Washington, District of Columbia

Washington population, 2020 to 2024

Washington added 31,333 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +14,926. The median place of 5,000+ in District of Columbia has 702,250 people, so Washington is 1.0 times that size.

Washington covers 61.13 square miles of land and 7.22 of water, for 11,488 people per square mile of land. The median District of Columbia place of 5,000+ has 11,488, so Washington is close to the typical town.

What county Washington is in

All of Washington's residents live in District of Columbia, which had 702,250 residents in 2024. Washington holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Washington

57 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Washington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 20001, 20002, 20003, 20004, 20005, 20006, 20007, 20008, 20009, 20010, 20011, 20012, 20015, 20016, 20017, 20018, 20019, 20020, 20024, 20032, 20036, 20037, 20045, 20052, 20057, 20059, 20064, 20204, 20220, 20230, 20240, 20245, 20250, 20260, 20317, 20319, 20373, 20388, 20390, 20408, 20415, 20418, 20422, 20427, 20431, 20510, 20515, 20520, 20530, 20535, 20540, 20542, 20551, 20560, 20565, 20566, 20591. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Washington is

The Census internal point of Washington is at 38.904200, -77.016500. That is next to the Washington capitol point. The nearest larger place is Philadelphia, PA (1,573,916 people), 126.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Alexandria, VA, 6.9 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 24 m (79 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Washington

At 38.90° N, Washington gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Washington daylight page.

Places near Washington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in District of Columbia, measured between internal points.