Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety8#47/51
Economy48#27/51
Housing36#33/51
Health86#8/51
Healthcare92#5/51
Environment42#29/49
Education74#14/51
Infrastructure74#14/51
Community82#10/51
Leisure & amenities100#1/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where District of Columbia ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Median household income · high$109,289
100/100United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Income adjusted for local prices · high$101,168
100/100United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Average weekly wage · high$2,479
100/100United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Adult obesity · low25.1%
100/100United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Adult smoking · low9.5%
100/100United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Physical inactivity · low15.3%
100/100United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Drinking water violations · high1
0/100United States 02023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Time spent in the emergency room · high345 min
0/100United States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Mammography screening · low35.0%
0/100United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.517
0/100United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Job growth · low-4.5%
0/100United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Unemployment rate · high6.3%
0/100United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from countiesPartial year

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 67% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+67 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
24.5% (2020 & 2021) → 45.9% (2023 & 2024)
+21 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Public transit commutersWorsening
34.7% (2015-2019) → 20.3% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
New homes permittedWorsening
7.1 /1k (2021) → 2.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−60%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Homicide rateImproving
33.3 /100k (2021) → 14.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−56%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Traffic deathsWorsening
3.9 /100k (2015-2019) → 5.9 /100k (2020-2024)
+52%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, District of Columbia improved on 15 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 9 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Bachelor's++5.7 points58.5% → 64.2%
Price / income−0.3×7.0× → 6.7×
Firearm deaths−44%24.9 /100k → 14.0 /100k
Commute−0.8 min30.8 min → 30.0 min
Arts & recreation+26%8.0 /10k → 10.1 /10k

Declined4

Transit use−14 points34.7% → 20.3%
Traffic deaths+52%3.9 /100k → 5.9 /100k
Poverty+2.3 points14.1% → 16.4%
Uninsured+0.8 points4.0% → 4.8%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of District of Columbia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	8.0 /10k2020	10.1 /10k2025	+26%	Improved	97%
Average commute time	30.8 min2015-2019	30.0 min2020-2024	−0.8 min	Improved	74%
Average weekly wage	$2,0592020	$2,4792025	+20%	Improved	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.5%2015-2019	64.2%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	82.6%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+8.6 points	Improved	56%
Child poverty rate	20.8%2019	25.0%2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Distance to an airport	5 mi2020	5 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	62.2 /100k2020	38.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−39%	Improved	70%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.60%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Firearm deaths	24.9 /100k2020	14.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−44%	Improved	99%
Grocery stores	2.2 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−2.6%	Within the margin of error	30%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.8 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+8.2%	Within the margin of error	40%
High school diploma or higher	90.9%2015-2019	92.7%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Improved	64%
Home price to income ratio	7.0×2015-2019	6.7×2020-2024	−0.3×	Improved	99%
Homicide rate	27.9 /100k2020	14.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−48%	Improved	95%
Income adjusted for local prices	$76,6062019	$101,1682024	+32%	Improved	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5272015-2019	0.5172020-2024	−0.010	Little change	99%
Median household income	$90,3952019	$109,2892024	+21%	Improved	21%
New business applications	21.8 /1k2020	21.5 /1k2025	−1.2%	Little change	5%
Pharmacies	2.9 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	11%
Poverty rate	14.1%2019	16.4%2024	+2.3 points	Declined	1%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	+6.4%	Within the margin of error	99%
Public transit commuters	34.7%2015-2019	20.3%2020-2024	−14 points	Declined	1%
Rent as share of income	28.5%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Rent-burdened households	46.2%2015-2019	46.6%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Restaurants and bars	17.5 /10k2020	19.0 /10k2025	+8.6%	Improved	83%
Students per teacher	12.2×2019	11.0×2024	−1.2×	Improved	79%
Suicide rate	5.7 /100k2020	6.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+8.8%	Within the margin of error	27%
Traffic deaths	3.9 /100k2015-2019	5.9 /100k2020-2024	+52%	Declined	1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%2020	6.3%2025	−1.7 points	Improved	9%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.0%2019	4.8%2024	+0.8 points	Declined	5%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like District of Columbia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of District of Columbia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, District of Columbia itself moved +0.3 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

681,294 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

324,491 households (±1,816)

District of Columbia
United States share

Under $25k15%49,768
$25k–50k10%32,551
$50k–75k11%34,955

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

324,491 households (±1,816)

District of Columbia
United States share

Own42%134,683
Rent58%189,808

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

373,183 workers (±3,071)

