Census Reporter

Washington, DC

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 the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$59,808 ±$1,444 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $51,437 ±$439
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $40,635 ±$381
$92,266 ±$2,497 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $105,659 ±$1,128
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $76,456 ±$842

13.5% ±1.3% (90,534  ±8,570) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.6% 465,533 (±0.4% / ±21,467)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 822,775 (±0.3% / ±24,460)

31.7 minutes ±0.5 (11,318,865  ±269,930) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 35.6 112,496,720 (±0.2 / ±1,030,988)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 29.1 117,533,485 (±0.2 / ±1,055,114)

Families

291,570 ±3,959 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,251,002 ±8,870
  • Virginia: 3,191,847 ±12,998
2.3 ±0 (666,891  ±0) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.7 6,175,951 (±0 / ±5,133)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,290,622 (±0)

3.9% ±0.8% (8,375  ±1,647) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 4.8% 75,572 (±0.3% / ±4,393)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 98,004 (±0.3% / ±5,464)

Housing

322,814 ±133 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,401,483 ±2,351
  • Virginia: 3,562,258 ±463

$646,500 ±$19,826 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $446,300 ±$3,299
  • more than double the amount in Virginia: $288,800 ±$2,150

19.2% ±1.2% (133,758  ±8,111.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 14.6% 906,082 (±0.4% / ±24,478.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 14.7% 1,238,177 (±0.4% / ±30,524.3)

Social

91.9% ±2.1% (463,977  ±10,406.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91% 3,923,734 (±0.7% / ±30,780.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 90% 5,288,045 (±0.6% / ±35,481.6)
59.7% ±1.5% (301,429  ±7,510.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 51.4% 2,215,720 (±0.5% / ±21,981)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 39.6% 2,325,070 (±0.4% / ±22,247.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

12.1% ±0.7% (85,333  ±4,853) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 22.9% 1,439,844 (±0.4% / ±22,911)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 12.7% 1,083,823 (±0.2% / ±18,291)

4.3% ±0.5% (24,580  ±2,834) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.8% 372,052 (±0.2% / ±10,794)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 10% 655,698 (±0.2% / ±13,319)
24,580 Total veterans ±2,834 21,028 Male ±2,517 3,552 Female ±1,140

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