Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights¹

Source: US Census Bureau, Summary File 1 (SF 1) and Summary File 3 (SF 3).

General Characteristics, Census 2000	DC Count	DC Percent	US Count/Percent
Total population	572,059	100%	281,421,906
Male	269,366	47.1%	49.1%
Female	302,693	52.9%	50.9%
Median Age (years)	34.6	N/A	35.3
Under 5 years	32,536	5.7%	6.8%
18 years and over	457,067	79.9%	74.3%
65 years and over	69,898	12.2%	12.4%
White alone	176,101	30.8%	75.1%
Black or African American alone	343,312	60.0%	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,713	0.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	15,189	2.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	348	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race alone	21,950	3.8%	5.5%
Two or more races	13,446	2.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	44,953	7.9%	12.5%
Household population	536,497	93.8%	97.2%
Group quarters population	35,562	6.2%	2.8%
Average household size	2.16	N/A	2.59%
Average family size	3.07	N/A	3.14%
Total housing units	274,845	100%	100%
Occupied housing units	248,338	90.4%	91.0%
Owner-occupied housing units	101,214	40.8%	66.2%
Renter-occupied housing units	147,124	59.2%	33.8%
Vacant housing units	26,507	9.6%	9.0%

Social Characteristics, Census 2000	DC Count	DC Percent	US Count/Percent
Population 25 years and over	384,535	100%	100%
High school graduate or higher	299,286	77.8%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	150,237	39.1%	24.4%
Civilian population 18 years and over	454,454	9.8%	N/A
Disability status (population 5 years and over)	115,980	21.9%	19.3%
Foreign born	73,561	12.9%	11.1%
Male, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over)	72,038	32.8%	56.7%
Female, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over)	69,954	27.5%	52.1%
Speak a language other than English at home (population 5 years and over)	90,417	16.8%	17.9%

Economic Characteristics, Census 2000	DC Count	DC Percent	US Count/Percent
In labor force (population 16 years and over)	298,225	63.6%	63.9%
Mean travel time to work in minutes (workers 16 years and over)	29.7	N/A	25.5
Median household income in 1999 (dollars)	$40,127	N/A	$41,994
Median family income in 1999 (dollars)	$46,283	N/A	$50,046
Per capita income in 1999 (dollars)	$28,659	N/A	$21,587
Families below poverty level	19,365	16.7%	9.20%
Individuals below poverty level	109,500	20.2%	12.40%

Housing Characteristics, Census 2000	DC Count	DC Percent	US Count/Percent
Single-family owner-occupied homes	76,289	N/A	N/A
Median value (dollars)	$157,200	N/A	$119,600
Median of selected monthly owner costs	N/A	N/A	N/A
With a mortgage (dollars)	$1,291	N/A	$1,088
Not mortgaged (dollars)	$313	N/A	$295

N/A
Not applicable

All Other Hispanic or Latino
Refers to people who reported their origin as "Hispanic," "Spanish," "Latino," or other variations of Hispanic general terms without identifying a specific country of origin in the Hispanic origin question.

Average family size
A measure obtained by dividing the number of members of families by the total number of families (or family householders).

Average household size
A measure obtained by dividing the number of people in households by the total number of households (or householders).

Disability
A long-lasting physical, mental, or emotional condition. This condition can make it difficult for a person to do activities such as walking, climbing stairs, dressing, bathing, learning, or remembering. This condition can also impede a person from being able to go outside the home alone or to work at a job or business.

Foreign born
People who are not U.S. citizens at birth.

Group quarters population
Includes all people not living in households. This term includes those people residing in group quarters as of the date on which a particular survey was conducted. Two general categories of people in group quarters are recognized: 1) the institutionalized population which includes people under formally authorized supervised care or custody in institutions at the time of enumeration (such as correctional institutions, nursing homes, and juvenile institutions) and 2) the noninstitutionalized population which includes all people who live in group quarters other than institutions (such as college dormitories, military quarters, and group homes). The noninstitutionalized population includes all people who live in group quarters other than institutions.

Household
A household includes all the people who occupy a housing unit as their usual place of residence.

Housing unit
A house, an apartment, a mobile home or trailer, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied as separate living quarters, or if vacant, intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live separately from any other individuals in the building and which have direct access from outside the building or through a common hall. For vacant units, the criteria of separateness and direct access are applied to the intended occupants whenever possible.

Labor force
The labor force includes all people classified in the civilian labor force, plus members of the U.S. Armed Forces (people on active duty with the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard). The Civilian Labor Force consists of people classified as employed or unemployed.

Mean
This measure represents an arithmetic average of a set of numbers. It is derived by dividing the sum of a group of numerical items by the total number of items in that group. For example, mean family income is obtained by dividing the total of all income reported by people 15 years and over in families by the total number of families.

Median
This measure represents the middle value (if n is odd) or the average of the two middle values (if n is even) in an ordered list of data values. The median divides the total frequency distribution into two equal parts: one-half of the cases fall below the median and one-half of the cases exceed the median.

Per capita income
Average obtained by dividing aggregate income by total population of an area.

Population
All people, male and female, child and adult, living in a given geographic area.

Race
Race is a self-identification data item in which respondents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. Race can be one of the 6 races alone or a combination of several (two or more races).

For more information visit Census 2000 - Demographic Profiles.

1. Please note all information above was gathered for the 2000 Census and is likely to have changed dramatically - especially the economic and housing characteristics.