Perched just below the South Capitol Street Bridge on the Anacostia River, a mother and father osprey tend their newborn chicks. That family is just one of dozens of osprey nests in D.C., with more ...

WASHINGTON, DC. : The flag of the District of Columbia and the American flag in Washington, DC. (Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post) Census estimates released Tuesday show D.C.’s population ...

Washington, D.C., has not matched its estimated population of 705,749 people in July 2019, but it is closer to that peak than it has been in recent years.

WAHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — The District’s population has exceeded 700,000 residents for the first time in five years, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. On Thursday, officials released ...

Regionwide, the Washington metro area lost nearly 8,000 non-Hispanic Blacks after their population had grown each of the previous four years. It also lost over 40,000 non-Hispanic Whites after ...

D.C.’s population grew by 2.7 percent from April of 2010 until July of 2011. That’s the highest percentage of any state in the country.

Washington, DC, has a bigger population than Vermont or Wyoming. But it’s not a state, and Congress can nullify its laws. by German Lopez. Updated Nov 8, 2016, 2:10 PM UTC.

DC statehood: GOP Reps argue capital wouldn’t qualify as congressional district despite population being greater than two states. If the district became a state, it would add two Senate seats ...