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DC<br />

WASHINGTON, DC<br />

Demographics & Social Immigrant Data<br />

Washington, DC Population<br />

FOREIGN BORN 91,949<br />

US BORN 566,944<br />

TOTAL 658,893<br />

1.8%<br />

2.0% 0.9%<br />

1.6%<br />

18.0%<br />

41.3%<br />

15.9%<br />

10.0%<br />

6.0%<br />

15.1%<br />

Foreign Born<br />

by Race<br />

43.1%<br />

Foreign Born<br />

by Place<br />

of Birth<br />

18.3%<br />

Foreign Born<br />

by Age Group<br />

0.4%<br />

23.3%<br />

20.0%<br />

82.4%<br />

White<br />

Black or African American<br />

American Indian and Alaska Native<br />

Asian<br />

Other race<br />

Two or more race<br />

Native Hawaiian and<br />

other Pacific Islander (0%)<br />

Born in North America<br />

(Canada, Bermuda, Greenland,<br />

and St. Pierre and Miqueton)<br />

Born in Oceania<br />

Born in Africa<br />

Born in Asia<br />

Born in Europe<br />

Born in Latin America<br />

(South America, Central America,<br />

Mexico, and the Caribbean)<br />

under 5<br />

5-17<br />

18-64<br />

65+<br />

Total Population of<br />

Latinos of Any Race: 35,220<br />

According to the Pew Research Center, the Washington, DC-Arlington-Alexandria, VA metropolitan area has the third largest black immigrant population (6% of the foreign born black population overall). The metropolitan region is<br />

also home to the largest black Ethiopian immigrant community in the country. There are 46,000 black Ethiopian immigrants in the region which is 24% of the community’s population in the US. 4<br />

Source: <strong>Immigration</strong> Data Profile (2014), www.migrationpolicy.org Focus on Health • 10

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