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Ward 2, DC

78,878 Population
5.9 square miles 13,326.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in District of Columbia: 34.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$104,782 ±$3,008 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in District of Columbia: $75,253 ±$1,023
  • more than double the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$131,405 ±$4,616 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in District of Columbia: $106,287 ±$1,803
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

11.2% ±1.1% (7,905  ±844) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in District of Columbia: 14.5% 94,140 (±0.7% / ±4,504)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

24.5 minutes ±2.1 (855,030  ±48,589) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in District of Columbia: 30.3 7,881,480 (±0.3 / ±144,002)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

45,059 ±1,414 Number of households
  • District of Columbia: 321,556 ±1,499
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
1.6 ±0 (69,671  ±2,287) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in District of Columbia: 2 640,800
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

2% ±1% (563  ±292) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in District of Columbia: 4.2% 8,473 (±0.4% / ±730)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

51,145 ±1,315 Number of housing units
  • District of Columbia: 356,101 ±179
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$772,900 ±$51,174 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in District of Columbia: $724,600 ±$9,892
  • more than double the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

30.6% ±1.6% (23,939  ±1,439.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in District of Columbia: 19.5% 128,994 (±0.6% / ±4,241.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

96.9% ±1.1% (57,434  ±2,065.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 92.9% 449,755 (±1.1% / ±5,410.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
86.5% ±1.4% (51,232  ±1,930.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in District of Columbia: 63.6% 307,906 (±0.9% / ±4,264.8)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

19.8% ±1.4% (15,595  ±1,217) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in District of Columbia: 13.3% 89,578
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

2.5% ±0.5% (1,864  ±371) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in District of Columbia: 3.8% 20,481 (±0.2% / ±1,162)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,864 Total veterans ±371 1,656 Male ±377 208 Female ±104

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