Washington, DC

2003‑2006:

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Division in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area in Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


District of Columbia, DC	802,178	763,956	756,510	638,333	606,900	572,059	582,049

Calvert County, MD	12,100	15,826	20,682	34,638	51,372	74,563	87,622

Charles County, MD	23,415	32,572	47,678	72,751	101,154	120,546	138,106

Prince George's County, MD	194,182	357,395	660,567	665,071	729,268	801,515	842,764

Arlington County, VA	135,449	163,401	174,284	152,599	170,936	189,453	199,761

Clarke County, VA	7,074	7,942	8,102	9,965	12,101	12,652	14,154

Fairfax County, VA	98,557	275,002	455,021	596,901	818,584	969,749	1,010,015

Fauquier County, VA	21,248	24,066	26,375	35,889	48,741	55,139	64,834

Loudoun County, VA	21,147	24,549	37,150	57,427	86,129	169,599	256,417

Prince William County, VA	22,612	50,164	111,102	144,703	215,686	280,813	349,155

Spotsylvania County, VA	11,920	13,819	16,424	34,435	57,403	90,395	116,312

Stafford County, VA	11,902	16,876	24,587	40,470	61,236	92,446	117,968

Warren County, VA	14,801	14,655	15,301	21,200	26,142	31,584	35,407

Alexandria city, VA	61,787	91,023	110,938	103,217	111,183	128,283	137,602

Fairfax city, VA	0		21,970	19,390	19,622	21,498	21,822

Falls Church city, VA	7,535	10,192	10,772	9,515	9,578	10,377	10,764

Fredericksburg city, VA	12,158	13,639	14,450	15,322	19,027	19,279	20,672

Manassas city, VA	0			15,438	27,957	35,135	37,499

Manassas Park city, VA	0			6,524	6,734	10,290	11,732

Jefferson County, WV	17,184	18,665	21,280	30,302	35,926	42,190	49,160



Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,103,815
Percent Change	-	-	-	-	-	-	-



Total (as currently defined)	1,475,249	1,893,742	2,533,193	2,704,090	3,215,679	3,727,565	4,103,815
Percent Change	-	28.4%	33.8%	6.7%	18.9%	15.9%	10.1%

Timeline

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

Component

District of Columbia, DC

Calvert County, MD

Charles County, MD

Prince George's County, MD

Arlington County, VA

Clarke County, VA

Fairfax County, VA

Fauquier County, VA

Loudoun County, VA

Prince William County, VA

Spotsylvania County, VA

Stafford County, VA

Warren County, VA

Alexandria city, VA

Fairfax city, VA

Falls Church city, VA

Fredericksburg city, VA

Manassas city, VA

Manassas Park city, VA

Jefferson County, WV

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Washington, DC	802,178	763,956	756,510	638,333	606,900	572,059	550,521	*

Alexandria, VA	61,787	91,023	110,927	103,217	11,183	128,283	135,337	*

Arlington, VA	135,449	163,401	174,284	152,599	170,936	189,453	195,965	*



Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	881,823
Metro	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,103,815
Percent							21.5%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

City

Washington, DC

Alexandria, VA

Arlington, VA

Urban/Rural Population



2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			3,414,055	91.6%
		UA Population		3,311,223	88.8%
	Rural Population			313,510	8.4%

	Inside Principal Cities			889,795	23.9%
	Outside Principal Cities			2,837,770	76.1%

	Total Metro Area Population			3,727,565	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Baltimore, MD		2,076,354	50,847	2.4%
	Fredericksburg, VA		97,102	97,102	100.0%
	St. Charles, MD		74,765	74,765	100.0%
	Washington, DC-VA-MD		3,933,920	3,088,509	78.5%

	Total			3,311,223


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		District of Columbia, DC included as original component of Washington, DC-MD-VA SMA
-		Prince George's County, MD included as original component of Washington, DC-MD-VA SMA
-		Arlington County, VA included as original component of Washington, DC-MD-VA SMA
-		Fairfax County, VA included as original component of Washington, DC-MD-VA SMA
-		Alexandria city, VA included as original component of Washington, DC-MD-VA SMA
-		Falls Church city, VA included as original component of Washington, DC-MD-VA SMA
-		Washington, DC designated as original central city of new Washington, DC-MD-VA SMA


Oct 1963



-		Fairfax city, VA added to Washington, DC-MD-VA SMSA


Mar 1967



-		Loudoun County, VA added to Washington, DC-MD-VA SMSA
-		Prince William County, VA added to Washington, DC-MD-VA SMSA


Apr 1973



-		Charles County, MD added to Washington, DC-MD-VA SMSA


Aug 1975



-		Manassas city, VA added to Washington, DC-MD-VA SMSA
-		Manassas Park city, VA added to Washington, DC-MD-VA SMSA


Jun 1983



-		Calvert County, MD added to Washington, DC-MD-VA MSA
-		Stafford County, VA added to Washington, DC-MD-VA MSA
-		Arlington, VA designated as central city of Washington, DC-MD-VA MSA


Dec 1992



-		Clarke County, VA added to Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Fauquier County, VA added to Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Spotsylvania County, VA added to Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Warren County, VA added to Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Fredericksburg city, VA added to Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Jefferson County, WV added to Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA


Jun 2003



-		New Metro Division: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Division in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area in Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA
-		District of Columbia, DC included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Calvert County, MD included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Charles County, MD included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Prince George's County, MD included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Arlington County, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Clarke County, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Fairfax County, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Fauquier County, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Loudoun County, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Prince William County, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Spotsylvania County, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Stafford County, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Warren County, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Alexandria city, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Fairfax city, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Falls Church city, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Fredericksburg city, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Manassas city, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Manassas Park city, VA included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Jefferson County, WV included as original Metro Division component, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Washington, DC designated as original principal city of new Metro Division, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Alexandria, VA designated as original principal city of new Metro Division
-		Arlington, VA designated as original principal city of new Metro Division, transferred from Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA

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