2022 population: 5,701,953 ( 65,721 from 2010 , 683,245 from 2020)
Land area: 6506.5 square miles
Population density: 876.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	2,502,028	43.88%	9.1%
Black:	1,316,330	23.09%	7.1%
Indian:	11,660	0.20%	6.2%
Asian:	680,560	11.94%	31.4%
2+ races:	182,617	3.20%	24.4%
Hispanic:	1,008,758	17.69%	30.1%

Total non-White:	3,199,925	56.12%	10.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	165,344	12.9
Deaths:	102,443	8.0
Net Migration:	-135,014	-10.6
Net Immigration:	62,698	4.9

Change in White population:	-249,365	-4.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	315,086	5.6

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
5,636,232
2,751,393	48.82%
1,417,003	25.14%
12,428	0.22%
517,777	9.19%
146,763	2.60%
775,180	13.75%
2,884,839	51.18%

2000
4,265,369
2,526,885	59.24%
920,299	21.58%
10,544	0.25%
314,984	7.38%
96,655	2.27%
385,684	9.04%
1,738,484	40.76%

1990
4,157,327
2,663,769	64.07%
1,055,833	25.40%
11,656	0.28%
204,918	4.93%
n/a
221,151	5.32%
1,493,558	35.93%

1980
2,788,315
2,174,383	77.98%
442,336	15.86%
3,450	0.12%
81,763	2.93%
n/a
78,526	2.82%
613,932	22.02%

1970
2,407,836
2,114,664	87.82%
212,956	8.84%
2,522	0.10%
15,817	0.66%
n/a
56,730	2.36%
293,172	12.18%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
727,077	17.0
283,629	6.6
-98,051	-2.3
321,197	7.5

224,508	5.3
1,146,355	26.9

Number	Rate
1990's
695,489	16.7
280,729	6.8
-118,331	-2.8
269,294	6.5

-136,884	-3.3
244,926	5.9

Number	Rate
1980's
593,583	21.3
247,896	8.9
188,388	6.8
n/a

489,386	17.6
879,626	31.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-90,354	-3.8
n/a

59,719	2.5
320,760	13.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro 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
37.9
1,445,521	25.4%
4,256,432	74.6%
865,999	15.2%

2,361,858
2.65

1,526,315	64.6%
1,150,700	75.4%
129,237	8.5%
835,543	35.4%

2010
Number	Percent
36.2
1,345,820	23.9%
4,290,412	76.1%
564,896	10.0%

2,094,033
2.64

1,365,300	65.2%
1,011,395	74.1%
136,618	10.0%
728,733	34.8%

2000
Number	Percent
39.7
1,220,076	28.6%
3,045,293	71.4%
434,048	10.2%

1,816,796
2.61

1,208,105	66.5%
915,590	75.8%
125,945	10.4%
608,691	33.5%

1990
Number	Percent
32.6
982,407	23.6%
3,174,920	76.4%
358,438	8.6%

1,542,954
2.63

1,043,620	67.6%
811,081	77.7%
92,267	8.8%
499,334	32.4%

1980
Number	Percent
29.7
789,359	28.3%
1,998,956	71.7%
188,866	6.8%

981,374
2.79

720,832	73.5%
600,385	83.3%
58,249	8.1%
260,542	26.5%

2022 Housing Data for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	81,434	3.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	44,893	1.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	38,880	1.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	41,944	1.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	43,986	1.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	46,517	2.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	46,095	2.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	48,388	2.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	50,967	2.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	109,828	4.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	158,818	6.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	268,591	11.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	245,360	10.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	210,123	8.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	325,560	13.8%
$200,000 or more	600,474	25.4%

Median Household Income	122,146
Per Capita Income	60,487

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	120

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	75,925	3.2%
Public Assistance	50,154	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	191,339	8.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,645,418	75.6%
Unemployed	136,049	3.9%
In Armed Forces	40,429	1.2%

Total Labor Force	2,821,896	80.6%
Not in Labor Force	679,549	19.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,077,113	864,050	55.5%
Non-Profit	136,878	220,270	38.3%
Self-Employed	173,689	119,294	59.3%

Local Government	85,773	150,783	36.3%
State Government	36,142	47,759	43.1%
Federal Government	249,395	215,184	53.7%

Total Private + Self	1,250,802	983,344	56.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	508,188	633,996	44.5%
Total	1,758,990	1,617,340	52.1%

Pct. Govt.	23.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	800,763	23.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	550,837	16.3%
Professional, Technical	1,088,378	32.2%
Service Occupations	496,651	14.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	4,557	0.1%
All others	446,294	13.2%

White Collar		72.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Professional, scientific, technical	595,951	17.6%
Public administration	438,856	13.0%
Health care and social assistance	354,632	10.5%
Educational services	303,627	9.0%
Retail trade	262,788	7.8%
Construction	223,750	6.6%
Other services	212,618	6.3%
Accommodation and food services	195,275	5.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	146,558	4.3%
Finance and insurance	130,618	3.9%
Transportation and warehousing	125,048	3.7%
Manufacturing	100,240	3.0%
Information	83,065	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	74,561	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	67,434	2.0%
Wholesale trade	36,404	1.1%
Utilities	15,326	0.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	10,231	0.3%
Management	4,847	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,094	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	147,267	2.32%
Puerto Rican	77,051	1.21%
Cuban	19,251	0.30%
Dominican	29,153	0.46%

