People QuickFacts	District of Columbia	USA
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	617,996	311,591,917
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	601,723	308,745,538
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	2.7%	0.9%
 	Population, 2010    	601,723	308,745,538
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.9%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	17.0%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	11.4%	13.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	52.7%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	42.4%	78.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	50.7%	13.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.6%	1.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	3.7%	5.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.5%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	9.5%	16.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	35.3%	63.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	80.0%	84.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	13.0%	12.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	14.6%	20.1%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	86.5%	85.0%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	49.2%	27.9%
 	Veterans, 2006-2010    	33,139	22,652,496
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	29.3	25.2 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	298,902	132,312,404
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	43.5%	66.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	61.7%	25.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$443,300	$188,400
 	Households, 2006-2010    	257,317	114,235,996
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.12	2.59
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$42,078	$27,334
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$58,526	$51,914
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	18.5%	13.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	District of Columbia	USA
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	21,502	7,396,628
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	463,076	111,970,095
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	11.6	-1.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	46,010	22,110,628 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	55,887	27,092,908
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.2%	7.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.9%	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.9%	5.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.0%	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	6.1%	8.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	34.5%	28.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	332,844	5,338,306,501
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,117,990	4,174,286,516
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,843,716	3,917,663,456
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$6,555	$12,990
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	4,278,171	613,795,732
 	Building permits, 2011     	4,612	624,061

   	Geography QuickFacts	District of Columbia	USA
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	61.05	3,531,905.43
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	9,856.5	87.4
 	FIPS Code    	11	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts