[14] Many African Americans have moved out of the District to the suburbs. The District had a total population of 705,749 as of July 1, 2019. Olympia is the capital city and top 5 cities of Washington state are Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, Bellevue. Around the same time blacks began moving out to the Maryland suburbs. Some of the most common countries people visit from include China, the UK, India, France, Australia, Spain, and Japan. [15] The Washington Metropolitan Area, which includes the surrounding counties in Maryland and Virginia, is the eighth-largest in the United States, with more than five million residents. The demographics of the District of Columbia are ethnically diverse in the cosmopolitan federal district. Washington DC population language speak at home are, 545,912 speak only English, 55,077 speak Spanish, 9,079 French (incl. German-Jewish immigrants settled in the neighborhoods of Cleveland Park and Forest Hills and in neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park such as Petworth, Brightwood, and Crestwood at the beginning of the 20th century. While most of the United States is having less babies, the women in D.C are waiting the longest to have children than anywhere else in the country—if they have them at all. [32][18] The Hispanic population in the neighboring states of Maryland and Virginia is 742,000; 512,000 live in Virginia (9% of Virginia population)[33] and 230,000 living in Maryland (9.5 of Maryland population). [36], DC has a very diverse Hispanic population. "Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990". The black population remains the largest racial population in DC, though it has dropped recently, with the black population dropping below 50% for the first time in over 50 years. [20], A 2012 Gallup Daily tracking poll found 10% of the residents in the District of Columbia were most likely to identify as LGBT+, the highest in the nation. Government growth during World War II provided economic opportunities for African Americans, too. Due to slaveholders' manumission of slaves in the Upper South after the American Revolutionary War, the free black population in those states climbed markedly from an estimated 1% before the war to 10% by 1810. Just over 45% of the population is black or African American, and 42% are white (with 39% of that being non-Hispanic white and 5.3% Hispanic white). 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Asian-American residents make up 3% of the total population of DC. The Metro DC Area is the second-most popular destination for African immigrants, after New York City. All rights reserved. D.C welcomed 22 million visitors to the city in 2016. Log in to your WTOP account for notifications and alerts customized for you. [32] In 1976 Walter Washington, Mayor of the District of Columbia, created the Office of Latino Affairs of the District of Columbia. With a 2020 population of 720,687, it is the largest city in District of Columbia and the 20th largest city in the United States. Following social unrest and riots in the 1960s, plus increasing crime, by 1980 the District of Columbia had lost one-quarter of its population. See: District of Columbia retrocession [29], Historically, European immigrant neighborhoods in DC have included the Irish neighborhoods of Swampoodle, currently known as NOMA (North of Massachusetts Ave), and Foggy Bottom during the latter part of the 19th century and the Italian neighborhood of Judiciary Square, that have both since ceased to be largely populated with residents from these ethnic groups. It serves as the capital of the United States and is home to just over 5.3 million people. Washington, DC population in 2020 is expected to be 709,690 (0.7 Million), and area is 68.34 sq miles (177 sq.km. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 3.40. This is mostly due to professional and middle-class African Americans moving to the suburbs from the city center. In addition, some African Americans are migrating to other parts of the South in a New Great Migration, because of family ties, increased opportunities and lower cost of living.[23]. [2] The District was a majority-black district from the late 1950s through 2011. Washington, D.C has a majority non-white population. A concentration of Salvadorans have settled in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood. [51], Racial Makeup of the District of Columbia (2017)(Hispanics can be of any race)[18], Racial Makeup of the District of Columbia treating Hispanics as a Race (2018)[52]. [6] It is notable that the District of Columbia had a large African-American population even before the Civil War, and most were free people of color, not slaves. [34] The largest Hispanic groups are Salvadoran (19,674 or 25.7% of District of Columbia's 76,526 Hispanics) and Mexicans (16,912 or 22.1%). There are also many diaspora groups in DC including from the Irish community,[26] the Italian community,[27] to name a few. That’s about 1 person per day, compared to an average increase of 18 per day between 2010 and 2019. Hispanics of any race made up 11.0% of the District's population.[18].