Posts tagged Demographics
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DC’s daytime population is over a million
According to a US Census report, the District of Columbia’s daytime population, including commuters, swells to over 1,000,000. The difference between DC’s day and night populations is second greatest in the US. The report dates from 2010 so the numbers are surely a bit different today. With DC’s (then) nighttime residential population of 584,400, its… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cycle stats
Even more bike, lately; Trash can follies; Transit center blues; The Show-Me Station?; Shape Bethesda; Running from streetcars; Slow down; Selling public space for private gain; Drones of Brookland; And…. Keep reading…
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DC bike commuting more than doubled since 2000
It’s pretty clear from looking around DC that many people are bicycling. The Census has published new numbers that show how many are. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Changes in DC schools over the past decade, and what the future may hold
How DC’s growth is changing schools: No surprises, but a lot of interesting data and cool interactives on changing demographics and the growth of charters. The City Paper’s Aaron Wiener hits the highlights. (Urban Institute) Can DC lead the way to a better future?: The District may be able to model a way forward in reimagining education, says blogger Sam Chaltain,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Making waves
High water; It’s electric; Ridesharing companies fight regs; Mo’ concrete mo’ problems; Public housing delayed; DC General closing?; See the schools change; Many Marylanders would move; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fast and reliable
Silver Line soon?; MoCo sees red over Red Line; InKLEINed to listen; REALity can wait; A costly Crescent; Park(ing) year?; Are you a gentrifier?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How Virginia moves
Vihstadt goes after streetcars; Virgina dropping E-ZPass fees; Ethics reform loophole; Maybe not so good; 500 families in 100 days; Young people don’t go suburban; “People are healthier…”; The EU limits bags; And…. Keep reading…
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By 2040, DC’s population could be close to 900,000
The latest future population projections forecast that by 2040 the District of Columbia will have a population of 883,600. That would far eclipse the historic high of 802,178, from the 1950 census. Despite that growth, DC would still rank as only the 4th most populous jurisdiction in the region, behind Fairfax, Montgomery, and Prince George’s. But the next 26 years… Keep reading…
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Another way to see the US: Map of where nobody lives
There are more than 300 million people living in the United States today, but America is such a huge country that we still have staggeringly vast areas that are completely devoid of humans. This map illustrates those places. Everything colored green is a census block with zero population. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Migration
Fewer move to Washington; Act with autonomy, or not?; Sprawl continues amid transit; Purple Line property purchases coming; Bold ideas to improve Rosslyn; Peak tourism follows peak bloom; And…. Keep reading…