All Wards in D.C.
	This Ward	Average	Low	High
Population
Population, 1980	89,145	79,791	63,391	93,358
Population, 1990	83,198	75,863	65,638	83,198
Population, 2000	71,604	71,507	68,087	75,001
Population, 2005-09	74,593	73,554	69,288	77,411
Population, 2010	74,308	75,215	70,712	79,915
% change population, 1980 to 1990	-6.7	-4.9	-15	7.9
% change population, 1990 to 2000	-14	-5.7	-15	4.9
% change population, 2000 to 2005-09	4.2	2.9	-3.1	9.7
% change population, 2000 to 2010	3.8	5.2	-0.3	16
% children, 1980	22	22	10	37
% children, 1990	20	19	8.2	32
% children, 2000	21	20	7.8	36
% children, 2005-09	20	19	7.1	33
% children, 2010	17	17	5.8	30
% change child population, 1980 to 1990	-16	-19	-27	5.0
% change child population, 1990 to 2000	-6.8	-2.0	-6.8	5.5
% change child population, 2000 to 2005-09	-3.0	-0.3	-15	42
% change child population, 2000 to 2010	-17	-12	-31	16
% foreign born, 1980	2.6	6.4	1.6	14
% foreign born, 1990	3.4	9.7	1.2	23
% foreign born, 2000	5.2	13	1.4	29
% foreign born, 2005-09	7.2	13	2.5	25
% same house 5 years ago, 1990	63	53	36	66
% same house 5 years ago, 2000	58	50	32	62
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990	86	65	4.9	97
% black non-Hispanic, 2000	88	61	6.2	97
% black non-Hispanic, 2005-09	81	55	5.3	96
% black non-Hispanic, 2010	77	51	5.6	96
% white non-Hispanic, 1990	11	27	2.2	84
% white non-Hispanic, 2000	7.4	28	1.2	80
% white non-Hispanic, 2005-09	11	32	1.6	78
% white non-Hispanic, 2010	15	35	1.4	78
% Hispanic, 1990	1.4	5.2	0.8	18
% Hispanic, 2000	3.0	7.9	0.8	25
% Hispanic, 2005-09	5.2	8.5	1.7	22
% Hispanic, 2010	6.3	9.1	1.8	21
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990	0.6	1.8	0.2	5.0
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000	0.8	3.0	0.3	8.0
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2005-09	0.8	3.0	0.3	7.4
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010	1.7	4.2	0.2	10.0
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980	18	19	7.7	27
Poverty rate (%), 1990	15	17	6.5	27
Poverty rate (%), 2000	20	20	7.5	36
Poverty rate (%), 2005-09	19	18	6.9	35
Unemployment rate (%), 1980	7.1	6.8	3.0	10
Unemployment rate (%), 1990	9.2	7.2	2.4	13
Unemployment rate (%), 2000	15	11	6.6	22
Unemployment rate (%), 2005-09	13	9.2	3.4	19
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980	54	59	54	65
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990	53	62	53	69
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000	48	57	45	66
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2005-09	54	60	47	71
% persons without HS diploma, 1980	42	33	9.7	42
% persons without HS diploma, 1990	33	27	5.8	39
% persons without HS diploma, 2000	28	22	4.0	34
% persons without HS diploma, 2005-09	19	15	3.4	21
% female-headed families with children, 1990	56	54	13	67
% female-headed families with children, 2000	58	52	12	68
% female-headed families with children, 2005-09	58	53	12	77
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000	97	97	95	99
% HHs with a phone, 2005-09	97	95	93	97
% HHs with a car, 2000	66	63	52	80
% HHs with a car, 2005-09	67	64	52	79
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990	19	25	2.4	38
% children in poverty, 2000	28	32	2.9	47
% children in poverty, 2005-09	29	29	3.1	48
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998	19	13	5.2	19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999	17	13	6.7	17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000	13	12	7.4	16
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001	14	12	6.4	17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002	13	12	6.9	15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003	11	11	5.7	15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004	13	11	5.2	14
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005	13	11	7.5	14
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006	14	11	8.4	15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007	13	11	7.0	14
% births to teen mothers, 1998	18	15	0.6	21
% births to teen mothers, 1999	19	15	0.6	21
% births to teen mothers, 2000	18	14	0.9	20
% births to teen mothers, 2001	20	13	1.0	20
% births to teen mothers, 2002	17	13	0.5	19
% births to teen mothers, 2003	14	11	0.3	19
% births to teen mothers, 2004	14	11	0.9	18
% births to teen mothers, 2005	13	11	0.2	18
% births to teen mothers, 2006	15	12	0.3	20
% births to teen mothers, 2007	14	12	1.3	20
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1979	65,842	77,355	46,902	154,296
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1989	72,700	93,288	48,448	217,404
Avg. family income (2010 $), 1999	71,305	102,342	46,108	245,685
Avg. family income (2010 $), 2005-09	78,559	115,016	44,076	257,386
% change in avg. family income, 1980 to 1990	10	21	3.3	41
% change in avg. family income, 1990 to 2000	-1.9	9.7	-4.8	21
% change in avg. family income, 2000 to 2005-09	10	12	-7.2	37
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000	10,348	10,064	219	24,389
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001	10,103	9,540	190	22,637
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002	10,483	9,770	202	23,226
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003	12,027	10,612	195	25,037
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004	13,644	11,253	231	26,167
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005	14,136	11,507	239	26,235
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006	13,446	11,351	262	25,976
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007	13,223	11,174	238	26,092
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008	14,218	11,636	237	27,515
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009	16,407	13,452	331	31,570
Persons receiving food stamps, 2010	18,074	15,280	412	35,423
Persons receiving TANF, 1998	7,715	7,362	45	20,413
Persons receiving TANF, 1999	6,520	6,405	44	18,019
Persons receiving TANF, 2000	6,052	5,822	42	16,230
Persons receiving TANF, 2001	5,907	5,793	42	15,982
Persons receiving TANF, 2002	6,114	5,883	50	16,127
Persons receiving TANF, 2003	6,316	5,918	38	16,550
Persons receiving TANF, 2004	7,109	6,118	41	16,849
