Population Trends, Graphs and Charts for District of Columbia from 2000 to 2012

The population of District of Columbia went from 571,744 to 632,323 from 2000 to 2012 for a total growth of 60,579. The population of the United States for that same time period went from 282,171,957 to 313,914,040 for a total population growth of 31,742,083. District of Columbia had a total percentage growth for those 12 years of 10.6 percent which was slower than the overall United States total percentage growth which was 11.2 over those same years. The trends of growth for both the United States and District of Columbia can be seen on the graph below. The graph which is logarithmic indicates that although the growth was slower for District of Columbia than the United States the trends were somewhat similar over those years.

Population of District of Columbia and the United States Annually from 2000 to 2012
Territory	7/1/2012	7/1/2011	7/1/2010	7/1/2009	7/1/2008	7/1/2007	7/1/2006	7/1/2005	7/1/2004	7/1/2003	7/1/2002	7/1/2001	7/1/2000
United States	313,914,040	311,591,917	309,330,219	307,006,550	304,374,846	301,579,895	298,593,212	295,753,151	293,045,739	290,326,418	287,803,914	285,081,556	282,171,957
District of Columbia	632,323	617,996	604,912	599,657	590,074	586,409	583,978	582,049	579,796	577,777	579,585	578,042	571,744

Annual Estimates and data of the Resident Population for the United States and States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (NST-EST2009-01)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Release Date: December 2009
Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States and States: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 (NST-EST2011-01)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Release Date: December 2011

Graph of population growth trends for District of Columbia.

The race percentages for District of Columbia are shown with the table and charts below that indicate there have been changes from 2000 to 2012. The percentage of the population of white only has increased from 28.1 to 36.0. The percent of the black only population has decreased from 59.8 to 48.4. The percent of population of hispanic / mixed has increased from 7.9% to 10.2% and other/mixed races have increased from 4.1% to 5.4%.

Population by Race for District of Columbia
Race	July 1, 2000	% of Total	July 1, 2012	% of Total
White Only	160,987	28.1	234,225	36.0
Black Only	342,238	59.8	315,056	48.4
Hispanic* / Mixed	45,266	7.9	66,135	10.2
Other / Mixed Non-Hispanic	23,555	4.1	35,164	5.4
Total Races with Hispanic*	572,046**	100.00	650,580**	100.0

*Hispanics are technically not considered a race but rather an ethnicity.
**Note the slight difference of the population used in race chart from population chart above. Totals were taken from U.S. Census bureau which contained differences between it's total population table for the states and population totals for the state with the breakdown of the races.

Representative pie charts for the different races of the District of Columbia for it's population.

Pie chart of the population of District of Columbia by race. District of Columbia pie chart of it's population by race.

References:

Population Estimates, 2013, United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/popest/data/historical/2010s/index.html

List of U.S. states and territories by population, 2013, Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population

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