Census Reporter

District of Columbia

705,749 Population
61.1 square miles 11,544 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$59,808 ±$1,444 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$92,266 ±$2,497 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

13.5% ±1.3% (90,534  ±8,570) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

31.7 minutes ±0.5 (11,318,865  ±269,930) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

291,570 ±3,959 Number of households
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.3 ±0 (666,891  ±0) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

3.9% ±0.8% (8,375  ±1,647) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

322,814 ±133 Number of housing units
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$646,500 ±$19,826 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

19.2% ±1.2% (133,758  ±8,111.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

91.9% ±2.1% (463,977  ±10,406.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
59.7% ±1.5% (301,429  ±7,510.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

17.2% ±0.4% (111,429  ±2,462.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 21.6% 65,947,773 (±0.1% / ±212,842.9)

12.1% ±0.7% (85,333  ±4,853) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

4.3% ±0.5% (24,580  ±2,834) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
24,580 Total veterans ±2,834 21,028 Male ±2,517 3,552 Female ±1,140

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