DC PSA 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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Population
Population, 1980 19,775 14,185 5,145 28,943
Population, 1990 17,797 13,487 3,751 30,169
Population, 2000 14,407 12,712 5,043 29,791
% change population, 1980-1990 -10 -4.9 -42 21
% change population, 1990-2000 -19 -5.7 -33 40
% children, 1980 25 22 1.7 42
% children, 1990 26 19 1.4 38
% children, 2000 25 20 1.2 41
% change child population, 1980-1990 -7.0 -19 -53 13
% change child population, 1990-2000 -20 -2.0 -35 58
% foreign born, 1980 2.4 6.4 0.8 19
% foreign born, 1990 1.9 9.7 0.5 32
% foreign born, 2000 3.6 13 0.5 38
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 63 53 12 75
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 55 50 13 67
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 95 65 3.7 99
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 93 61 3.9 99
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 3.1 27 0.1 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 5.0 28 0.1 86
% Hispanic, 1990 0.4 5.2 0.2 26
% Hispanic, 2000 1.4 7.9 0.2 33
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.3 1.8 0.0 7.6
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.9 3.0 0.0 13
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 24 19 3.0 40
Poverty rate (%), 1990 23 17 3.9 37
Poverty rate (%), 2000 30 20 2.5 50
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 7.8 6.8 1.7 13
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 10 7.2 1.6 17
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 18 11 1.5 31
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 51 59 40 78
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 53 62 40 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 43 57 35 80
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 56 33 6.0 57
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 47 27 4.4 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 38 22 2.1 48
% female-headed families with children, 1990 66 54 3.6 80
% female-headed families with children, 2000 72 52 8.8 77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 94 97 92 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 50 63 39 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 30 25 0.0 51
% children in poverty, 2000 45 32 0.9 62
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 22 13 2.5 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 20 13 3.8 22
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 16 12 5.6 24
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 13 12 3.5 20
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 11 12 2.6 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 14 11 4.5 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 17 11 3.2 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 14 11 4.4 18
% births to teen mothers, 1998 23 15 0.0 31
% births to teen mothers, 1999 20 15 0.0 30
% births to teen mothers, 2000 19 14 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2001 25 13 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2002 18 13 0.0 24
% births to teen mothers, 2003 21 11 0.0 22
% births to teen mothers, 2004 17 11 0.0 26
% births to teen mothers, 2005 15 11 0.0 25
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 36,042 59,101 29,801 153,230
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 39,151 71,274 30,456 209,424
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 38,228 78,192 23,219 236,015
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 8.6 21 -4.9 81
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -2.4 9.7 -25 44
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 3,566 1,789 13 6,905
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 3,620 1,696 16 6,395
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 3,790 1,737 16 6,685
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 4,420 1,887 15 7,224
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 5,190 2,001 16 7,387
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 5,331 2,046 22 7,183
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 5,062 2,018 17 7,157
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 4,909 1,986 16 7,191
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 2,733 1,309 0.0 5,712
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 2,310 1,139 6.0 5,159
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 2,169 1,035 6.0 4,672
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 2,150 1,030 5.0 4,483
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 2,220 1,046 0.0 4,690
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 2,405 1,052 6.0 4,855
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 2,856 1,088 5.0 4,706
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 2,717 1,068 5.0 4,527
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 2,537 991 0.0 4,010
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 2,263 941 0.0 3,992
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 7,519 5,625 1,545 16,492
Occupied housing units, 1990 7,202 5,547 1,415 17,447
Occupied housing units, 2000 5,736 5,519 1,361 17,648
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 2.9 6.0 0.7 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 5.6 8.0 3.1 18
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 9.6 6.2 1.6 14
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 23 35 1.4 71
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 25 39 0.9 73
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 29 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 83 78 0.0 187
Number of sales, 1996 80 85 0.0 210
Number of sales, 1997 78 95 0.0 245
Number of sales, 1998 134 125 0.0 344
Number of sales, 1999 117 118 0.0 333
Number of sales, 2000 72 90 0.0 241
Number of sales, 2001 101 97 0.0 264
Number of sales, 2002 113 100 0.0 267
Number of sales, 2003 102 99 0.0 257
Number of sales, 2004 120 110 0.0 293
Number of sales, 2005 141 100 0.0 255
Number of sales, 2006 89 81 0.0 211
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 96,732 199,052 84,012 515,634
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 95,500 188,536 77,951 495,559
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 96,889 197,758 86,595 529,659
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 92,621 206,950 71,234 538,072
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 87,118 217,272 65,961 642,188
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 96,326 249,063 76,525 677,895
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 112,393 285,643 111,023 854,656
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 132,542 331,983 120,458 844,236
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 157,760 373,059 136,429 903,121
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 197,573 424,034 148,125 987,866
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 286,542 504,726 185,790 1,141,283
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 308,545 532,931 223,137 1,370,452
% annual change median price, 1996-2006 12 11 7.0 21
% annual change median price, 2001-2006 22 13 2.7 25
% annual change median price, 2005-2006 7.7 5.6 -12 28
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 12 39 0.0 91
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 18 53 1.5 123
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 26 59 3.8 143
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 28 61 6.8 145
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 32 63 4.5 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 41 67 1.5 169
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 40 71 0.0 191
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 55 88 1.5 456
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 69 102 2.3 1,197
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 54,345 68,327 0.0 156,997
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 96,928 70,777 27,742 161,899
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 44,985 69,197 21,228 157,588
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 42,758 76,807 20,564 171,100
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 41,753 81,781 37,658 184,286
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 46,438 83,460 32,285 171,951
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 53,931 84,332 0.0 181,546
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 55,434 91,215 33,084 170,718
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 75,793 104,052 54,847 189,432
% subprime loans, 1997 32 3.9 0.0 47
% subprime loans, 1998 44 5.9 0.0 89
% subprime loans, 1999 37 4.5 0.0 38
% subprime loans, 2000 19 5.1 0.0 45
% subprime loans, 2001 11 3.1 0.0 17
% subprime loans, 2002 9.2 2.8 0.0 16
% subprime loans, 2003 12 3.6 0.0 19
% subprime loans, 2004 14 5.3 0.0 18
% subprime loans, 2005 29 10 0.5 100
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 34 15 0.8 70
Violent crimes, 2001 33 16 0.8 68
Violent crimes, 2002 30 16 0.4 59
Violent crimes, 2003 38 16 0.5 64
Violent crimes, 2004 31 14 0.6 49
Violent crimes, 2005 35 14 0.5 43
Property crimes, 2000 66 54 3.1 375
Property crimes, 2001 72 56 0.6 345
Property crimes, 2002 70 55 1.1 288
Property crimes, 2003 82 55 3.2 227
Property crimes, 2004 87 48 2.7 197
Property crimes, 2005 72 44 4.2 191

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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised February 20, 2008).
 
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