District of Columbia, District of Columbia: Diversifying Metro county. In 2024, voted D+86%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+86MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 681,2942024 5-year
- Median household income
- $109,8702024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 37.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 42.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- St. Louis city, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of District of ColumbiaPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for District of Columbia, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | No data |
| 1928 | No data |
| 1932 | No data |
| 1936 | No data |
| 1940 | No data |
| 1944 | No data |
| 1948 | No data |
| 1952 | No data |
| 1956 | No data |
| 1960 | No data |
| 1964 | +71.0% |
| 1968 | +63.6% |
| 1972 | +56.5% |
| 1976 | +65.1% |
| 1980 | +61.5% |
| 1984 | +71.7% |
| 1988 | +68.3% |
| 1992 | +75.5% |
| 1996 | +75.9% |
| 2000 | +76.2% |
| 2004 | +79.8% |
| 2008 | +85.9% |
| 2012 | +83.6% |
| 2016 | +86.8% |
| 2020 | +86.8% |
| 2024 | +85.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 289,453 | 20,888 | 313,096 | ||
| D | 317,323 | 18,586 | 344,356 | ||
| D | 282,830 | 12,723 | 311,268 | ||
| D | 267,070 | 21,381 | 293,764 | ||
| D | 245,800 | 17,367 | 265,853 | ||
| D | 202,970 | 21,256 | 227,586 | ||
| D | 171,923 | 18,073 | 201,894 | ||
| D | 158,220 | 17,339 | 185,726 | ||
| D | 192,619 | 20,698 | 227,572 | ||
| D | 159,407 | 27,590 | 192,877 | ||
| D | 180,408 | 29,009 | 211,288 | ||
| D | 130,231 | 23,313 | 173,889 | ||
| D | 137,818 | 27,873 | 168,830 | ||
| D | 127,627 | 35,226 | 163,421 | ||
| D | 139,566 | 31,012 | 170,578 | ||
| D | 169,796 | 28,801 | 198,597 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
8.1%
German
7.8%
English
7.1%
Italian
4.6%
American
3.0%
Polish
2.3%
French
1.6%
African American
33.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 34.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$109,870
District of Columbia ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
District of Columbia$109,870
District of Columbia$109,870
United States$80,734
District of Columbia ranks in the top 5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.8%
Working age (18–64)13.7%
Seniors (65+)14.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
80.9%
speak English only
Spanish9.4%
Other Indo-European4.7%
Other languages2.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
D.C. recorded an 83.8-point Democratic margin in 2024, the widest of any jurisdiction that reports presidential results, driven by a majority-minority population concentrated in a single dense urban core with no surrounding suburban or rural counterweight.
The Democratic margin here reached eighty-seven points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighty-six points.
A population of 681,294, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $109,870 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Louis city and New York County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did District of Columbia, District of Columbia vote in 2024?
In 2024, District of Columbia, District of Columbia voted Democratic by 85.8 points (D+86), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 313,096 votes cast, 289,453 went Democratic and 20,888 went Republican.
What is District of Columbia, District of Columbia's political typology?
Akashic places District of Columbia, District of Columbia in the "Diversifying Metro" typology — Mid-size metropolitan counties growing more diverse and trending Democratic. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 16 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in District of Columbia, District of Columbia?
District of Columbia, District of Columbia has a population of 681,294 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in District of Columbia, District of Columbia?
Median household income in District of Columbia, District of Columbia is $109,870 — above the national median of $80,734. The District of Columbia state median is $109,870.
What is the political history of District of Columbia, District of Columbia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in District of Columbia, District of Columbia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The county's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.