Census Reporter

District of Columbia

701,974 Population
61.1 square miles 11,484 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$58,659 ±$827 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$90,842 ±$1,580 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

15.5% ±0.5% (103,391  ±3,390) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

30.9 minutes ±0.1 (10,280,220  ±121,162) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

288,307 ±1,319 Number of households
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.3 ±0 (662,982  ±0) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4% ±0.3% (8,439  ±640) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

319,192 ±135 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$618,100 ±$10,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

19.3% ±0.5% (133,851  ±3,775.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

91.9% ±1.1% (461,175  ±5,359.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
59.8% ±0.8% (299,975  ±4,024.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

17.2% ±0.5% (113,022  ±2,998.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

13.4% ±0.4% (94,193  ±2,899) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

4.5% ±0.2% (25,514  ±1,228) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
25,514 Total veterans ±1,228 22,595 Male ±1,228 2,919 Female ±347

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