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State Fact Sheets: District of Columbia

Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment
Federal Funds
Organic Agriculture
Farm Characteristics
Farm Financial Indicators
Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated January 17, 2012

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Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment

Population
  Rural * Urban * Total
Year
    1980   638,432 638,432
    1990   606,900 606,900
    2000   572,059 572,059
    2010   601,723 601,723

More information on District of Columbia population
County-level Population Data
Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

Income
  Rural * Urban * Total
Per-capita income (2009 dollars)
    2008   68,590 68,590
    2009   68,843 68,843
    Percent change   0.4 0.4
 
Earnings per job (2009 dollars)
    2008   93,635 93,635
    2009   95,740 95,740
    Percent change   2.2 2.2
 
Poverty rate (percent)
    1979   18.6 18.6
    1989   16.9 16.9
    1999   20.2 20.2
    2010 (latest model-based estimates)   18.8 18.8

More information on District of Columbia poverty rates
County-level Poverty Data
Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room
• See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates
• Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489

Household-level Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
  2002-04 Avg. 2005-07 Avg. 2008-10 Avg.
Percent of households
    Food insecure 10.2 11.9 13.0
    Very low food security 2.9 3.8 4.5

More information on Food Insecurity
Food Security in the United States Briefing Room
Definitions of Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
• Comparisons of prevalence rates of food insecurity between States must take account of the margins of error, which are sizeable for many States. Margins of error are published along with State prevalence rates in each year’s Household Food Security in the United States report.
• Contact Alisha Coleman-Jensen, 202-694-5456.

Education (Persons 25 and older)
  Rural * Urban * Total
Percent not completing high school
    1980 (Census)   32.9 32.9
    1990 (Census)   26.9 26.9
    2000 (Census)   22.2 22.2
    2006-2010 (ACS)   13.5 13.5
 
Percent completing high school only
    1980 (Census)   25.5 25.5
    1990 (Census)   21.2 21.2
    2000 (Census)   20.6 20.6
    2006-2010 (ACS)   19.9 19.9
 
Percent completing some college
    1980 (Census)   14.1 14.1
    1990 (Census)   18.6 18.6
    2000 (Census)   18.2 18.2
    2006-2010 (ACS)   17.4 17.4
 
Percent completing college
    1980 (Census)   27.5 27.5
    1990 (Census)   33.3 33.3
    2000 (Census)   39.1 39.1
    2006-2010 (ACS)   49.2 49.2

More information on District of Columbia education
County-level Education Data
Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Alexander Marré, 202-694-5338

Employment
  Rural * Urban * Total
Total number of jobs
    2008   810,065 810,065
    2009   811,270 811,270
 
Percent employment change
    2007-2008   0.7 0.7
    2008-2009   -4.1 -4.1
    2009-2010   0.2 0.2
 
Unemployment rate (percent)
    2009   9.6 9.6
    2010   9.9 9.9

More information on District of Columbia unemployment rates
County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data
Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

Federal Funds, FY 2010
  Rural * Urban * Total
Federal funding, dollars per person
   All Federal funds 0 94,169 94,169
 
Federal funding by purpose (function codes)
      Agriculture and natural resources 0 301 301
      Community resources 0 3,353 3,353
      Defense and space 0 14,096 14,096
      Human resources 0 986 986
      Income security 0 11,010 11,010
      National functions 0 64,423 64,423
 
Federal funding by type of payments (object codes)
      Grants 0 9,956 9,956
      Direct loans 0 1,122 1,122
      Guaranteed/insured loans 0 2,069 2,069
      Retirement/disability payments 0 4,610 4,610
      Other direct payments to
      individuals
0 2,904 2,904
      Direct payments, not to
      individuals
0 253 253
      Procurement contracts 0 35,156 35,156
      Salaries and wages 0 38,100 38,100

Total does not include Statewide funds undistributed at the county level.