District of Columbia
United States share

Drive alone27%102,181
Carpool4.0%14,972
Public transit20%75,680

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in District of Columbia employ 223,590 people. 10 pay a median above the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in District of Columbia by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Business Operations Specialists, All Other37,790 jobs	37,790	$108,160US $83,050	+30%	7.7×
General and Operations Managers36,150 jobs	36,150	$168,000US $105,770	+59%	2.29×
Lawyers33,070 jobs	33,070	$195,190US $159,670	+22%	9.71×
Management Analysts19,000 jobs	19,000	$126,140US $101,860	+24%	4.68×
Managers, All Other18,570 jobs	18,570	$175,720US $141,900	+24%	6.61×
Computer Occupations, All Other17,200 jobs	17,200	$156,590US $116,580	+34%	8.75×
Public Relations Specialists16,720 jobs	16,720	$102,740US $74,750	+37%	13×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners16,400 jobs	16,400	$38,520US $36,840	+5%	1.64×
Security Guards15,880 jobs	15,880	$64,210US $38,020	+69%	2.74×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides12,810 jobs	12,810	$42,700US $35,800	+19%	0.66×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in District of Columbia.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

District of Columbia has 23,801 employer establishments, 349 for every 10,000 residents (1.40× the US rate of 248), with 558,653 paid employees at an average annual pay of $101,634. The Census Bureau also counts 65,195 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 23,801; 65,195 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 349; US 248
Paid employees: 558,653
Average annual pay: $101,634; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of District of Columbia by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	2,110	30.9	1.68×More than typical	46,896	$34,364	366
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,554	22.8	3.39×More than typical	31,528	$148,322	7,124
Lessors of real estate	1,406	20.6	1.67×More than typical	10,542	$103,912	5,908
Ambulatory health care services	1,303	19.1	0.92×About typical	19,835	$76,548	3,184
Legal services	1,270	18.6	3.46×More than typical	31,599	$231,941	1,495
Full-service restaurants	974	14.3	1.86×More than typical	29,842	$38,070	160
Limited-service restaurants	851	12.5	1.55×More than typical	12,775	$28,292	143
Computer systems design and related services	839	12.3	2.84×More than typical	15,625	$117,080	942
Schools, colleges and instruction	661	9.7	2.76×More than typical	60,281	$65,500	3,405
Advertising, public relations and related services	634	9.3	8.05×More than typical	8,435	$166,093	719
Other personal services	539	7.9	4.23×More than typical	3,687	$33,277	2,477
Religious organizations	485	7.1	1.28×More than typical	5,057	$48,386	—

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 682,559 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $30.2B on contracts performed in District of Columbia: $43,506 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $30.2B; −4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $43,506; US $2,007
Sole-source: 15%; US 30%
Single offer: 21%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Acquisition Service$3.4B11%
Federal Aviation Administration$2.9B9.7%
Department of the Navy$2.4B7.8%
Department of State$2B6.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.4B4.8%
Department of Energy$1.4B4.6%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$1.1B3.8%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$815.9M2.7%

Top recipients

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$1.2B3.9%
DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$1.1B3.7%
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$826.3M2.7%
HARRIS CORPORATION$783.7M2.6%
ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$702.1M2.3%

Spending by fiscal year

22.8BFY2017
23.4BFY2018
23.8BFY2019
27.3BFY2020
31BFY2021
31.6BFY2022
33.9BFY2023
36B

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$9.6B32%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$3.9B13%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$2.9B9.6%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$1.7B5.7%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$1.5B5.1%

Largest awards

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $18.8B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for District of Columbia: $27,165 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $18.8B; +7.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $27,165; US $12,975
Loan face value: $18.4B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

20.315 · National Railroad Passenger Corporation Grants$6.7B36%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$3.3B18%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.6B8.6%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$937.6M5.0%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$342.2M1.8%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$266.8M1.4%
20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$257.3M1.4%
90.500 · International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations$217.2M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION$6.9B37%
WASHINGTON, DC
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GOVERNMENT OF$3.5B19%
WASHINGTON, DC
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY$726.7M3.9%
WASHINGTON, DC
DC HOUSING AUTHORITY$417.9M2.2%
WASHINGTON, DC
DISTRICT COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Federal Railroad Administration$6.9B37%
Department of Transportation
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$4.6B25%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$2.1B11%
Federal Transit Administration$756.2M4.0%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$629.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

22.1BFY2021
19.6BFY2022
18.4BFY2023
25.4BFY2024
17.5BFY2025
18.8BFY2026
23.1MFY2027

County aggregates

19%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2027.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in District of Columbia, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