Persons receiving TANF, 2005	7,034	6,008	36	16,300
Persons receiving TANF, 2006	6,493	5,574	36	14,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2007	5,923	5,294	35	14,625
Persons receiving TANF, 2008	6,089	5,287	34	14,981
Persons receiving TANF, 2009	6,284	5,642	43	16,053
Persons receiving TANF, 2010	6,256	5,807	47	16,386
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980	30,334	31,643	29,914	34,509
Occupied housing units, 1990	30,513	31,204	27,775	35,873
Occupied housing units, 2000	28,110	31,042	25,063	36,849
Occupied housing units, 2005-09	29,295	31,340	25,917	35,607
Occupied housing units, 2010	30,605	33,338	26,742	40,362
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980	3.5	6.0	2.9	9.0
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990	6.1	8.0	4.6	13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000	8.9	6.2	2.2	11
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2005-09	8.2	5.9	3.8	8.2
Homeownership rate (%), 1980	45	35	17	58
Homeownership rate (%), 1990	46	39	18	60
Homeownership rate (%), 2000	49	41	22	61
Homeownership rate (%), 2005-09	49	45	24	63
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995	469	388	141	625
Number of sales, 1996	494	428	174	644
Number of sales, 1997	562	494	177	764
Number of sales, 1998	813	665	260	1,005
Number of sales, 1999	728	635	266	949
Number of sales, 2000	617	522	256	736
Number of sales, 2001	614	527	225	806
Number of sales, 2002	653	527	239	781
Number of sales, 2003	667	521	196	747
Number of sales, 2004	754	591	295	953
Number of sales, 2005	699	549	270	846
Number of sales, 2006	521	451	221	717
Number of sales, 2007	522	383	182	561
Number of sales, 2008	277	274	171	416
Number of sales, 2009	271	266	80	434
Number of sales, 2010	334	307	113	492
Median sales price (2010 $), 1995	140,000	223,000	120,000	451,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1996	145,000	213,000	113,000	434,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1997	137,000	221,000	107,000	448,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1998	142,000	226,000	104,000	468,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 1999	143,000	241,000	111,000	518,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2000	158,000	268,000	120,000	576,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2001	166,000	318,000	134,000	677,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2002	204,000	364,000	142,000	753,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2003	249,000	401,000	160,000	811,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2004	305,000	464,000	177,000	895,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2005	391,000	551,000	229,000	1,023,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2006	412,000	568,000	281,000	973,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2007	422,000	570,000	289,000	954,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2008	375,000	567,000	300,000	1,074,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2009	362,000	535,000	244,000	986,000
Median sales price (2010 $), 2010	350,000	527,000	225,000	925,000
% annual change median price, 2000-2010	8.3	7.0	4.3	11
% annual change median price, 2005-2010	-2.2	-0.9	-2.2	0.3
% annual change median price, 2009-2010	-3.3	-1.6	-17	11
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997	22	39	12	75
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998	30	53	15	99
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999	33	59	23	111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000	38	61	26	111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001	38	63	26	110
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002	46	67	29	124
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003	50	71	34	130
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004	65	88	45	166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005	75	102	60	185
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006	69	94	69	160
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997	56,548	77,757	37,951	139,121
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998	68,817	78,350	44,993	140,461
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999	57,505	77,878	45,177	141,489
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000	61,670	86,060	40,469	152,251
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001	64,084	92,241	50,236	160,749
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002	68,482	93,554	50,033	166,675
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003	73,675	95,125	48,040	149,391
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004	83,723	106,713	61,435	172,352
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005	96,712	115,719	71,344	166,973
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006	104,294	122,680	75,573	183,900
% subprime loans, 1997	15	3.9	1.0	18
% subprime loans, 1998	30	5.9	0.8	35
% subprime loans, 1999	21	4.5	0.9	27
% subprime loans, 2000	13	5.1	2.3	19
% subprime loans, 2001	8.0	3.1	1.4	8.8
% subprime loans, 2002	7.1	2.8	1.1	7.9
% subprime loans, 2003	9.4	3.6	0.8	10
% subprime loans, 2004	11	5.3	1.2	14
% subprime loans, 2005	22	10	1.4	24
% subprime loans, 2006	17	8.7	1.1	20
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000	18	15	2.5	23
Violent crimes, 2001	18	15	3.1	23
Violent crimes, 2002	17	15	2.7	23
Violent crimes, 2003	20	16	1.8	23
Violent crimes, 2004	16	14	1.8	19
Violent crimes, 2005	19	14	1.8	20
Violent crimes, 2006	17	13	1.8	19
Violent crimes, 2007	16	14	1.7	22
Violent crimes, 2008	15	13	1.5	21
Violent crimes, 2009	15	13	1.7	20
Violent crimes, 2010	13	12	1.6	20
Property crimes, 2000	49	54	31	118
Property crimes, 2001	56	56	28	105
Property crimes, 2002	53	54	25	96
Property crimes, 2003	59	54	28	85
Property crimes, 2004	57	47	25	74
Property crimes, 2005	51	43	21	70
Property crimes, 2006	45	42	19	68
Property crimes, 2007	51	45	21	70
Property crimes, 2008	46	46	23	74
Property crimes, 2009	44	44	24	71
Property crimes, 2010	43	40	22	60

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