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Washington, DC

670,050 Population
61.1 square miles 10,961.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.2

Economics

$65,808 ±$2,083 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $55,165 ±$520
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $43,756 ±$319
$90,088 ±$3,477 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $110,355 ±$1,335
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $80,963 ±$731

16.5% ±1.4% (105,007  ±8,772) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 8.7% 545,736 (±0.4% / ±21,628)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 854,145 (±0.3% / ±27,033)

28.3 minutes ±1.9 (5,171,695  ±240,057) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 31 68,657,800 (±0.2 / ±850,958)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 26.4 87,504,570 (±0.2 / ±856,570)

Families

319,565 ±3,541 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,384,977 ±6,531
  • Virginia: 3,331,461 ±10,153
2 ±0 (633,047  ±0) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,257,019 (±0 / ±5,243)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,407,497 (±0)

3.9% ±0.8% (7,874  ±1,555) 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: 5% 78,316 (±0.3% / ±4,944)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 4.7% 96,332 (±0.3% / ±6,089)

Housing

357,482 ±47 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,525,717 ±2,391
  • Virginia: 3,652,329 ±452

$669,900 ±$18,113 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $497,800 ±$3,806
  • about double the amount in Virginia: $330,600 ±$2,799

20.3% ±1.4% (133,859  ±9,342.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 14.1% 885,645 (±0.4% / ±27,027.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 13.7% 1,172,297 (±0.3% / ±28,939.9)

Social

92.8% ±2.3% (444,233  ±10,955.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.9% 4,013,938 (±0.7% / ±30,437.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.4% 5,430,700 (±0.6% / ±36,716.8)
63.1% ±1.9% (301,852  ±8,906.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 53.4% 2,334,284 (±0.5% / ±22,241.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 41.8% 2,484,460 (±0.4% / ±23,052.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

13.3% ±0.8% (89,226  ±5,624) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 23% 1,461,587 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 12.4% 1,070,347 (±0.2% / ±18,913)

3.6% ±0.4% (19,377  ±2,274) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.4% 361,039 (±0.2% / ±9,341)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.7% 641,144 (±0.2% / ±11,570)
19,377 Total veterans ±2,274 16,511 Male ±2,060 2,866 Female ±926

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