DC City Profile
Population Public Assistance
Population by Race/Ethnicity Housing Conditions
Family Risk Factors Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Isolation Indicators Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Child Well-Being Indicators Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Income Conditions  
 
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Washington, D.C.

City
Population  
Population, 1980 638,328
Population, 1990 606,900
Population, 2000 572,059
Population, 2005-09 588,433
Population, 2010 601,723
% change population, 1980 to 1990 -4.9
% change population, 1990 to 2000 -5.7
% change population, 2000 to 2005-09 2.9
% change population, 2000 to 2010 5.2
% children, 1980 22
% children, 1990 19
% children, 2000 20
% children, 2005-09 19
% children, 2010 17
% change child population, 1980 to 1990 -19
% change child population, 1990 to 2000 -2.0
% change child population, 2000 to 2005-09 -0.3
% change child population, 2000 to 2010 -12
% foreign born, 1980 6.4
% foreign born, 1990 9.7
% foreign born, 2000 13
% foreign born, 2005-09 13
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 53
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 50
Population by Race/Ethnicity  
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 65
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 61
% black non-Hispanic, 2005-09 55
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 51
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 27
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 28
% white non-Hispanic, 2005-09 32
% white non-Hispanic, 2010 35
% Hispanic, 1990 5.2
% Hispanic, 2000 7.9
% Hispanic, 2005-09 8.5
% Hispanic, 2010 9.1
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 1.8
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 3.0
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2005-09 3.0
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 4.2
Family Risk Factors  
Poverty rate (%), 1980 19
Poverty rate (%), 1990 17
Poverty rate (%), 2000 20
Poverty rate (%), 2005-09 18
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 6.8
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 7.2
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 11
Unemployment rate (%), 2005-09 9.2
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 59
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 62
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 57
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2005-09 60
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 33
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 27
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 22
% persons without HS diploma, 2005-09 15
% female-headed families with children, 1990 54
% female-headed families with children, 2000 52
% female-headed families with children, 2005-09 53
Isolation Indicators  
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97
% HHs with a phone, 2005-09 95
% HHs with a car, 2000 63
% HHs with a car, 2005-09 64
Child Well-Being Indicators  
% children in poverty, 1990 25
% children in poverty, 2000 32
% children in poverty, 2005-09 29
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 13
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 13
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 12
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 12
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 12
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 11
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 11
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 11
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 11
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 11
% births to teen mothers, 1998 15
% births to teen mothers, 1999 15
% births to teen mothers, 2000 14
% births to teen mothers, 2001 13
% births to teen mothers, 2002 13
% births to teen mothers, 2003 11
% births to teen mothers, 2004 11
% births to teen mothers, 2005 11
% births to teen mothers, 2006 12
% births to teen mothers, 2007 12
Income Conditions  
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1979 77,355
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1989 93,288
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1999 102,342
Avg. family income (2010 $), 2005-09 115,016
% change in avg. family income, 1980 to 1990 21
% change in avg. family income, 1990 to 2000 9.7
% change in avg. family income, 2000 to 2005-09 12
Public Assistance  
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 80,510
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 76,322
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 78,161
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 84,895
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 90,024
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 92,057
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 90,811
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 89,392
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 93,091
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 107,618
Persons receiving food stamps, 2010 122,237
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 58,898
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 51,243
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 46,576
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 46,340
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 47,062
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 47,341
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 48,946
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 48,060
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 44,595
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 42,350
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 42,300
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 45,136
Persons receiving TANF, 2010 46,459
Housing Conditions  
Occupied housing units, 1980 253,143
Occupied housing units, 1990 249,634
Occupied housing units, 2000 248,338
Occupied housing units, 2005-09 250,723
Occupied housing units, 2010 266,707
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 6.0
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 8.0
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 6.2
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2005-09 5.9
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 35
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 39
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 41
Homeownership rate (%), 2005-09 45
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)  
Number of sales, 1995 3,104
Number of sales, 1996 3,425
Number of sales, 1997 3,955
Number of sales, 1998 5,322
Number of sales, 1999 5,077
Number of sales, 2000 4,179
Number of sales, 2001 4,212
Number of sales, 2002 4,215
Number of sales, 2003 4,171
Number of sales, 2004 4,729
Number of sales, 2005 4,392
Number of sales, 2006 3,605
Number of sales, 2007 3,063
Number of sales, 2008 2,193
Number of sales, 2009 2,131
Number of sales, 2010 2,459
Median sales price (2010 $), 1995 176,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1996 171,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1997 178,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1998 179,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1999 183,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2000 196,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2001 231,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2002 293,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2003 359,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2004 386,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2005 475,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2006 481,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2007 500,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2008 506,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2009 514,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2010 528,000
% annual change median price, 2000-2010 10
% annual change median price, 2005-2010 2.2
% annual change median price, 2009-2010 2.7
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)  
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 39
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 53
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 59
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 61
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 63
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 67
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 71
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 88
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 102
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 94
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 74,689
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 75,589
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 75,029
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 83,281
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 89,378
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 90,543
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 92,424
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 103,995
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 113,645
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 120,147
% subprime loans, 1997 3.9
% subprime loans, 1998 5.9
% subprime loans, 1999 4.5
% subprime loans, 2000 5.1
% subprime loans, 2001 3.1
% subprime loans, 2002 2.8
% subprime loans, 2003 3.6
% subprime loans, 2004 5.3
% subprime loans, 2005 10
% subprime loans, 2006 8.7
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)  
Violent crimes, 2000 15
Violent crimes, 2001 15
Violent crimes, 2002 15
Violent crimes, 2003 16
Violent crimes, 2004 14
Violent crimes, 2005 14
Violent crimes, 2006 13
Violent crimes, 2007 14
Violent crimes, 2008 13
Violent crimes, 2009 13
Violent crimes, 2010 12
Property crimes, 2000 54
Property crimes, 2001 56
Property crimes, 2002 54
Property crimes, 2003 54
Property crimes, 2004 47
Property crimes, 2005 43
Property crimes, 2006 42
Property crimes, 2007 45
Property crimes, 2008 46
Property crimes, 2009 44
Property crimes, 2010 40

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised September 7, 2011).
 
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