District of Columbia 0th Congressional District, District of Columbia: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+86%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+86MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Urban anchorAkashic typology
- Population
- 681,1772024 5-year
- Median household income
- $109,9102024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 37.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 42.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+20 in 1928MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Congressional District (at Large), DCOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 289,259 | 21,010 | 313,052 | ||
| D | 317,111 | 18,695 | 344,248 | ||
| D | 282,626 | 12,837 | 311,161 | ||
| D | 266,876 | 21,518 | 293,703 | ||
| D | 245,656 | 17,511 | 265,855 | ||
| D | 202,853 | 21,422 | 227,631 | ||
| D | 171,816 | 18,231 | 201,929 | ||
| D | 158,081 | 17,489 | 185,735 | ||
| D | 192,352 | 20,848 | 227,485 | ||
| D | 159,180 | 27,785 | 192,829 | ||
| D | 180,081 | 29,199 | 211,147 | ||
| D | 129,996 | 23,480 | 173,812 | ||
| D | 137,602 | 28,021 | 168,753 | ||
| D | 127,365 | 35,387 | 163,324 | ||
| D | 139,254 | 31,093 | 170,403 | ||
| D | 169,391 | 28,815 | 198,207 | ||
| D | 156 | 138 | 294 | ||
| R | 103 | 125 | 230 | ||
| R | 75 | 113 | 190 | ||
| R | 39 | 51 | 94 | ||
| R | 39 | 45 | 84 | ||
| D | 40 | 29 | 70 | ||
| D | 35 | 22 | 58 | ||
| D | 27 | 16 | 43 | ||
| R | 16 | 24 | 40 | ||
| D | 14 | 13 | 30 | ||
| R | 13 | 14 | 28 | ||
| D | 9 | 7 | 16 | ||
| D | 13 | 3 | 13 | ||
| — | 13 | 7 | 2 | ||
| — | 14 | 6 | 1 | ||
| D | 9 | 8 | 3 | ||
| O | 8 | 8 | 16 | ||
| D | 9 | 7 | 16 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
8.1%
German
7.8%
English
7.1%
Italian
4.6%
American
3.0%
Polish
2.3%
French
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 34.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$109,910
Congressional District (at Large) ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District (at Large)$109,910
District of Columbia$103,678
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.8%
Working age (18–64)13.7%
Seniors (65+)14.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
80.8%
speak English only
Spanish9.4%
Other Indo-European4.7%
Other languages2.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
District of Columbia 0th Congressional District is a political anchor of the Mid-Atlantic. Its population of 681,177 and its concentration of urban, diverse, and college-educated voters have made it a Democratic stronghold for decades running.
The Democratic margin in District of Columbia 0th Congressional District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at eighty-seven points in 2016; the 2024 margin was eighty-six points, still in line with the district's long pattern.
Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $109,910, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Congressional District (at Large), District of Columbia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District (at Large), District of Columbia voted Democratic by 85.7 points (D+86), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 313,052 votes cast, 289,259 went Democratic and 21,010 went Republican.
What is Congressional District (at Large), District of Columbia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District (at Large), District of Columbia as a "Urban anchor" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 25 times, Republican 6 times, and other 1 times.
When did Congressional District (at Large), District of Columbia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District (at Large), District of Columbia voted Republican was 1956.
How many people live in Congressional District (at Large), District of Columbia?
Congressional District (at Large), District of Columbia has a population of 681,177 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District (at Large), District of Columbia?
Median household income in Congressional District (at Large), District of Columbia is $109,910 — above the national median of $80,734. The District of Columbia state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Congressional District (at Large), District of Columbia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District (at Large), District of Columbia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.