Washington, D.C. Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Washington, D.C., is the capital of United States of America, formally the District of Columbia and also known as D.C. or Washington, borders Maryland to the north, east, and west, and Virginia borders the district on the southern shore of the Potomac River. Washington, DC population in 2024 is expected to be 656,130, and area is 68.34 sq miles (177 sq.km.). The District of Columbia, was established to host the new United States capital in early 1791. According to 2018 Statistics are 41% are White, 46.9% are Black Americans, 3.9% are Asians and 10.9% are Hispanic/Latino. 6.5% are Children under 5 years, 82.2% are above 18 years of age and 11.9% are 65 years and above. As on 2018 estimates, Total Households are 281,322, and 2.29 persons per household. The District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia parts sometimes referred as National Capital Region, also called The Washington metropolitan area, is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C. is the sixth largest in Metropolitan statistical area. Fife, Tukwila, Spokane, Vancouver, Bremerton, Tacoma, Lakewood are the most dangerous cities in Washington DC State.

Washington D.C population by race are 280,469 are White Americans, followed by 321,317 are Black or African American, 1,993 are American Indian and Alaska Native, out of these 320 are Cherokee tribes, 28 are Chippewa tribes, 88 are Navajo tribes, 59 are Sioux tribal grouping.

Total Asian population are 26,718, out of these 6,966 are Asian Indian, 6,896 are Chinese, 3,321 are Filipino, 1,377 are Japanese, 2,903 are Korean, 2,014 are Vietnamese, 3,241 are other Asians.

Total of 340 people are Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, out of these 109 are Native Hawaiian, 96 are Guamanian or Chamorro, 62 are Samoan, 73 are Other Pacific Islanders. Total of 74,776 people are Hispanic/Latino in DC, out of these 14,156 are Mexican, 5,331 are Puerto Rican, 3,225 are Cubans.

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Contents
Population by Race
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
History

According to US Population Census, April 1, 2020, Washington, DC population in 2020 is 689,545. Washington, DC population in 2023 is expected to be 672,271, population in 2022 is expected to be 644,743, and in 2021 is expected to be 670,050.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	605,085
2011	619,602	2.40
2012	634,725	2.44
2013	650,431	2.47
2014	662,513	1.86
2015	675,254	1.92
2016	686,575	1.68
2017	695,691	1.33
2018	702,455	0.97
2019	705,757	0.47
2020	689,545	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	670,050	-2.83
2022*	644,655	-3.79
2023*	656,130	1.78

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Washington, D.C. Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Washington, D.C. by race are:

White Population

White population in Washington, D.C. are 273,471, percentage wise 40.67 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Washington, D.C. are 321,062, percentage wise 47.75 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Washington, D.C., They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Washington, D.C. are 25,558, percentage wise 3.80 percent are asians, out of these 6,190 are Asian Indians, 6,945 are Chinese, 3,027 are Filipinos, 1,285 are Japanese, 2,794 are Korean, 2,000 are Vietnamese and 3,317 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Washington, D.C. are 71,829. Percentage wise 10.68 percent are hispanics, out of these 13,676 are Mexican people, 4,861 are Puerto Ricans, 2,982 are Cubans, and 50,310 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

Total Population	672,391	Percent
White	273,471	40.67%
Black or African American	321,062	47.75%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,757	0.261%
Cherokee tribal grouping	291	0.043%
Chippewa tribal grouping	5	0.001%
Navajo tribal grouping	92	0.014%
Sioux tribal grouping	84	0.012%
Asian Population	25,558	3.80%
Asian Indian	6,190	0.92%
Chinese	6,945	1.03%
Filipino	3,027	0.45%
Japanese	1,285	0.19%
Korean	2,794	0.42%
Vietnamese	2,000	0.30%
Other Asian Population	3,317
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	289	0.04%
Native Hawaiian	74	0.011%
Guamanian or Chamorro	77	0.011%
Samoan	78	0.012%
Other Pacific Islander	60
Some other race	30,961
Hispanic or Latino	71,829	10.68%
Mexican	13,676	2.03%
Puerto Rican	4,861	0.72%
Cuban	2,982	0.44%
Other Hispanic or Latino	50,310

