District of Columbia Facts

Census Statistics

	District of Columbia	USA
Population, 2003 estimate	563,384	290,809,777
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-1.5%	3.3%
Population, 2000	572,059	281,421,906
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-5.7%	13.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.7%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	20.1%	25.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.2%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.9%	50.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	30.8%	75.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	60.0%	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.8%	5.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.4%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	7.9%	12.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	27.8%	69.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	49.9%	54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	12.9%	11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	16.8%	17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	77.8%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	39.1%	24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	115,980	49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	29.7	25.5?
Housing units, 2002	272,636	119,302,132
Homeownership rate, 2000	40.8%	66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	60.2%	26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$157,200	$119,600?
Households, 2000	248,338	105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000	2.16	2.59
Median household income, 1999	$40,127	$41,994
Per capita money income, 1999	$28,659	$21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	20.2%	12.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	19,686	7,095,302
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	422,549	115,061,184
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.8%	0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	32,941	16,529,955
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	320,234	3,842,061,405
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	2,788,831	2,460,886,012
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,274	$9,190
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	33.6%	14.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	30.9%	26.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,591	1,747,678
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	33,533,181	1,901,247,889
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	61	3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000	9,316.4	79.6
FIPS Code	11

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