Census Reporter

Ward 2, DC

77,855 Population
6.4 square miles 12,166.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in District of Columbia: 34 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$81,080 ±$3,228 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in District of Columbia: $56,147 ±$660
  • more than double the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$111,064 ±$4,414 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in District of Columbia: $86,420 ±$1,008
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

14% ±1.4% (9,147  ±940) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in District of Columbia: 16.2% 107,140 (±0.6% / ±3,812)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

23.3 minutes ±0.5 (1,081,110  ±41,341) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in District of Columbia: 30.8 10,753,220 (±0.2 / ±116,285)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

37,598 ±694 Number of households
  • District of Columbia: 284,386 ±1,503
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
1.7 ±0 (64,990  ±1,410) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in District of Columbia: 2.3 653,564 (±0)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

2.2% ±0.6% (637  ±181) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in District of Columbia: 4.3% 9,034 (±0.4% / ±736)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

42,701 ±543 Number of housing units
  • District of Columbia: 315,176 ±108
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$690,300 ±$21,768 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in District of Columbia: $601,500 ±$6,902
  • more than double the amount in United States: $217,500 ±$180

33.9% ±1.7% (26,185  ±1,443.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in District of Columbia: 19.5% 133,424 (±0.5% / ±3,624)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

96.6% ±2.3% (52,195  ±1,595.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in District of Columbia: 90.9% 449,266 (±0.9% / ±4,459.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
85.8% ±2.1% (46,336  ±1,462.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in District of Columbia: 58.5% 289,259 (±0.7% / ±3,469.4)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 32.2% 70,920,162 (±0.1% / ±154,967.5)

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

21.3% ±1.3% (16,608  ±1,051) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in District of Columbia: 13.7% 95,065 (±0.4% / ±3,020)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,011,870 (±0% / ±142,271)

3.4% ±0.5% (2,455  ±372) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in District of Columbia: 4.6% 26,156 (±0.2% / ±1,196)
  • about half the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,230,322 (±0% / ±50,396)
2,455 Total veterans ±372 2,216 Male ±359 239 Female ±114

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