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|mayor         =Vincent C. Gray

|mayor         =Vincent C. Gray

|demonym        =Washingtonian

|demonym        =Washingtonian

|co-ordinates  =38.9° N. 77.1° W.<ref>{{Cite book|date=1922|title=World Almanac and Book of Facts for 1923|url=http://archive.org/stream/worldalmanacbook1923unse#page/62/mode/2up/search/munich|series=series: World Almanac and Book of Facts|language=English|location=New York|publisher=Press Pub Co. (''The New York World'')|pages=p. 63}} Rounded down toward zero.</ref>

|co-ordinates  =38.9° N. 77.1° W.<ref>{{Cite book|date=1922|title=World Almanac and Book of Facts for 1923|url=http://archive.org/stream/worldalmanacbook1923unse#page/62/mode/2up/search/munich|series=series: World Almanac and Book of Facts|language=English|location=New York|publisher=Press Pub Co. (''The New York World'')|pages=63}} Rounded down toward zero.</ref>

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==Demographics==

==Demographics==

[[File:RaceWashingtonDC.png|thumb|left|Maps of racial and ethnic divisions in US cities, inspired by Bill Rankin's map of Chicago, updated for Census 2010.  Red is White, Blue is Black, Green is Asian, Orange is Hispanic, Yellow is Other, and each dot is 25 residents.]]

[[File:RaceWashingtonDC.png|thumb|left|Maps of racial and ethnic divisions in US cities, inspired by Bill Rankin's map of Chicago, updated for Census 2010.  Red is White, Blue is Black, Green is Asian, Orange is Hispanic, Yellow is Other, and each dot is 25 residents.]]

As of July 1, 2016, the [[U.S. Census Bureau]] estimates that the District's population was 681,170, an 13.2% increase since the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=PopEstUS>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/11|title=QuickFacts District of Columbia|date=December 20, 2016|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=December 22, 2016}}</ref> The increase continues a growth trend since 2000, following a half-century of population decline.<ref>{{cite news|last=Morello|first=Carol|title=D.C. population soars past 600,000 for first time in years|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122102609.html|accessdate=May 1,2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 22, 2011|author2=Dan Keating}}</ref> The city was the 24th most populous place in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Population Change for Places With Populations of 50,000 or More in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2000 to 2010|url=http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/cph-t/cph-t-3.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 1,2017|date=September 27, 2011}}</ref> According to data from 2010, commuters from the suburbs increase the District's daytime population to over one million people.<ref>{{cite web|last=Austermuhle|first=Martin|title=D.C.'s Population Grows 79 Percent Every Workday, Outpacing Other Cities|url=http://wamu.org/news/13/05/31/dcs_population_grows_79_percent_every_workday_outpacing_other_cities|publisher=WAMU|accessdate=May 1, 2017|date=May 31, 2013}}</ref>  

As of July 1, 2016, the [[U.S. Census Bureau]] estimates that the District's population was 681,170, an 13.2% increase since the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=PopEstUS>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/11|title=QuickFacts District of Columbia|date=December 20, 2016|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=December 22, 2016}}</ref> The increase continues a growth trend since 2000, following a half-century of population decline.<ref>{{cite news|last=Morello|first=Carol|title=D.C. population soars past 600,000 for first time in years|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122102609.html|accessdate=May 1, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 22, 2011|author2=Dan Keating}}</ref> The city was the 24th most populous place in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Population Change for Places With Populations of 50,000 or More in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2000 to 2010|url=http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/cph-t/cph-t-3.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 1, 2017|date=September 27, 2011}}</ref> According to data from 2010, commuters from the suburbs increase the District's daytime population to over one million people.<ref>{{cite web|last=Austermuhle|first=Martin|title=D.C.'s Population Grows 79 Percent Every Workday, Outpacing Other Cities|url=http://wamu.org/news/13/05/31/dcs_population_grows_79_percent_every_workday_outpacing_other_cities|publisher=WAMU|accessdate=May 1, 2017|date=May 31, 2013}}</ref>  