District of Columbia
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, District of Columbia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	District of Columbia	United States
FY2017	$32,684	$1,436
FY2018	$33,278	$1,552
FY2019	$33,573	$1,654
FY2020	$40,730	$1,880
FY2021	$46,307	$1,810
FY2022	$46,876	$1,917
FY2023	$49,704	$2,079
FY2024	$52,011	$2,047
FY2025	$45,320	$2,165
FY2026	$43,506 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, District of Columbia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	District of Columbia	United States
FY2017	$1,367	$93.28
FY2018	$1,705	$105
FY2019	$1,876	$128
FY2020	$1,938	$145
FY2021	$1,626	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, District of Columbia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	District of Columbia	United States
FY2021	$69,717	$5,748
FY2022	$69,949	$5,221
FY2023	$71,006	$5,364
FY2024	$83,273	$5,501
FY2025	$65,253	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, District of Columbia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	District of Columbia	United States
FY2021	$11,022	$298
FY2022	$11,451	$357
FY2023	$11,442	$301
FY2024	$11,167	$319
FY2025	$10,587	$360
FY2026	$11,754

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, District of Columbia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	District of Columbia	United States
FY2021	$924	$239
FY2022	$900	$185
FY2023	$973	$229
FY2024	$1,020	$229
FY2025	$1,071	$249
FY2026	$910

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, District of Columbia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	District of Columbia	United States
FY2021	$6,406	$2,304
FY2022	$6,677	$2,197
FY2023	$7,092	$2,274
FY2024	$6,186	$2,267
FY2025	$6,161	$2,397
FY2026	$6,134

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, District of Columbia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	District of Columbia	United States
FY2021	$2,295	$1,186
FY2022	$908	$465
FY2023	$52.11	$76.52
FY2024	$224	$120
FY2025	$128	$148
FY2026	$93.78

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

District of Columbia
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, District of Columbia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	District of Columbia	United States
2014	0.7%	2.0%
2015	2.0%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of District of Columbia whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

District of Columbia, DCTransportation grants · FY2023$3,743 (30×)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/11

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

District of Columbia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Eleanor Holmes NortonD-DCWith party 96%Missed 8.2%

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Counties of District of Columbia

All 1 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

1District of Columbia74

Metro areas in District of Columbia

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in District of Columbia, largest first.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV866,465,724

Largest cities and towns in District of Columbia

By population.

Washington681,294

All 1 cities and towns in District of Columbia

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
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Calendar years	District of Columbia	United States
2014	−4.1%	−4.2%
2015	−1.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.4%	+3.3%
2018	+7.1%	+6.8%
2019	+9.6%	+10.5%
2020	+19.6%	+19.4%
2021	+25.3%	+26.1%
2022	+27.3%	+30.6%
2023	+31.7%	+35.0%
2024	+37.4%	+41.0%
2025	+44.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	District of Columbia	United States
2014	−9.0%	−5.5%
2015	−3.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+4.1%
2018	+6.2%	+8.9%
2019	+8.0%	+13.5%
2020	+17.1%	+20.8%
2021	+26.6%	+32.1%
2022	+30.1%	+35.4%
2023	+37.6%	+42.9%
2024	+43.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	District of Columbia	United States
2014	6.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	7.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	6.8/1k	3.7/1k
2017	8.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	6.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	8.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	11.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	7.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	11.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	District of Columbia	United States
2014	−5.5%	−6.9%
2015	−1.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+8.2%	+4.7%
2018	+11.4%	+7.5%
2019	+22.0%	+14.0%
2020	+24.1%	+16.9%
2021	+22.9%	+21.0%
2022	+34.8%	+29.7%
2023	+41.2%	+34.9%
2024	+47.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	District of Columbia	United States
2014	18.4%	15.5%
2015	17.7%	14.7%
2016	18.5%	14.0%
2017	16.6%	13.4%
2018	16.1%	13.1%
2019	14.1%	12.3%
2020	15.0%	11.9%
2021	16.8%	12.8%
2022	14.2%	12.6%
2023	15.2%	12.5%
2024	16.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	District of Columbia	United States
2014	7.7%	6.2%
2015	6.9%	5.3%
2016	6.2%	4.9%
2017	6.1%	4.4%
2018	5.7%	3.9%
2019	5.5%	3.7%
2020	8.0%	8.1%
2021	6.8%	5.4%
2022	4.7%	3.7%
2023	4.9%	3.6%
2024	5.3%	4.0%
2025	6.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	District of Columbia	United States
2014	−9.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+11.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+18.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+22.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+21.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+18.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+16.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+12.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	District of Columbia	United States
2014	5.9%	13.5%
2015	4.3%	10.9%
2016	4.1%	10.0%
2017	4.3%	10.2%
2018	3.6%	10.4%
2019	4.0%	10.8%
2020	3.7%	10.4%
2021	3.7%	10.2%
2022	3.1%	9.5%
2023	3.2%	9.5%
2024	4.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	District of Columbia	United States
2014	14.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	14.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	14.2/1k	9.1/1k
2017	15.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	16.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	17.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	21.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	25.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	21.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	21.8/1k	16.2/1k
2024	20.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	21.5/1k	16.6/1k

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Improved15

Declined4

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Improved15

Declined4

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