The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area, the capital of the United States, includes all of the federal district and parts of the U.S. states of Maryland and Virginia, along with a small portion of West Virginia.

Washington, D.C., is known as a worldwide hub of influence and the nerve center for U.S. policy and politics. Considered one of the most globally diverse cities in the world, people from across the globe live, work, study and represent their home countries in America’s capital city.

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Total Population: 6,356,434

Census Data

• Foreign Born - 1,310,041
• Language Spoken at Home - 1,434,705

[Source: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Foreign Born and Language Spoken at Home]

Quick Facts

• The city of Washington, D.C. is formally known as the District of Columbia, but is commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C.


• Ranked as the highest-educated Metro Area in the nation for four decades.


• Ranked as the highest-income metropolitan area in the nation.


• The largest Hispanic group is Salvadoran, accounting for an estimated 13,184 of DC city's 45,901 Hispanics.


• Home to over 176 National Embassies


• Home to international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization of American States, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Pan American Health Organization.


• Washington, D.C., has fourteen official sister city agreements. The first agreement was with Bangkok, Thailand (1962, renewed 2002); and the latest was with Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2013).


• Asian American women have the highest life expectancy of any group in the region, at 92.3 years.


• There are very few gospel centered churches in the city compared to the population size.