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Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area


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2024 population: 5,843,404   ( 541,817 from 2020)
Land area: 6506.5 square miles
Population density: 898.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:2,462,324 42.14% 3.0%
Black:1,333,58422.82% 2.3%
Indian:11,5070.20% 2.8%
Asian:718,08212.29% 10.1%
2+ races:192,9833.30% 11.8%
Hispanic:1,124,92419.25% 10.7%
Total non-White:3,381,08057.86% 7.1%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:306,572 12.0
Deaths:181,3687.1
Net Migration: -202,966-7.9
Net Immigration: 240,5089.4
Change in White population:-77,166 -1.4
Change in Non-White pop.:224,894 3.9



Historical Presidential Election Results for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +80,857 R +201,996 R + 6.7%
D -121,139
2024 vs. 2016 R +153,992 D +57,847 R + 3.1%
D +211,839
2020 vs. 2016 R +73,135 D +259,843 D + 3.6%
D +332,978
2024 vs. 2012 R +54,743 D +267,656 D + 5.5%
D +322,399
2016 vs. 2008 R -50,505 D +219,424 D + 7.6%
D +168,919
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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US) 		PUSV
2024 64% Kamala Harris (D) 1,882,196 66.0% Donald Trump (R) 880,689 30.9% 90,794 [+] 3.2% 2,853,679 -19 1.84%
2020 66% Joe Biden (D) 2,003,335 69.9% Donald Trump* (R) 799,832 27.9% 61,838 [+] 2.2% 2,865,005 -19 1.81%
2016 62% Hillary Clinton (D) 1,670,357 65.5% Donald Trump (R) 726,697 28.5% 153,348 [+] 6.0% 2,550,402 -17 1.86%
2012 62% Barack Obama* (D) 1,559,797 64.3% Mitt Romney (R) 825,946 34.1% 38,597 [+] 1.6% 2,424,340 -13 1.88%
2008 63% Barack Obama (D) 1,501,438 65.2% John McCain (R) 777,202 33.7% 25,089 [+] 1.1% 2,303,729 -12 1.75%
2004 59% John Kerry (D) 1,170,365 58.0% George W. Bush* (R) 829,121 41.1% 18,196 [+] 0.9% 2,017,682 -10 1.65%
2000 54% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 942,729 55.2% George W. Bush (R) 705,168 41.3% 58,636 [+] 3.4% 1,706,533 -7 1.62%
1996 49% Bill Clinton* (D) 784,248 53.6% Robert Dole (R) 592,400 40.5% 86,123 [+] 5.9% 1,462,771 0 1.52%
1992 55% Bill Clinton (D) 746,911 48.7% George Bush* (R) 579,664 37.8% 206,455 [+] 13.5% 1,533,030 0 1.47%
1988 51% George Bush (R) 696,912 53.5% Michael Dukakis (D) 594,903 45.7% 10,004 [+] 0.8% 1,301,819 0 1.42%
1984 53% Ronald Reagan* (R) 658,307 54.8% Walter Mondale (D) 538,299 44.8% 4,800 0.4% 1,201,406 -4 1.30%
1980 51% Ronald Reagan (R) 515,362 50.1% Jimmy Carter* (D) 402,920 39.1% 111,274 [+] 10.8% 1,029,556 -1 1.19%
1976 53% Jimmy Carter (D) 477,950 50.6% Gerald Ford* (R) 454,162 48.1% 12,796 [+] 1.4% 944,908 0 1.16%
1972 51% Richard Nixon* (R) 525,870 61.3% George McGovern (D) 321,465 37.5% 10,908 [+] 1.3% 858,243 1 1.10%
1968 54% Richard Nixon (R) 313,926 44.3% Hubert Humphrey (D) 291,241 41.1% 103,648 [+] 14.6% 708,815 1 0.97%
1964 49% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 345,945 63.6% Barry Goldwater (R) 197,606 36.3% 500 0.1% 544,051 -2 0.77%
1960 48% John Kennedy (D) 226,698 51.9% Richard Nixon (R) 209,787 48.0% 690 0.2% 437,175 -2 0.64%
1956 43% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 192,255 55.2% Adlai Stevenson (D) 152,098 43.7% 3,915 1.1% 348,268 -2 0.56%
1952 45% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 171,990 59.2% Adlai Stevenson (D) 117,385 40.4% 1,379 0.5% 290,754 4 0.47%
1948 31% Thomas Dewey (R) 82,660 51.9% Harry Truman* (D) 69,274 43.5% 7,231 [+] 4.5% 159,165 7 0.33%
1944 36% Thomas Dewey (R) 76,614 51.5% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 71,915 48.4% 163 0.1% 148,692 6 0.31%
1940 42% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 78,828 58.3% Wendell Willkie (R) 55,433 41.0% 997 0.7% 135,258 -4 0.27%
1936 44% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 73,369 61.4% Alf Landon (R) 45,610 38.1% 591 [+] 0.5% 119,570 2 0.26%
1932 41% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 63,597 64.1% Herbert Hoover* (R) 34,419 34.7% 1,196 [+] 1.2% 99,212 -5 0.25%
1928 45% Herbert Hoover (R) 55,652 57.8% Al Smith (D) 40,224 41.8% 436 [+] 0.5% 96,312 0 0.26%
1924 37% John Davis (D) 39,119 52.3% Calvin Coolidge (R) 30,790 41.2% 4,891 [+] 6.5% 74,800 -13 0.26%
1920 39% James Cox (D) 38,282 50.9% Warren Harding (R) 35,948 47.8% 940 [+] 1.3% 75,170 -12 0.28%
1916 27% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 28,606 58.8% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 19,170 39.4% 888 [+] 1.8% 48,664 -7 0.26%
1912 25% Woodrow Wilson (D) 25,023 57.2% William Taft* (R) 11,293 25.8% 7,425 [+] 17.0% 43,741 3 0.29%
1908 28% William J. Bryan (D) 25,914 56.5% William Taft (R) 19,191 41.9% 722 [+] 1.6% 45,827 -10 0.31%
1904 27% Alton Parker (D) 23,702 55.2% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 18,691 43.5% 554 [+] 1.3% 42,947 -13 0.32%
1900 42% William J. Bryan (D) 35,889 54.2% William McKinley* (R) 29,636 44.7% 727 [+] 1.1% 66,252 -7 0.47%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote