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District of Columbia
DCUnited States national overview in the World Factbook ↗
DRAFT · Dated statistical and subject baseline. Figures retain their individual reference years.
Introduction
Background ⓘ
The District of Columbia is the federal district established to serve as the United States capital. Congress selected a site along the Potomac River in 1790.
Geography
People
Government
Economy
Median household income ⓘ
109,505 2025 USD ± 7,573 (90% confidence) (2025)
Per capita income ⓘ
76,451 2025 USD ± 2,210 (90% confidence) (2025)
People below poverty level ⓘ
105,481 people ± 12,640 (90% confidence) (2025)
Population with poverty status determined ⓘ
664,082 people ± 362 (90% confidence) (2025)
Poverty rate ⓘ
15.9% (2025)
Housing
National Park Service places
Places associated with this state or territory in the NPS directory.
- Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument ↗
- Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site ↗
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park ↗
- Constitution Gardens ↗
- Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial ↗
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial ↗
- Ford's Theatre National Historic Site ↗
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial ↗
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site ↗
- George Washington Memorial Parkway ↗
- Korean War Veterans Memorial ↗
- Lincoln Memorial ↗
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac ↗
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial ↗
- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site ↗
- National Capital Parks - East ↗
- National Mall and Memorial Parks ↗
- Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site ↗
- Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail ↗
- Rock Creek Park ↗
- The White House and President's Park ↗
- Theodore Roosevelt Island ↗
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial ↗
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial ↗
- Washington Monument ↗
- World War I Memorial ↗
- World War II Memorial ↗
Further reading
- Official government ↗
- USAFacts population profile ↗
Secondary presentation of Census data; not independent corroboration of Census estimates.
Source records
- Background
National Archives, The District of Columbia ↗
Reference period: Not supplied by source.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31.
- Total area
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 National States Gazetteer ↗
Reference period: 2025. 2025 Gazetteer geography. Land and water area in square miles, published to three decimal places. Total is calculated as land plus water; territory boundaries are statistical geography.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:11:28.1089007Z.
Original source value: 68.35 square miles.
- Land area
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 National States Gazetteer ↗
Reference period: 2025. 2025 Gazetteer geography. Land and water area in square miles, published to three decimal places. Total is calculated as land plus water; territory boundaries are statistical geography.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:11:28.1089007Z.
Original source value: 61.127 square miles.
- Water area
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 National States Gazetteer ↗
Reference period: 2025. 2025 Gazetteer geography. Land and water area in square miles, published to three decimal places. Total is calculated as land plus water; territory boundaries are statistical geography.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:11:28.1089007Z.
Original source value: 7.223 square miles.
- Setting
National Archives, The District of Columbia ↗
Reference period: Not supplied by source.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31.
- Resident population
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 ↗
Reference period: 2025-07-01. July 1 resident population estimate; Vintage 2025. Includes all ages. Earlier vintages are revised by this release.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:09:32.917713Z.
Original source value: 693,645 people.
- Resident population estimate, 2020
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 ↗
Reference period: 2020-07-01. July 1, 2020 resident population estimate from the same Vintage 2025 series; not the April 1 decennial census count.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:09:32.917713Z.
Original source value: 670,958 people.
- Population change, 2020–2025
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 ↗
Reference period: 2020-07-01/2025-07-01. Calculated percentage change between July 1 population estimates in the same Vintage 2025 series.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:09:32.917713Z.
Original source value: 3.38%.
- Political status
District of Columbia government, Statehood FAQ ↗
Reference period: Not supplied by source.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31.
- Establishment of federal district
National Archives, The District of Columbia ↗
Reference period: Not supplied by source. Date of the act establishing the federal district for the seat of government; not a statehood date.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31.
- Median household income
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 ACS 1-year, B19013 ↗
Reference period: 2025 ACS 1-year. Median household income in the past 12 months, in 2025 inflation-adjusted dollars. Universe: households. Sampling estimate; margin of error uses a 90% confidence level.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:12:11.8995582Z.
Original source value: 109,505 2025 USD ± 7,573 (90% confidence).
- Per capita income
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 ACS 1-year, B19301 ↗
Reference period: 2025 ACS 1-year. Per capita income in the past 12 months, in 2025 inflation-adjusted dollars. Universe: total population. Sampling estimate; margin of error uses a 90% confidence level.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:12:16.6293232Z.
Original source value: 76,451 2025 USD ± 2,210 (90% confidence).
- People below poverty level
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 ACS 1-year, B17001 ↗
Reference period: 2025 ACS 1-year. People whose income in the past 12 months was below the poverty level. Universe: population for whom poverty status is determined. Sampling estimate; margin of error uses a 90% confidence level.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:12:16.8869346Z.
Original source value: 105,481 people ± 12,640 (90% confidence).
- Population with poverty status determined
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 ACS 1-year, B17001 ↗
Reference period: 2025 ACS 1-year. Denominator for the poverty count. Excludes people for whom poverty status is not determined. Sampling estimate; margin of error uses a 90% confidence level.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:12:16.8869346Z.
Original source value: 664,082 people ± 362 (90% confidence).
- Poverty rate
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 ACS 1-year, B17001 ↗
Reference period: 2025 ACS 1-year. Calculated as B17001_E002 / B17001_E001 × 100. Population for whom poverty status is determined. Rounded to one decimal. Source counts and their 90% margins of error are retained as separate facts; a margin of error for this derived rate has not been calculated.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:12:16.8869346Z.
Original source value: 15.9%.
- Housing units
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 ACS 1-year, B25001 ↗
Reference period: 2025 ACS 1-year. Total housing units, occupied and vacant. ACS estimate; not the annual Population Estimates Program housing-unit series. Sampling estimate; margin of error uses a 90% confidence level.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:12:17.0506096Z.
Original source value: 371,597 housing units ± 48 (90% confidence).