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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual Estimates and data of the Resident Population for the United States and States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (NST-EST2009-01) |
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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%.
*Hispanics are technically not considered a race but rather an ethnicity. Representative pie charts for the different races of the District of Columbia for it's population. |
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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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