Census Reporter

Washington, DC

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

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Interact with charts and statistics for margins of error and additional information.

Demographics

34 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$52,500 ±$1,360 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $47,285 ±$412
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Virginia: $37,442 ±$357
$82,372 ±$2,651 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $99,669 ±$1,114
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $71,535 ±$544

16.6% ±1.1% (109,920  ±7,135) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.9% 482,845 (±0.3% / ±19,583)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 10.6% 874,483 (±0.3% / ±27,673)

30.8 minutes ±0.6 (10,723,700  ±298,975) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 35 109,147,145 (±0.3 / ±962,901)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 28.6 113,374,705 (±0.2 / ±983,622)

Families

281,475 ±3,302 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,203,717 ±7,227
  • Virginia: 3,120,880 ±13,665
2.3 ±0 (654,037  ±0) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.8 6,107,869 (±0 / ±4,492)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,227,726 (±0)

4.3% ±0.7% (9,007  ±1,357) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 4.9% 77,819 (±0.2% / ±3,804)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5% 100,976 (±0.3% / ±5,328)

Housing

314,843 ±99 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,354,827 ±2,038
  • Virginia: 3,512,917 ±441

$607,200 ±$19,159 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $424,600 ±$3,144
  • more than double the amount in Virginia: $273,400 ±$2,310

19.1% ±1.2% (130,585  ±8,161.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 15% 920,165 (±0.4% / ±25,135.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 15.3% 1,282,740 (±0.3% / ±26,474.2)

Social

90.2% ±2.1% (446,283  ±10,545.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 90.8% 3,853,555 (±0.7% / ±28,948.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 89.7% 5,185,844 (±0.6% / ±34,304.8)
57.3% ±1.6% (283,519  ±7,978.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 50.8% 2,154,540 (±0.5% / ±21,093.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 38.7% 2,237,216 (±0.4% / ±21,991.1)

17.6% ±0.9% (114,138  ±5,937.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 29.4% 1,710,574 (±0.4% / ±22,660.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 16.5% 1,312,698 (±0.3% / ±19,803.4)

14.7% ±0.8% (101,860  ±5,844) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 23.1% 1,435,547 (±0.3% / ±20,867)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 12.5% 1,062,370 (±0.2% / ±16,028)

4.9% ±0.5% (27,903  ±2,555) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 8.4% 398,745 (±0.2% / ±9,305)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 10.6% 687,271 (±0.2% / ±10,981)
27,903 Total veterans ±2,555 24,166 Male ±2,285 3,737 Female ±881

Interact with charts and statistics for margins of error and additional information.