District of Columbia — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

District of Columbia

HarrisD+85.8

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Kamala Harris ✓Democratic	92.4%	289,453
Donald TrumpRepublican	6.7%	20,888
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	2,755

D+60

R+60

A single county, filled by its 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover it for the full result.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1876–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
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

current representation

Current officeholders

U.S. House delegation1 seats · D 1

Show delegation

Eleanor Holmes Norton

U.S. House · DC-00 · Democratic

Federal officeholders only. Governors and state constitutional officers need a separate source.

Source · Voteview HSall_members.csv.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	D	92.4%Harris289,453	6.7%Trump20,888	0.9%	+85.8%	313,096
2020	D	92.1%Biden317,323	5.4%Trump18,586	2.5%incl. Jorgensen	+86.8%	344,356
2016	D	90.9%Clinton282,830	4.1%Trump12,723	5.0%incl. Johnson	+86.8%	311,268
2012	D	90.9%Obama267,070	7.3%Romney21,381	1.8%	+83.6%	293,764
2008	D	92.5%Obama245,800	6.5%McCain17,367	1.0%	+85.9%	265,853
2004	D	89.2%Kerry202,970	9.3%Bush21,256	1.5%	+79.8%	227,586
2000	D	85.2%Gore171,923	9.0%Bush18,073	5.9%incl. Nader	+76.2%	201,894
1996	D	85.2%Clinton158,220	9.3%Dole17,339	5.5%incl. Perot	+75.9%	185,726
1992	D	84.6%Clinton192,619	9.1%Bush20,698	6.3%incl. Perot	+75.5%	227,572
1988	D	82.6%Dukakis159,407	14.3%Bush27,590	3.0%	+68.3%	192,877
1984	D	85.4%Mondale180,408	13.7%Reagan29,009	0.9%	+71.7%	211,288
1980	D	74.9%Carter130,231	13.4%Reagan23,313	11.7%incl. Anderson	+61.5%	173,889
1976	D	81.6%Carter137,818	16.5%Ford27,873	1.9%	+65.1%	168,830
1972	D	78.1%McGovern127,627	21.6%Nixon35,226	0.3%	+56.5%	163,421
1968	D	81.8%Humphrey139,566	18.2%Nixon31,012	0.0%	+63.6%	170,578
1964	D	85.5%Johnson169,796	14.5%Goldwater28,801	0.0%	+71.0%	198,597
1960	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1956	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1952	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1948	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1944	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1940	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1936	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1932	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1928	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1924	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1920	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1916	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1912	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1908	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1904	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1900	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1896	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1892	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1888	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1884	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1880	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1876	—	—	—	—	No data	—

Congressional elections · 2 House races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	District	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	0	D	80.1%251,540	6.3%19,765	314,069
2020	0	D	87.0%299,388	0.0%0	344,144

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	District of ColumbiaState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	37.9%	61.0%
Black	42.1%	12.2%
Asian	4.4%	6.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	12.6%
Other race	6.0%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$109,870	$84,427
Poverty rate	15.4%	12.5%
Median age	34.9	39.1
Age 18–24	9.6%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	12.8%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	64.2%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	19.1%	22.3%
Spanish	9.4%	13.6%
Other languages	2.2%	0.8%
Other Indo-European	2.0%	2.0%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)	1.7%	0.7%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	Irish 8.1%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	German 7.8%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	English 7.1%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	11.9%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	15.2%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	43.4%	51.5%
Black Protestant	10.4%	2.2%
Mainline Protestant	10.0%	5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

Ethiopian

1.4%

African

1.3%

Jamaican

1.0%

Nigerian

0.6%

Haitian

0.3%

Trinidadian and Tobagonian

0.3%

West Indian

0.2%

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

Irish

8.1%

German

7.8%

English

7.1%

Italian

4.6%

American

3.0%

Polish

2.3%

French

1.6%

Scottish

1.6%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Salvadoran

2.7%

Mexican

2.4%

Puerto Rican

0.8%

Guatemalan

0.7%

Colombian

0.7%

Cuban

0.5%

Dominican

0.5%

Spaniard

0.5%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Asian Indian

1.2%

Chinese

1.0%

Korean

0.5%

Filipino

0.4%

Vietnamese

0.3%

Japanese

0.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 34.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

1.6%

75–84

2.4%

3.2%

65–74

4.2%

4.7%

55–64

4.9%

5.3%

45–54

5.3%

8.2%

35–44

8.5%

10.2%

25–34

11.8%

4.3%

18–24

5.3%

6.5%

5–17

6.3%

3.0%

2.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$109,870

District of Columbia$109,870

United States$80,734

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 languages2.2%

Other Indo-European2.0%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.7%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.9%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.7%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.6%

German or other West Germanic0.4%

Arabic0.4%

Korean0.3%

Vietnamese0.2%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

15.2%

Catholic

11.9%

Black Protestant

10.4%

Mainline Protestant

10.0%

Jewish

2.8%

Orthodox Christian

1.9%

Buddhist

1.3%

Muslim

1.1%

Other Christian

0.9%

Latter-day Saints

0.5%

Other faiths

0.4%

Hindu

0.2%

Unaffiliated or not counted43.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

District of Columbia sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 86.8 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the state moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 85.8 points.

A population of 681,294, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $109,870 describe the state.

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Frequently asked questions

How did District of Columbia vote in 2024?

In 2024, District of Columbia voted Democratic by 85.8 points (D+85.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 313,096 votes cast, 289,453 went Democratic and 20,888 went Republican.

How many people live in 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?

Median household income in 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?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in District of Columbia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.

District of Columbia has voted Democratic in sixteen straight presidential elections — D+85.8 in 2024.

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Demographic Profile

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