StateMaster - District of Columbia People statistics

Age Dependency Ratio	49.3	[51st of 51]
Estimated number of Illegal Immigrants	7,000	[40th of 43]
Median Age	35.8	[37th of 51]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Asia	18.7%	[41st of 49]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Europe	16.9%	[28th of 49]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Mexico	4.3%	[41st of 49]
Percent of People 21 to 64 Years Old With a Disability	10.9 %	[36th of 51]
Percent of People Who are 85 Years and Over	1.4 %	[21st of 51]
Percent of People Who are Black or African American Alone	57.8 %	[1st of 51]
Percent of People Who are Foreign Born	13.1 %	[11th of 51]
Percent of People Who are White Alone	33.1 %	[50th of 51]
Percent of People Who are White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino	29 %	[50th of 51]
Percent of People Who Speak Spanish at Home	9.1 %	[11th of 51]
Population	550,521	[51st of 56]
Population > Percent change, 2000-2005	-3.8%	[52nd of 52]
Sex Ratio	88.5	[51st of 51]
Total Black Population	314,773	[23rd of 51]
Total Hispanic Population	47,045	[41st of 51]
Total Two or More Races	3,993	[51st of 51]
Women (Per 1,000) Who Had a Birth in the Past 12 Months	46	[46th of 51]

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SOURCES: American Community Survey 2004 ; US Citizenship and Immigration Services, field report, 2000.; American Community Survey 2004; US Census Bureau, July 1, 2005.; US Census Bureau, 2006; statehealthfacts.org; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: District of Columbia, Washington (District of Columbia), DC, D.C., Dist. of Col.

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