Washington, DC

1950‑1959:		Washington, DC-MD-VA SMA
1959‑1983:		Washington, DC-MD-VA SMSA
1983‑1992:		Washington, DC-MD-VA MSA
1992‑2003:		Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
2003‑2006:		Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area in Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA

Subareas

Timeline

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Subarea

Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, MD

Washington, DC

In this area

Defined but not in this area

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

Frederick County, MD	62,287	71,930	84,927	114,792	150,208	195,277	220,409

Montgomery County, MD	164,401	340,928	522,809	579,053	757,027	873,341	927,405

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

Culpeper County, VA	13,242	15,088	18,218	22,620	27,791	34,262	42,454

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

King George County, VA	6,710	7,243	8,039	10,543	13,527	16,803	20,659

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

Berkeley County, WV	30,359	33,791	36,356	46,775	59,253	75,905	93,286

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



Total	1,464,089	2,001,897	2,861,123	3,060,922	3,923,574	4,923,153	5,251,629
Percent Change	-	36.7%	42.9%	7.0%	28.2%	25.5%	6.7%



Total (as currently defined)	1,701,937	2,306,600	3,140,929	3,397,935	4,122,914	4,796,183	5,251,629
Percent Change	-	35.5%	36.2%	8.2%	21.3%	16.3%	9.5%

Timeline

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Component

District of Columbia, DC

Calvert County, MD

Charles County, MD

Frederick County, MD

Montgomery County, MD

Prince George's County, MD

Arlington County, VA

Clarke County, VA

Culpeper County, VA

Fairfax County, VA

Fauquier County, VA

King George 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

Berkeley County, WV

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	*

Frederick, MD	18,142		21,744		23,641		28,086		40,148	*	52,767	*	57,907	*

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

Fredericksburg, VA	12,158		13,639		14,450		15,322		19,027		19,279	*	20,732

Gaithersburg, MD	1,755		3,847		8,344		26,424		39,542		52,613		57,698	*

Rockville, MD	6,934		26,090		42,739		43,811		44,835		47,388		57,402	*

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



Total	802,178		763,956		756,510		638,333		817,984		833,558		1,054,830
Metro	1,464,089		2,001,897		2,861,123		3,060,922		3,923,574		4,923,153		5,251,629
Percent	54.8%		38.2%		26.4%		20.9%		20.8%		16.9%		20.1%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Washington, DC

Frederick, MD

Arlington, VA

Fredericksburg, VA

Gaithersburg, MD

Rockville, MD

Alexandria, VA

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,298,749	88.7%
		UA Population		1,287,333	87.9%
	Rural Population			165,340	11.3%

	Inside Central Cities			802,178	54.8%
	Outside Central Cities			661,911	45.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,464,089	100.0%


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

	Washington, DC-MD-VA		1,287,333	1,287,333	100.0%

	Total			1,287,333


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,834,358	91.6%
		UA Population		1,808,423	90.3%
	Rural Population			167,539	8.4%

	Inside Central Cities			763,956	38.2%
	Outside Central Cities			1,237,941	61.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,001,897	100.0%


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

	Washington, DC-MD-VA		1,808,423	1,808,423	100.0%

	Total			1,808,423


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,650,962	91.1%
		UA Population		2,481,489	85.3%
	Rural Population			257,839	8.9%

	Inside Central Cities			756,510	26.0%
	Outside Central Cities			2,152,291	74.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,908,801	100.0%


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

	Washington, DC-MD-VA		2,481,489	2,481,489	100.0%

	Total			2,481,489


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,934,540	90.3%
		UA Population		2,747,766	84.5%
	Rural Population			316,282	9.7%

	Inside Central Cities			819,018	25.2%
	Outside Central Cities			2,431,804	74.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			3,250,822	100.0%


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

	Washington, DC-MD-VA		2,763,105	2,747,766	99.4%

	Total			2,747,766


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			3,686,889	87.3%
		UA Population		3,456,689	81.8%
	Rural Population			536,596	12.7%

