Census Reporter

District of Columbia

693,972 Population
61.1 square miles 11,350.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$52,500 ±$1,360 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$82,372 ±$2,651 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

16.6% ±1.1% (109,920  ±7,135) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

30.8 minutes ±0.6 (10,723,700  ±298,975) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

281,475 ±3,302 Number of households
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.3 ±0 (654,037  ±0) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

4.3% ±0.7% (9,007  ±1,357) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

314,843 ±99 Number of housing units
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$607,200 ±$19,159 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

19.1% ±1.2% (130,585  ±8,161.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

90.2% ±2.1% (446,283  ±10,545.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
57.3% ±1.6% (283,519  ±7,978.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

17.6% ±0.9% (114,138  ±5,937.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

14.7% ±0.8% (101,860  ±5,844) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

4.9% ±0.5% (27,903  ±2,555) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
27,903 Total veterans ±2,555 24,166 Male ±2,285 3,737 Female ±881

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