Total Central American	505,533	7.97%
Costa Rican	6,237	0.10%
Guatemalan	89,250	1.41%
Honduran	61,038	0.96%
Nicaraguan	18,078	0.28%
Panamanian	9,599	0.15%
Salvadoran	320,029	5.04%
Other Central American	1,302	0.02%

Total South American	190,172	3.00%
Argentinean	12,736	0.20%
Bolivian	45,475	0.72%
Chilean	9,117	0.14%
Colombian	34,818	0.55%
Ecuadorian	13,642	0.21%
Paraguayan	2,120	0.03%
Peruvian	56,921	0.90%
Uruguayan	2,632	0.04%
Venezuelan	11,375	0.18%
Other South American	1,336	0.02%

Other Hispanic	81,705	1.29%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	183,205	2.89%
Chinese	107,954	1.70%
Korean	83,561	1.32%
Vietnamese	69,467	1.09%
Filipino	65,369	1.03%
Bangladeshi	12,783	0.20%
Japanese	11,800	0.19%
Thai	8,300	0.13%
Taiwanese	6,905	0.11%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,194,907	70.4%
Spanish	803,011	13.5%
Other Indo-European	238,622	4.0%
Other	167,216	2.8%
Other Asian	102,683	1.7%
Chinese	90,120	1.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	80,367	1.3%
Korean	64,510	1.1%
Arabic	56,758	1.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	568,875	9.0%
Irish	528,382	8.3%
English	498,798	7.9%
Italian	263,237	4.1%
American	241,850	3.8%
Polish	133,467	2.1%
European	124,239	2.0%
Scottish	94,467	1.5%
French	91,023	1.4%
African	88,075	1.4%
Ethiopian	74,248	1.2%
Russian	64,436	1.0%
Scotch-Irish	49,181	0.8%
British	47,046	0.7%
Jamaican	43,997	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	5,689,761	89.7%
Not a citizen	656,322	10.3%

Native	4,876,200	76.8%
Foreign-born	1,469,883	23.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
185,421	4.3%	175,419	4.0%	764,527	17.6%	919,559	21.1%	1,159,825	26.7%	1,145,918	26.3%
Average years of education: 14.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	185,421	4.3%
9-12 Years	175,419	4.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	764,527	17.6%
Some College	919,559	21.1%
Bach. Degree	1,159,825	26.7%
Grad Degree	1,145,918	26.3%
Average years of education: 14.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	4,784,164	4,636,160	148,004	3.1%
1991	4,850,006	4,629,618	220,388	4.5%
1992	4,925,182	4,672,612	252,570	5.1%
1993	4,920,196	4,693,094	227,102	4.6%
1994	5,009,278	4,804,504	204,774	4.1%
1995	5,037,378	4,831,058	206,320	4.1%
1996	5,035,038	4,839,376	195,662	3.9%
1997	5,061,114	4,881,634	179,480	3.5%
1998	5,127,098	4,971,214	155,884	3.0%
1999	5,246,780	5,111,208	135,572	2.6%

2000	5,402,042	5,255,734	146,308	2.7%
2001	5,494,414	5,304,202	190,212	3.5%
2002	5,566,502	5,331,418	235,084	4.2%
2003	5,607,922	5,377,702	230,220	4.1%
2004	5,696,212	5,468,618	227,594	4.0%
2005	5,837,898	5,619,098	218,800	3.7%
2006	5,957,232	5,755,360	201,872	3.4%
2007	6,025,490	5,833,458	192,032	3.2%
2008	6,153,472	5,911,660	241,812	3.9%
2009	6,196,900	5,807,474	389,426	6.3%

2010	6,323,532	5,909,338	414,194	6.6%
2011	6,410,298	6,015,714	394,584	6.2%
2012	6,483,726	6,113,542	370,184	5.7%
2013	6,534,646	6,176,176	358,470	5.5%
2014	6,555,284	6,226,794	328,490	5.0%
2015	6,574,518	6,287,648	286,870	4.4%
2016	6,657,478	6,402,650	254,828	3.8%
2017	6,785,866	6,536,102	249,764	3.7%
2018	6,846,826	6,622,902	223,924	3.3%
2019	6,976,928	6,766,320	210,608	3.0%

2020	6,829,786	6,386,898	442,888	6.5%
2021	6,756,918	6,440,188	316,730	4.7%
2022	6,863,552	6,656,936	206,616	3.0%
2023	6,980,402	6,797,312	183,090	2.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,500,311
Median Value	$565,868

Occupied	2,361,858	94.5%
Vacant	138,453	5.5%

Owned	1,508,442	63.9%
Rented	853,416	36.1%
Median Rent	$1,899

Single-Family Units	1,621,601	64.9%
Detached	1,138,052	45.5%
Attached	483,549	19.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	777,221	31.1%
Mobile Homes	14,771	0.6%

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area