	Inside Central Cities			837,011	19.8%
	Outside Central Cities			3,386,474	80.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			4,223,485	100.0%


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

	Frederick, MD		58,393	58,393	100.0%
	Fredericksburg, VA		56,718	56,718	100.0%
	Hagerstown, MD-PA-WV		70,206	768	1.1%
	Washington, DC-MD-VA		3,363,031	3,340,810	99.3%

	Total			3,456,689


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			4,402,269	91.8%
		UA Population		4,274,313	89.1%
	Rural Population			393,914	8.2%

	Inside Principal Cities			995,175	20.7%
	Outside Principal Cities			3,801,008	79.3%

	Total Metro Area Population			4,796,183	100.0%


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

	Baltimore, MD		2,076,354	50,970	2.5%
	Frederick, MD		119,144	119,144	100.0%
	Fredericksburg, VA		97,102	97,102	100.0%
	Washington, DC-VA-MD		3,933,920	3,932,332	100.0%
	St. Charles, MD		74,765	74,765	100.0%

	Total			4,274,313


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

Component Change History




Apr 1950



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


Oct 1963



-		Fairfax city, VA added


Mar 1967



-		Loudoun County, VA added
-		Prince William County, VA added


Apr 1973



-		Charles County, MD added


Aug 1975



-		Manassas city, VA added
-		Manassas Park city, VA added


Jun 1983



-		Calvert County, MD added
-		Frederick County, MD added
-		Stafford County, VA added
-		Frederick, MD designated as central city of MSA
-		Arlington, VA designated as central city of MSA


Dec 1992



-		Washington, DC-MD-VA MSA became Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
-		Clarke County, VA added
-		Culpeper County, VA added
-		Fauquier County, VA added
-		King George County, VA added
-		Spotsylvania County, VA added
-		Warren County, VA added
-		Fredericksburg city, VA added
-		Berkeley County, WV added
-		Jefferson County, WV added
-		Fredericksburg, VA designated as central city of PMSA


Jun 2003



-		Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA in Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA became Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area in Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA
-		Culpeper County, VA deleted, reverted to nonmetro status
-		King George County, VA deleted, reverted to nonmetro status
-		Berkeley County, WV transferred to Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area
-		Fredericksburg, VA no longer designated as principal/central city
-		New Metro Division: Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, MD Metro Division in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area in Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA
-		Frederick County, MD included as original component of Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, MD Metro Division in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area in Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA
-		Montgomery County, MD included as original component of Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, MD Metro Division in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area in Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA
-		Frederick, MD transferred to Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, MD Metro Division in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area in Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA, designated as original principal city of new Metro Division
-		Gaithersburg, MD designated as original principal city of new Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, MD Metro Division in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area in Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA
-		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 component of 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
-		Calvert County, MD included as original component of 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
-		Charles County, MD included as original component of 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
-		Prince George's County, MD included as original component of 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
-		Arlington County, VA included as original component of 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
-		Clarke County, VA included as original component of 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
-		Fairfax County, VA included as original component of 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
-		Fauquier County, VA included as original component of 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
-		Loudoun County, VA included as original component of 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
-		Prince William County, VA included as original component of 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
-		Spotsylvania County, VA included as original component of 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
-		Stafford County, VA included as original component of 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
-		Warren County, VA included as original component of 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
-		Alexandria city, VA included as original component of 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
-		Fairfax city, VA included as original component of 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
-		Falls Church city, VA included as original component of 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
-		Fredericksburg city, VA included as original component of 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
-		Manassas city, VA included as original component of 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
-		Manassas Park city, VA included as original component of 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
-		Jefferson County, WV included as original component of 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
-		Washington, DC transferred to 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, designated as original principal city of new Metro Division
-		Alexandria, VA designated as original principal city of new 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
-		Arlington, VA transferred to 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, designated as original principal city of new Metro Division


Dec 2003



-		Rockville, MD designated as principal city of Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, MD Metro Division in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area in Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA

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