2022 population: 7,304,100 ( 791,090 from 2010 , 4,080 from 2020)
Land area: 12008.1 square miles
Population density: 608.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	3,502,782	47.96%	0.1%
Black:	1,683,886	23.05%	13.7%
Indian:	15,262	0.21%	7.4%
Asian:	726,627	9.95%	37.6%
2+ races:	224,233	3.07%	37.7%
Hispanic:	1,151,310	15.76%	42.0%

Total non-White:	3,801,318	52.04%	26.2%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	187,955	12.9
Deaths:	128,128	8.8
Net Migration:	-118,029	-8.1
Net Immigration:	64,304	4.4

Change in White population:	2,766	0.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	788,324	12.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
6,513,010
3,500,016	53.74%
1,480,665	22.73%
14,215	0.22%
527,917	8.11%
162,800	2.50%
810,796	12.45%
3,012,994	46.26%

2000
5,585,170
3,359,842	60.16%
1,307,160	23.40%
13,189	0.24%
335,798	6.01%
113,239	2.03%
443,256	7.94%
2,225,328	39.84%

1990
4,826,278
3,286,354	68.09%
1,092,605	22.64%
12,727	0.26%
208,807	4.33%
n/a
225,785	4.68%
1,539,924	31.91%

1980
3,391,001
2,738,544	80.76%
473,662	13.97%
3,940	0.12%
84,171	2.48%
n/a
82,577	2.44%
652,457	19.24%

1970
2,935,657
2,611,068	88.94%
241,225	8.22%
2,778	0.09%
16,565	0.56%
n/a
58,540	1.99%
324,589	11.06%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
822,284	14.7
352,928	6.3
-15,357	-0.3
326,600	5.8

140,174	2.5
787,666	14.1

Number	Rate
1990's
786,288	16.3
347,896	7.2
-76,251	-1.6
272,229	5.6

73,488	1.5
685,404	14.2

Number	Rate
1980's
679,222	20.0
307,568	9.1
221,723	6.5
n/a

547,810	16.2
887,467	26.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-50,559	-1.7
n/a

127,476	4.3
327,868	11.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Washington, DC-MD-PA-VA-WV Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.7
1,526,107	20.9%
5,777,993	79.1%
953,557	13.1%

2,410,467
2.71

1,637,358	67.9%
1,253,946	76.6%
131,572	8.0%
773,109	32.1%

2010
Number	Percent
36.7
1,550,477	23.8%
4,962,533	76.2%
692,744	10.6%

2,430,990
2.63

1,597,088	65.7%
1,189,804	74.5%
157,540	9.9%
833,902	34.3%

2000
Number	Percent
36.2
1,432,056	25.6%
4,153,114	74.4%
559,393	10.0%

2,156,185
2.59

1,447,604	67.1%
1,110,917	76.7%
143,593	9.9%
708,581	32.9%

1990
Number	Percent
32.8
1,146,111	23.7%
3,680,167	76.3%
450,239	9.3%

1,792,888
2.62

1,228,442	68.5%
966,429	78.7%
104,176	8.5%
564,446	31.5%

1980
Number	Percent
30.1
959,257	28.3%
2,431,744	71.7%
261,213	7.7%

1,192,990
2.79

884,254	74.1%
741,531	83.9%
67,532	7.6%
308,736	25.9%

2022 Housing Data for Washington, DC-MD-PA-VA-WV Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	73,639	3.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	46,037	1.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	43,050	1.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	47,539	2.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	50,773	2.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	52,583	2.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	51,626	2.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	55,173	2.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	58,574	2.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	122,152	5.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	174,852	7.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	285,950	11.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	257,382	10.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	214,147	8.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	322,694	13.4%
$200,000 or more	554,296	23.0%

Median Household Income	117,766
Per Capita Income	55,605

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	115

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	79,967	3.3%
Public Assistance	48,003	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	195,658	8.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,728,234	75.0%
Unemployed	130,518	3.6%
In Armed Forces	41,150	1.1%

Total Labor Force	2,899,902	79.8%
Not in Labor Force	736,104	20.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,145,728	907,850	55.8%
Non-Profit	119,860	198,627	37.6%
Self-Employed	179,868	119,938	60.0%

Local Government	92,715	161,206	36.5%
State Government	41,489	52,313	44.2%
Federal Government	238,636	192,565	55.3%

Total Private + Self	1,325,596	1,027,788	56.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	492,700	604,711	44.9%
Total	1,818,296	1,632,499	52.7%

Pct. Govt.	22.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	754,136	21.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	589,906	17.1%
Professional, Technical	1,041,448	30.1%
Service Occupations	525,389	15.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	7,681	0.2%
All others	546,877	15.8%

White Collar		69.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Professional, scientific, technical	546,839	7018.9%
Public administration	414,805	5324.2%
Health care and social assistance	380,658	4885.9%
Educational services	309,455	3972.0%
Retail trade	297,955	3824.3%
Construction	249,956	3208.3%
Accommodation and food services	202,181	2595.1%
Other services	195,324	2507.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	149,282	1916.1%
Manufacturing	145,273	1864.6%
Transportation and warehousing	140,580	1804.4%
Finance and insurance	131,192	1683.9%
Information	74,081	950.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	69,599	893.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	65,288	838.0%
Wholesale trade	43,302	555.8%
Utilities	18,309	235.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	16,608	213.2%
Management	4,695	60.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,374	30.5%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	153,802	2.32%
Puerto Rican	81,096	1.23%
Cuban	16,868	0.25%
Dominican	27,059	0.41%

