District of Columbia (D.C.)

District of Columbia (D.C.): the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.

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District of Columbia at a glance

Rolled up from the 13 regions inside District of Columbia on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.

Population672,079
census
Places inside13
6 with a full /local page
Businesses on file71,525
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered414
in the company directory
Who represents them3
places with a /politics page
Property & employers3 · 0
/property and /employers records
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Who leads District of Columbia, and how households are doing

Researched 2026-11-10 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.

Leadership
  • Muriel Bowser — Mayor of the District of Columbia (Democratic) since 2015-01 ↗
Economy & households
Population
693,645 persons (Census Bureau mid-year estimate) (2025) ↗
GDP
192,600 USD millions (stated as $192.6 billion) (2025) ↗
Unemployment
5.6 % seasonally adjusted, preliminary (2026-09) ↗
Inflation
2.7 % YoY, Washington MSA CPI (2026-Q1) ↗
Median household income
109,870 USD (ACS, labelled 2024 by Data USA) (2024) ↗
Home ownership
41.5 % (ACS, labelled 2024 by Data USA) (2024) ↗
Debt per person with a credit report
102,400 USD total household debt balance per capita (NY Fed CCP/Equifax) (2025-Q4) ↗
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Home prices in the biggest cities

As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.

City / metroPriceMeasureAs of
Washington, DC (single-family homes) ↗1,161,813 USDaverage sale (12-month, settled contracts, MarketStats by ShowingTime)2026-05
Washington, DC (condominiums) ↗572,844 USDaverage sale (12-month, settled contracts, MarketStats by ShowingTime)2026-05
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Languages

Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.

LanguageShareMeasureAs of
Language other than English (primary household language) ↗19.1%% of households, most often at home (ACS via Data USA)2024
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Largest companies in District of Columbia

Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.

CompanyMeasureValueAs of
Fannie Mae ↗revenue28.964 USD billions2025
Danaher Corporation ↗revenue24.6 USD billions2025
The Carlyle Group ↗revenue5.43 USD billions2024
FTI Consulting ↗revenue3.79 USD billions2025
Cogent Communications ↗revenue0.941 USD billions (stated as US$940.922 million)2023
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Worth knowing

  • 2026-11Janeese Lewis George won the Nov 3, 2026 mayoral general election with 151,539 votes (84.34%), ahead of independent Rhonda Hamilton (10.06%) and DC Statehood Green Robert L. Gross (3.50%). She had won the June 2026 Democratic primary with 54.13% to Kenyan McDuffie's 35.07%. ↗
  • 2026-05Jobs located in DC fell 5.3% year over year to 717,200 in May 2026. Federal government jobs fell 13.8% to 164,100 and are now 22.9% of DC employment, down from a 27.0% peak in 2021. ↗
  • 2026-03DC per capita personal income was $117,513 in 2026 Q1, against $77,790 for the US. ↗
  • 2026-03DC office vacancy (including sublet) rose to 18.3% in 2026 Q1, per CoStar. ↗
  • 2026-06DC's Office of Revenue Analysis forecasts DC real GDP to shrink 2.9% in FY2026, with unemployment averaging 6.8%. ↗
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Census

US Census Bureau American Community Survey.

Median household income$106,287
Median rent$1,900/mo
Immigrants13.3%
Renters58.9%
Aged 65+12.7%
Unemployment6.4%
Low income14.5%
Speak a language other than English16.7%
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
  • Spanish58,315 · 8.7%
  • Other and unspecified languages12,137 · 1.8%
  • Other Indo-European languages11,579 · 1.7%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun9,922 · 1.5%
  • Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)5,149 · 0.8%
  • Other Asian and Pacific Island languages3,597 · 0.5%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages3,452 · 0.5%
  • German or other West Germanic languages2,583 · 0.4%
  • Arabic2,174 · 0.3%
  • Korean2,124 · 0.3%
  • Tagalog (incl. Filipino)1,376 · 0.2%
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Largest employers headquartered in District of Columbia

Worldwide head offices from the /employers research, ranked by people employed as each company reports it.

  1. 1.Pratt & Whitney Canada Longueuil, QC · Aerospace — aircraft engine manufacturing ↗4,400 at this site, 2026
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Largest places in District of Columbia

By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.

  1. 1.Washington, D.C. full672,079
  2. 2.Alexandria, Virginia full159,467
  3. 3.Springfield, Virginia108,621
  4. 4.Centreville, Virginia73,518
  5. 5.Bethesda, Maryland full68,056
  6. 6.Reston, Virginia full63,542
  7. 7.McLean, Virginia50,773
  8. 8.Chantilly, Virginia24,301
  9. 9.Fairfax, Virginia full24,146
  10. 10.Falls Church, Virginia;14,658
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Inside District of Columbia

1 region has District of Columbia as their parent.

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Companies based in District of Columbia

414 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in District of Columbia. Search them by name or industry.

areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of District of Columbia (D.C.) are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.