DC Ward 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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Ward 1

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Ward		 Average Low High
Population
Population, 1980 71,672 79,791 63,391 93,358
Population, 1990 72,580 75,863 65,638 83,198
Population, 2000 73,334 71,507 68,087 75,001
% change population, 1980-1990 1.3 -4.9 -15 7.9
% change population, 1990-2000 1.0 -5.7 -15 4.9
% children, 1980 20 22 10 37
% children, 1990 18 19 8.2 32
% children, 2000 18 20 7.8 36
% change child population, 1980-1990 -5.3 -19 -27 5.0
% change child population, 1990-2000 -2.3 -2.0 -6.8 5.5
% foreign born, 1980 13 6.4 1.6 14
% foreign born, 1990 23 9.7 1.2 23
% foreign born, 2000 29 13 1.4 29
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 47 53 36 66
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 42 50 32 62
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 58 65 4.9 97
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 46 61 6.2 97
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 22 27 2.2 84
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 25 28 1.2 80
% Hispanic, 1990 18 5.2 0.8 18
% Hispanic, 2000 25 7.9 0.8 25
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 1.7 1.8 0.2 5.0
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 3.7 3.0 0.3 8.0
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 22 19 7.7 27
Poverty rate (%), 1990 21 17 6.5 27
Poverty rate (%), 2000 22 20 7.5 36
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 7.7 6.8 3.0 10
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 7.0 7.2 2.4 13
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 7.4 11 6.6 22
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 58 59 54 65
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 64 62 53 69
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 63 57 45 66
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 37 33 9.7 42
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 34 27 5.8 39
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 31 22 4.0 34
% female-headed families with children, 1990 52 54 13 67
% female-headed families with children, 2000 46 52 12 68
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 96 97 95 99
% HHs with a car, 2000 52 63 52 80
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 30 25 2.4 38
% children in poverty, 2000 35 32 2.9 47
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 8.9 13 5.2 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 12 13 6.7 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 11 12 7.4 16
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 9.6 12 6.4 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 11 12 6.9 15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 8.3 11 5.7 15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 10 11 5.2 14
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 8.5 11 7.5 14
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 9.7 11 8.4 15
% births to teen mothers, 1998 14 15 0.6 21
% births to teen mothers, 1999 15 15 0.6 21
% births to teen mothers, 2000 12 14 0.9 20
% births to teen mothers, 2001 12 13 1.0 20
% births to teen mothers, 2002 12 13 0.5 19
% births to teen mothers, 2003 7.7 11 0.3 19
% births to teen mothers, 2004 8.0 11 0.9 18
% births to teen mothers, 2005 9.9 11 0.2 18
% births to teen mothers, 2006 11 12 0.3 20
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 44,808 59,101 35,834 117,886
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 49,068 71,274 37,016 166,102
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 59,140 78,192 35,228 187,709
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 9.5 21 3.3 41
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 21 9.7 -4.8 21
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 8,120 10,064 219 24,389
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 7,721 9,540 190 22,637
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 7,505 9,770 202 23,226
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 7,618 10,612 195 25,037
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 7,626 11,253 231 26,167
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 7,741 11,507 239 26,235
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 7,356 11,351 262 25,976
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 7,110 11,174 238 26,092
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 6,991 11,636 237 27,515
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 5,217 7,362 45 20,413
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 4,578 6,405 44 18,019
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 4,245 5,822 42 16,230
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 4,187 5,793 42 15,982
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 4,092 5,883 50 16,127
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 3,888 5,918 38 16,550
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 3,858 6,118 41 16,849
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 3,676 6,008 36 16,300
