DC Facts
Map and Stats
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Population: 610,723
Population Demographics:
Land area: 61 square miles
Poverty and homelessness:
Over 12,000 people in DC are homeless. More than 800 are families; about 1/3 are children.
17.6% of the population of DC lives below the poverty level. Nationwide that is 14.3%
Education:
In the District of Columbia, 73.2% of public high school students graduate from public high school (Washington Post, 2011). This went up since 2.6 points from 2007. However, DC public schools have the 3rd lowest graduation rate in the country behind Florida and Georgia. Elementary and middle school kids have also consistently scored below the national average in math and reading.
In Wards 7 and 8 only one third of students graduated from high school, and one in 20 received a college degree. Moreover, males were half as likely to graduate from college as females.
HIV/AIDS:
15,120 DC residents over 12 years old have HIV/AIDS. Almost half of those had connections where AIDS has the highest prevalence and poverty rates. There has been a 22% increase since 2006.
Immigration:
Over the past 4 years, over 2,500 immigrants obtain legal permanent residences in DC each year.
