District of Columbia, District of Columbia: Democratic loyalist state. In 2024, voted D+86%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+86MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
- Population
- 681,2942024 5-year
- Median household income
- $109,8702024 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
Constituent county margins for District of Columbia, 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 |
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| D | 289,453 | 20,888 | 313,096 | ||
| D | 317,323 | 18,586 | 344,356 | ||
| D | 282,830 | 12,723 | 311,268 | ||
| D | 267,070 | 21,381 | 293,764 | ||
| D | 245,800 | 17,367 | 265,853 | ||
| D | 202,970 | 21,256 | 227,586 | ||
| D | 171,923 | 18,073 | 201,894 | ||
| D | 158,220 | 17,339 | 185,726 | ||
| D | 192,619 | 20,698 | 227,572 | ||
| D | 159,407 | 27,590 | 192,877 | ||
| D | 180,408 | 29,009 | 211,288 | ||
| D | 130,231 | 23,313 | 173,889 | ||
| D | 137,818 | 27,873 | 168,830 | ||
| D | 127,627 | 35,226 | 163,421 | ||
| D | 139,566 | 31,012 | 170,578 | ||
| D | 169,796 | 28,801 | 198,597 | ||
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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
$109,870
District of Columbia ranks near the middle of US counties.
District of Columbia$109,870
District of Columbia$109,870
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
80.9%
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 sits in the Mid-Atlantic. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 16 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.
The Democratic margin in District of Columbia reached its widest at eighty-seven points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was eighty-six points — still decisive.
Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $109,870, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 681,294 together describe a state whose political habits are deeply settled.
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Frequently asked questions
How did District of Columbia, District of Columbia vote in 2024?
In 2024, District of Columbia, District of Columbia voted Democratic by 85.8 points (D+86), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 313,096 votes cast, 289,453 went Democratic and 20,888 went Republican.
What is District of Columbia, District of Columbia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies District of Columbia, District of Columbia as a "Democratic loyalist" state based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the state has voted Democratic 16 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in District of Columbia, District of Columbia?
District of Columbia, District of Columbia has a population of 681,294 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in District of Columbia, District of Columbia?
Median household income in District of Columbia, District of Columbia is $109,870 — above the national median of $80,734. The District of Columbia state median is $109,870.
What is the political history of District of Columbia, District of Columbia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in District of Columbia, District of Columbia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The state's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.