More information on Federal Funds
Program Function and Object Code Definitions
Federal Funds and Development Policy Briefing Room
Federal Funds Data
• Contact Richard Reeder, 202-694-5360


* The terms “rural” and “urban” here refer to data for nonmetro and metro areas, a county-level classification defined by the Office of Management and Budget. We use the June 2003 version of nonmetro and metro areas because it reflects conditions at the beginning of the decade. See Measuring Rurality: What is Rural? for a discussion of differences between metro-nonmetro categories and the Census Bureau’s rural-urban classification.
 
More information on socioeconomic conditions
Rural Emphasis Page
• Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.


Organic Agriculture

  2006 2007 2008
Number of certified operations      
Crops (acres)      
Pasture & rangeland (acres)      
Total acres      

More information on organic agriculture
Organic Production Data
Organic Agriculture Briefing Room
• Contact Catherine Greene, 202-694-5541.


Farm Characteristics

1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture
 
  1997 2002 2007
Approximate total land area (acres) 39,290 39,290 39,290
    Total farmland (acres)      
        Percent of total land area      
 
        Cropland (acres)      
            Percent of total farmland      
            Percent in pasture      
            Percent irrigated      
 
            Harvested Cropland (acres)      
 
        Woodland (acres)      
            Percent of total farmland      
            Percent in pasture      
 
        Pastureland (acres)      
            Percent of total farmland      
 
        Land in house lots, ponds,
        roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)
     
            Percent of total farmland      
 
Conservation practices
        Farmland in conservation or
        wetlands reserve programs
        (acres)
     
 
Average farm size (acres)      
 
Farms by size (percent)
            1 to 99 acres      
            100 to 499 acres      
            500 to 999 acres      
            1000 to 1,999 acres      
            2,000 or more acres      
 
Farms by sales (percent)
            Less than $9,999      
            $10,000 to $49,999      
            $50,000 to $99,999      
            $100,000 to $499,999      
            More than $500,000      
 
Tenure of farmers
        Full owner (farms)      
            Percent of total      
 
        Part owner (farms)      
            Percent of total      
 
        Tenant owner (farms)      
            Percent of total      
 
Farm organization
        Individuals/family, sole
        proprietorship (farms)
     
            Percent of total      
 
        Family-held corporations
        (farms)
     
            Percent of total      
 
        Partnerships (farms)      
            Percent of total      
 
        Non-family corporations (farms)      
            Percent of total      
 
        Others - cooperative, estate or
        trust, institutional, etc. (farms)
     
            Percent of total      
 
Characteristics of principal farm operators
        Average operator age (years)      
        Percent with farming as their
         primary occupation
     
        Men      
        Women      
 

More information on farm characteristics
Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.


Farm Financial Indicators

Farm income and value added data
  2009 2010
 
Number of farms    
 
  Thousands $
       Final crop output    
+     Final animal output    
+     Services and forestry    
=   Final agricultural sector output    
 
-      Intermediate consumption outlays    
+     Net government transactions    
=   Gross value added    
 
-      Capital consumption    
 
=   Net value added    
 
-    Factor payments    
         Employee compensation (total hired labor)    
         Net rent received by nonoperator landlords    
         Real estate and nonreal estate interest    
 
=   Net farm income    
 

More information on farm income
Farm Income Data
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Timothy Park, 202-694-5446.

Farm balance sheet
 
• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
 


Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2010
  Value of receipts
thousand $
Percent of state total
farm receipts
Percent of US value
1.       
2.       
3.       
4.       
5.       
 
All commodities      
 

More information on top agriculture commodities
Other cash receipts data.
• Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2010
  Rank among states Value
million $
1.      
2.      
3.      
4.      
5.      
 
Total export value    
 

More information on agricultural exports
State Export Data
Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007
  Percent of state total receipts Thousands $
1.      
2.      
3.      
4.      
5.      
 
State total    
 

More information on agricultural sales
Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.




Data Sources

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker
Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov
Updated date: January 17, 2012