According to 2015 Census Bureau data, the population of Washington, D.C. was 48.3% Black or African American, 44.1% White (36.1% non-Hispanic White), 4.2% Asian, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Individuals from two or more races made up 2.7% of the population. Hispanics of any race made up 10.6% of the District's population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/11001,00 |title=District of Columbia |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=May 1, 2017}}</ref>  African American residents composed about 30% of the District's total population between 1800 and 1940.<ref name="histpop">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/tab23.pdf |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990 |accessdate=May 1, 2017 |date=September 13, 2002 |format=PDF |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] }}</ref> The black population reached a peak of 70% by 1970, but has since steadily declined due to many African Americans moving to the surrounding suburbs. Partly as a result of [[gentrification]], there was a 31.4% increase in the non-Hispanic white population and an 11.5% decrease in the black population between 2000 and 2010.<ref name=demshift>{{cite news|title=Number of black D.C. residents plummets as majority status slips away|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/black-dc-residents-plummet-barely-a-majority/2011/03/24/ABtIgJQB_story.html|accessdate=May 1, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 24, 2011|author=Carol Morello|author2=Dan Keating}}</ref>

According to 2015 Census Bureau data, the population of Washington, D.C. was 48.3% Black or African American, 44.1% White (36.1% non-Hispanic White), 4.2% Asian, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Individuals from two or more races made up 2.7% of the population. Hispanics of any race made up 10.6% of the District's population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/11001,00 |title=District of Columbia |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=May 1, 2017}}</ref>  African American residents composed about 30% of the District's total population between 1800 and 1940.<ref name="histpop">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/tab23.pdf |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990 |accessdate=May 1, 2017 |date=September 13, 2002 |format=PDF |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] }}</ref> The black population reached a peak of 70% by 1970, but has since steadily declined due to many African Americans moving to the surrounding suburbs. Partly as a result of [[gentrification]], there was a 31.4% increase in the non-Hispanic white population and an 11.5% decrease in the black population between 2000 and 2010.<ref name=demshift>{{cite news|title=Number of black D.C. residents plummets as majority status slips away|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/black-dc-residents-plummet-barely-a-majority/2011/03/24/ABtIgJQB_story.html|accessdate=May 1, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 24, 2011|author=Carol Morello|author2=Dan Keating}}</ref>

==Government==

==Government==

Since many of the early buildings were built with slave labor, and Washington had a very active slave trading market, some African-Americans view the city as symbolizing the slave contribution to building the United States.

Since many of the early buildings were built with slave labor, and Washington had a very active slave trading market, some African-Americans view the city as symbolizing the slave contribution to building the United States.

Until the mid-nineteen century, much of the area along the Potomac River was literally a swamp.  As a result the headquarters of the State Department and the surrounding neighborhood is called Foggy Bottom.  The absence of effective mosquito control made spending summers in Washington a malaria risk.  The self-interested, often deceitful conduct of power brokers in D.C. results in its nickname as "the swamp," which also fits the historical climate the region.  In addition, its nickname as the "[[deep state]]" reflects how there is an entrenched [[liberal]] bureaucracy in D.C. that serves itself rather than the people of the district who pay the bills with a separate D.C. income tax and property taxes.

Until the mid-nineteen century, much of the area along the Potomac River was literally a swamp.  As a result, the headquarters of the State Department and the surrounding neighborhood is called Foggy Bottom.  The absence of effective mosquito control made spending summers in Washington a malaria risk.  The self-interested, often deceitful conduct of power brokers in D.C. results in its nickname as "the swamp," which also fits the historical climate the region.  In addition, its nickname as the "[[deep state]]" reflects how there is an entrenched [[liberal]] bureaucracy in D.C. that serves itself rather than the people of the district who pay the bills with a separate D.C. income tax and property taxes.

President [[John F. Kennedy]] famously commented that Washington had all of the efficiency of a Southern town and all of the charm of a northern city.<ref>http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/washington_is_a_city_of_southern_efficiency_and_northern_charm/</ref>

President [[John F. Kennedy]] famously commented that Washington had all of the efficiency of a Southern town and all of the charm of a northern city.<ref>http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/washington_is_a_city_of_southern_efficiency_and_northern_charm/</ref>