371 (87.3%) White, 2,157 (5.5%) African American, 92 (0.2%) Native American, 418 (1.1%) Asian, 3 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 317 (0.8%) from some other race, and 2,010 (5.1%) from two or more races.^[4][5] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 914 (2.3%) of the population.^[6]

The district had 25,840 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 4,813 (18.6%) were registered as unaffiliated, 13,484 (52.2%) were registered as Republicans, 7,098 (27.5%) were registered as Democrats, and 238 (0.9%) were registered to other parties.^[7]