Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total population
Male
Female
Median age (years)
Under 18 years
Male
Female
18 years and over
Male
Female
1,440,106
46.5%
53.5%
34.2
395,518
50.9%
49.1%
1,044,588
44.9%
55.1%
5,306,125
48.7%
51.3%
36.5
1,300,697
50.9%
49.1%
4,005,428
48.0%
52.0%
Washington
DC
Wash DC METRO
39,663,004
47.8%
52.2%
30.3
12,237,882
51.0%
49.0%
27,425,122
46.4%
53.6%
Black(local) Washington Black USA
Washington DC has the 4th largest Black population with 1.4 million African Americans. That would be more than 2 million if you were to add the Baltimore metropolitan area which some do because technically they are in the same market. DC is well known for consistently being one of the top metro areas to live for African Americans.
the planned city was constructed by slave hands. The Black population of DC swelled during the migrations north and to urban centers from their rural homes. The Black population grew and DC became one of the few Black majority cities in the nation. After the riots and Civil Rights movement African Americans began to migrate to the suburbs creating America’s largest Black middle class community in adjacent Prince Georges County MD.
Washington DC has strong ties to Black American history. It once was a major slave port and much of
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