Total Central American	493,518	7.46%
Costa Rican	5,398	0.08%
Guatemalan	89,742	1.36%
Honduran	59,778	0.90%
Nicaraguan	17,580	0.27%
Panamanian	9,233	0.14%
Salvadoran	310,724	4.69%
Other Central American	1,063	0.02%

Total South American	179,561	2.71%
Argentinean	11,212	0.17%
Bolivian	45,376	0.69%
Chilean	7,916	0.12%
Colombian	30,407	0.46%
Ecuadorian	13,268	0.20%
Paraguayan	1,827	0.03%
Peruvian	55,661	0.84%
Uruguayan	2,316	0.03%
Venezuelan	10,185	0.15%
Other South American	1,393	0.02%

Other Hispanic	78,162	1.18%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	177,923	2.69%
Chinese	103,370	1.56%
Korean	81,318	1.23%
Vietnamese	68,362	1.03%
Filipino	65,814	0.99%
Bangladeshi	12,285	0.19%
Japanese	11,062	0.17%
Thai	8,486	0.13%
Cambodian	6,768	0.10%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,505,410	72.4%
Spanish	784,600	12.6%
Other Indo-European	232,522	3.7%
Other	158,214	2.5%
Other Asian	100,477	1.6%
Chinese	86,481	1.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	73,990	1.2%
Korean	63,366	1.0%
Arabic	55,389	0.9%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	718,692	10.9%
Irish	588,273	8.9%
English	557,247	8.4%
American	303,204	4.6%
Italian	273,288	4.1%
Polish	136,076	2.1%
European	129,341	2.0%
Scottish	104,694	1.6%
French	97,642	1.5%
African	83,314	1.3%
Ethiopian	66,927	1.0%
Russian	58,619	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	55,771	0.8%
British	46,258	0.7%
Dutch	44,296	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	5,986,646	90.5%
Not a citizen	631,971	9.5%

Native	5,196,832	78.5%
Foreign-born	1,421,785	21.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
192,644	4.3%	202,609	4.5%	942,016	20.8%	1,025,502	22.7%	1,130,848	25.0%	1,032,644	22.8%
Average years of education: 14.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	192,644	4.3%
9-12 Years	202,609	4.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	942,016	20.8%
Some College	1,025,502	22.7%
Bach. Degree	1,130,848	25.0%
Grad Degree	1,032,644	22.8%
Average years of education: 14.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,400,758	2,324,231	76,527	3.2%
1991	2,454,050	2,339,398	114,652	4.7%
1992	2,497,894	2,368,714	129,180	5.2%
1993	2,499,016	2,386,905	112,111	4.5%
1994	2,548,739	2,449,640	99,099	3.9%
1995	2,580,789	2,482,449	98,340	3.8%
1996	2,597,079	2,503,164	93,915	3.6%
1997	2,621,362	2,535,601	85,761	3.3%
1998	2,647,887	2,577,886	70,001	2.6%
1999	2,697,057	2,634,268	62,789	2.3%

2000	2,775,352	2,706,080	69,272	2.5%
2001	2,826,002	2,734,419	91,583	3.2%
2002	2,871,075	2,755,670	115,405	4.0%
2003	2,896,580	2,784,228	112,352	3.9%
2004	2,941,397	2,834,756	106,641	3.6%
2005	3,017,932	2,912,862	105,070	3.5%
2006	3,084,336	2,985,901	98,435	3.2%
2007	3,115,043	3,020,858	94,185	3.0%
2008	3,176,368	3,056,327	120,041	3.8%
2009	3,196,176	2,997,512	198,664	6.2%

2010	3,256,988	3,045,857	211,131	6.5%
2011	3,297,725	3,101,522	196,203	5.9%
2012	3,323,493	3,139,303	184,190	5.5%
2013	3,340,215	3,163,113	177,102	5.3%
2014	3,344,730	3,183,401	161,329	4.8%
2015	3,348,246	3,208,195	140,051	4.2%
2016	3,382,807	3,259,083	123,724	3.7%
2017	3,444,457	3,324,913	119,544	3.5%
2018	3,475,038	3,368,226	106,812	3.1%
2019	3,540,007	3,439,958	100,049	2.8%

2020	3,466,185	3,248,272	217,913	6.3%
2021	3,463,603	3,310,902	152,701	4.4%
2022	3,510,963	3,410,813	100,150	2.9%
2023	3,562,021	3,476,948	85,073	2.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,561,942
Median Value	$496,044

Occupied	2,410,467	94.1%
Vacant	151,475	5.9%

Owned	1,640,543	68.1%
Rented	769,924	31.9%
Median Rent	$1,778

Single-Family Units	1,832,746	71.5%
Detached	1,390,040	54.3%
Attached	442,706	17.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	617,983	24.1%
Mobile Homes	42,557	1.7%

Washington, DC-MD-PA-VA-WV Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Washington, DC-MD-PA-VA-WV Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Washington, DC-MD-PA-VA-WV Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Washington, DC-MD-PA-VA-WV Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Washington, DC-MD-PA-VA-WV Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Washington, DC-MD-PA-VA-WV Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Washington, DC-MD-PA-VA-WV Market Area