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 3,117 5,574 36 14,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 2,946 5,294 35 14,625
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 2,847 5,287 34 14,981
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 29,914 31,643 29,914 34,509
Occupied housing units, 1990 30,798 31,204 27,775 35,873
Occupied housing units, 2000 31,573 31,042 25,063 36,849
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 7.7 6.0 2.9 9.0
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 7.9 8.0 4.6 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 4.0 6.2 2.2 11
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 23 35 17 58
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 27 39 18 60
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 29 41 22 61
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 393 437 166 692
Number of sales, 1996 427 480 182 716
Number of sales, 1997 410 532 189 802
Number of sales, 1998 614 701 270 1,049
Number of sales, 1999 624 665 285 999
Number of sales, 2000 443 505 238 718
Number of sales, 2001 522 543 254 804
Number of sales, 2002 498 563 283 819
Number of sales, 2003 449 555 205 796
Number of sales, 2004 519 617 307 991
Number of sales, 2005 413 554 278 847
Number of sales, 2006 290 457 219 719
Number of sales, 2007 256 381 192 560
Median sales price (2007 $), 1995 154,000 213,000 116,000 446,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1996 150,000 204,000 111,000 430,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1997 160,000 215,000 107,000 441,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1998 170,000 221,000 102,000 454,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 1999 167,000 235,000 108,000 512,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2000 202,000 268,000 122,000 572,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2001 231,000 307,000 131,000 649,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2002 322,000 354,000 139,000 739,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2003 361,000 392,000 157,000 796,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2004 426,000 454,000 174,000 884,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2005 549,000 540,000 225,000 982,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2006 605,000 562,000 279,000 956,000
Median sales price (2007 $), 2007 602,000 560,000 281,000 928,000
% annual change median price, 1997-2007 14 10 7.6 14
% annual change median price, 2002-2007 13 9.6 4.5 16
% annual change median price, 2006-2007 -0.5 -0.4 -3.7 5.6
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 46 39 12 75
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 71 53 15 99
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 86 59 23 111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 99 61 26 111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 109 63 26 110
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 115 67 29 124
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 115 71 34 130
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 122 88 45 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 162 102 60 185
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 153 94 69 160
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1997 78,203 72,808 35,536 130,266
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1998 74,263 73,363 42,130 131,521
Median borrower income (2005 $), 1999 73,964 72,922 42,302 132,484
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2000 83,952 80,583 37,894 142,561
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2001 90,978 86,370 47,039 150,518
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2002 92,767 87,600 46,849 156,067
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2003 94,292 89,071 44,983 139,883
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2004 105,601 99,921 57,525 161,383
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2005 110,055 108,354 66,803 156,346
Median borrower income (2005 $), 2006 114,207 114,872 70,763 172,196
% subprime loans, 1997 4.1 3.9 1.0 18
% subprime loans, 1998 6.5 5.9 0.8 35
% subprime loans, 1999 3.2 4.5 0.9 27
% subprime loans, 2000 4.2 5.1 2.3 19
% subprime loans, 2001 3.0 3.1 1.4 8.8
% subprime loans, 2002 2.5 2.8 1.1 7.9
% subprime loans, 2003 3.1 3.6 0.8 10
% subprime loans, 2004 4.9 5.3 1.2 14
% subprime loans, 2005 6.9 10 1.4 24
% subprime loans, 2006 4.0 8.7 1.1 20
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 16 15 2.5 23
Violent crimes, 2001 16 16 3.1 23
Violent crimes, 2002 19 16 2.7 23
Violent crimes, 2003 20 16 1.8 23
Violent crimes, 2004 17 14 1.9 19
Violent crimes, 2005 17 14 1.8 20
Violent crimes, 2006 17 14 1.8 19
Violent crimes, 2007 17 14 1.7 22
Property crimes, 2000 55 54 31 118
Property crimes, 2001 57 56 28 106
Property crimes, 2002 60 55 26 99
Property crimes, 2003 60 55 28 89
Property crimes, 2004 50 48 25 79
Property crimes, 2005 46 44 22 75
Property crimes, 2006 53 43 20 75
Property crimes, 2007 54 48 22 80

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised January 21, 2009).
 
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