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Washington, D.C. Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Washington, D.C. by age is 672,391, out of these 319,046 are male, 353,345 are female, The sex ratio of Washington, D.C. is 903. The Washington, D.C. population by age are, under 15 years is 102,507, 15 years and over is 569,884, 30 years and over is 396,218, 65 years and over is 79,769 and 85 years and over is 11,129. 47.45 percent are male, 52.55 percent are female, 15.25 percent are under 15 years old, 84.75 percent are 15 years and over, 58.93 percent are 30 years and over, 11.86 percent are 65 years and over, 1.66 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in DC

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	518,706	82.49
Spanish Language	56,512	8.99
European Language	27,900	4.44
Asian Languages	12,271	1.95
Other Languages	13,395	2.13

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Washington, D.C. Education

Population 18 to 24 years		76,490	35,267	41,223
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	7,538	4,848	2,690
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	19,032	9,995	9,037
	Some college or associates degree	33,257	14,194	19,063
	Bachelors degree or higher	16,663	6,230	10,433
Population 25 years and over		477,843	224,294	253,549
	Less than 9th grade	18,889	9,386	9,503
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	27,608	13,218	14,390
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	84,119	38,774	45,345
	Some college, no degree	62,203	27,404	34,799
	Associates degree	14,601	6,050	8,551
	Bachelors degree	113,830	55,412	58,418
	Graduate or professional degree	156,593	74,050	82,543

White		189,407	95,952	93,455
	High school graduate or higher	188,202	95,352	92,850
	Bachelors degree or higher	172,578	86,904	85,674
Black or African		216,598	94,334	122,264
	High school graduate or higher	185,317	79,705	105,612
	Bachelors degree or higher	55,272	23,504	31,768
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		1,375	594	781
	High school graduate or higher	1,222	531	691
	Bachelors degree or higher	712	315	397
Asian		19,603	7,949	11,654
	High school graduate or higher	18,386	7,512	10,874
	Bachelors degree or higher	15,625	6,282	9,343
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		243	149	94
	High school graduate or higher	243	149	94
	Bachelors degree or higher	152	71	81
Hispanic or Latino Origin		45,736	23,443	22,293
	High school graduate or higher	32,617	16,330	16,287
	Bachelors degree or higher	21,096	10,490	10,606

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	77,368
Male	33,419
Female	43,949
	-
White	15,278
Black or African American	56,832
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	330
Asian	1,540
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	40
Some other race	1,818
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	14,083
With a vision difficulty	18,529
With a cognitive difficulty	29,694
With an ambulatory difficulty	41,713
With a self-care difficulty	14,581
With an independent living difficulty	26,277

Income Distribution

According to 2018 U.S Census estimates, Washington D.C. demographics, Total Veterans are 26,936 persons, Median household income, for the period of 2014-2018 is $82,604, Per capita income in past 12 months in 2018 is $53,321 and 16.8% in poverty.

Washington, D.C. History

Washington DC population language speak at home are, 545,912 speak only English, 55,077 speak Spanish, 9,079 French (incl. Cajun), 776 Haitian, 1,544 Italian, 1,381 Portuguese, 2,288 German, 410 Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or other West Germanic languages, 622 Greek, 1,609 Russian, 509 Polish, 736 Serbo-Croatian, 1,159 Ukrainian or other Slavic languages, 147 Armenian, 2,106 Persian (incl. Farsi, Dari).

Asian Indian language speakers at home include 340 speak Gujarati, 531 Hindi, 424 Urdu, 231 Bengali, 301 Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages, 1,841 Other Indo-European languages, 905 Tamil, 361 Malayalam, Kannada, or other Dravidian languages, 6,846 Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese), 1,254 Japanese, 1,713 Korean, 920 Vietnamese, 99 Khmer, 1,590 Tagalog (incl. Filipino), 140 Thai, Lao, or other Tai-Kadai languages, 1,124 speak other languages of Asia.

Population of Austronesian/Middle east and African speakers include, 427 Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or other Austronesian languages, 2,942 Arabic, 755 Hebrew, 7,028 Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages, 1,837 Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, or other languages of Western Africa, 605 Swahili or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa.

Total of 511,190 Citizens are 18 and over, out these 237,685 are Male Voters and 273,505 are Female Voters, Percentage wise 46.5% are Male and 53.5% are Female Voting age population.