Washington, District of Columbia (DC) Poverty Rate Data
Information about poor and low income residents
Data:
Latest news about poverty in Washington, DC collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations
Poverty rates in Washington
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2016:
| Washington: | 22.1% |
| Whole state: | 22.1% |
| Washington: | 10.7% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| Washington: | 23.9% |
| District of Columbia: | 23.9% |
20.3%
among residents who are not classified as poor):
| Washington: | 28.8% |
| District of Columbia: | 23.9% |
| Washington: | 26.1% |
| District of Columbia: | 26.1% |
21.4%
among residents who are not classified as poor):
| Washington: | 29.1% |
| District of Columbia: | 26.1% |
| Residents below poverty level: | 84.3% |
| Residents above poverty level: | 54.0% |
Poverty by age in Washington
Breakdown by age of poor male residents in Washington (percentage below poverty level)
Breakdown by age of poor female residents in Washington (percentage below poverty level)
Breakdown by age of very poor residents in Washington, DC (percentage below half of poverty level)
Poverty by race and place of birth in Washington
Breakdown by races of poor residents (income below poverty level) in Washington in percentages
Breakdown by races of poor residents in Washington in absolute numbers
Poverty status for native-born residents
- 19.1%Below poverty level
- 80.9%Above poverty level
Poverty status for foreign-born residents
- 15.3%Below poverty level
- 84.7%Above poverty level
Poverty in families in Washington
Children below poverty level:
| Washington, District of Columbia: | 25.5% |
| State: | 25.5% |
| Washington: | 17.2% |
| District of Columbia: | 17.2% |
| Washington: | 46.9% |
| District of Columbia: | 46.9% |
Poor families by family type
- 10.7%Married-couple family
- 6.8%Male, no wife present
- 82.5%Female, no husband present
Breakdown of poor residents in Washington not in families by work experience
- 2.7%Worked full-time, year-round
- 33.1%Worked part-time
- 64.2%Did not work
Breakdown of poor married-couple families by work experience
- 0.7%Both worked full-time
- 3.9%One full-time, other part-time
- 11.3%One full-time, other didn't work
- 10.6%Both worked part-time
- 25.5%One part-time, other didn't work
- 47.8%Both didn't work
Other data
Year house/condo built by year for residents below and above poverty levels in percentages
