DC Ward Profile
Population Public Assistance
Population by Race/Ethnicity Housing Conditions
Family Risk Factors Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Isolation Indicators Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Child Well-Being Indicators Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Income Conditions  
 
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Ward 2

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Ward		 Average Low High
Population
Population, 1980 63,391 79,791 63,391 93,358
Population, 1990 65,638 75,863 65,638 83,198
Population, 2000 68,827 71,507 68,087 75,001
% change population, 1980-1990 3.5 -4.9 -15 7.9
% change population, 1990-2000 4.9 -5.7 -15 4.9
% children, 1980 10 22 10 37
% children, 1990 8.2 19 8.2 32
% children, 2000 7.8 20 7.8 36
% change child population, 1980-1990 -17 -19 -27 5.0
% change child population, 1990-2000 0.1 -2.0 -6.8 5.5
% foreign born, 1980 13 6.4 1.6 14
% foreign born, 1990 18 9.7 1.2 23
% foreign born, 2000 20 13 1.4 29
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 36 53 36 66
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 32 50 32 62
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 26 65 4.9 97
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 20 61 6.2 97
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 59 27 2.2 84
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 61 28 1.2 80
% Hispanic, 1990 9.1 5.2 0.8 18
% Hispanic, 2000 10 7.9 0.8 25
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 5.0 1.8 0.2 5.0
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 8.0 3.0 0.3 8.0
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 19 19 7.7 27
Poverty rate (%), 1990 18 17 6.5 27
Poverty rate (%), 2000 19 20 7.5 36
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 4.1 6.8 3.0 10
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 4.8 7.2 2.4 13
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 8.3 11 6.6 22
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 65 59 54 65
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 68 62 53 69
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 66 57 45 66
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 21 33 9.7 42
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 16 27 5.8 39
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 13 22 4.0 34
% female-headed families with children, 1990 44 54 13 67
% female-headed families with children, 2000 34 52 12 68
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 99 97 95 99
% HHs with a car, 2000 53 63 52 80
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 22 25 2.4 38
% children in poverty, 2000 25 32 2.9 47
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 7.4 13 5.2 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 7.5 13 6.7 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 9.8 12 7.4 16
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 7.3 12 6.4 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 8.9 12 6.9 15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 7.8 11 5.7 15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 9.9 11 5.2 14
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 8.7 11 7.5 14
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 9.4 11 8.4 15
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 7.0 11 7.0 14
% births to teen mothers, 1998 8.3 15 0.6 21
% births to teen mothers, 1999 6.7 15 0.6 21
% births to teen mothers, 2000 9.4 14 0.9 20
% births to teen mothers, 2001 6.0 13 1.0 20
% births to teen mothers, 2002 5.5 13 0.5 19
% births to teen mothers, 2003 3.1 11 0.3 19
% births to teen mothers, 2004 5.3 11 0.9 18
% births to teen mothers, 2005 3.9 11 0.2 18
% births to teen mothers, 2006 5.2 12 0.3 20
% births to teen mothers, 2007 5.3 12 1.3 20
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 84,566 59,101 35,834 117,886
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 111,362 71,274 37,016 166,102
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 130,891 78,192 35,228 187,709
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 32 21 3.3 41
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 18 9.7 -4.8 21
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 2,798 10,064 219 24,389
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 2,743 9,540 190 22,637
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 2,863 9,770 202 23,226
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 2,973 10,612 195 25,037
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 3,027 11,253 231 26,167
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 3,161 11,507 239 26,235
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 3,196 11,351 262 25,976
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 3,160 11,174 238 26,092
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 3,046 11,636 237 27,515
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 3,160 13,452 331 31,570
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 1,690 7,362 45 20,413
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,328 6,405 44 18,019
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 1,124 5,822 42 16,230
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 1,173 5,793 42 15,982
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 1,233 5,883 50 16,127
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,251 5,918 38 16,550
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,262 6,118 41 16,849
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,188 6,008 36 16,300
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,043 5,574 36 14,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 1,000 5,294 35 14,625
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 869 5,287 34 14,981
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 892 5,642 43 16,053
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 33,406 31,643 29,914 34,509
Occupied housing units, 1990 33,112 31,204 27,775 35,873
Occupied housing units, 2000 36,180 31,042 25,063 36,849
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 9.0 6.0 2.9 9.0
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 9.1 8.0 4.6 13
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 3.6 6.2 2.2 11
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 22 35 17 58
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 29 39 18 60
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 32 41 22 61
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 218 389 141 625
Number of sales, 1996 250 429 174 645
Number of sales, 1997 359 495 177 763
Number of sales, 1998 415 667 260 1,004
Number of sales, 1999 399 637 267 950
Number of sales, 2000 346 524 256 744
Number of sales, 2001 302 528 225 810
Number of sales, 2002 336 528 239 779
Number of sales, 2003 365 522 196 746
Number of sales, 2004 313 592 295 952
Number of sales, 2005 273 550 273 841
Number of sales, 2006 222 451 222 717
Number of sales, 2007 190 386 190 561
Number of sales, 2008 170 274 170 416
Number of sales, 2009 154 289 99 437
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 436,000 220,000 118,000 444,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 390,000 209,000 111,000 427,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 434,000 217,000 106,000 441,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 461,000 223,000 102,000 461,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 496,000 237,000 109,000 510,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 555,000 265,000 118,000 567,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 666,000 313,000 132,000 666,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 698,000 359,000 140,000 741,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 732,000 395,000 157,000 798,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 843,000 457,000 174,000 880,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 1,005,000 542,000 225,000 1,005,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 958,000 561,000 277,000 958,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 931,000 561,000 285,000 931,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 1,051,000 558,000 295,000 1,051,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 930,000 501,000 215,000 930,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 6.5 7.8 5.5 12
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 2.0 1.8 -0.2 5.7
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -12 -10 -27 -0.2
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 75 39 12 75
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 99 53 15 99
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 111 59 23 111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 111 61 26 111
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 110 63 26 110
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 124 67 29 124
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 130 71 34 130
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 166 88 45 166
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 185 102 60 185
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 160 94 69 160
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 94,975 72,808 35,536 130,266
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 87,276 73,363 42,130 131,521
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 84,194 72,922 42,302 132,484
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 107,505 80,583 37,894 142,561
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 109,711 86,370 47,039 150,518
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 102,001 87,600 46,849 156,067
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 117,739 89,071 44,983 139,883
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 121,735 99,921 57,525 161,383
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 125,918 108,354 66,803 156,346
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 138,755 114,872 70,763 172,196
% subprime loans, 1997 1.1 3.9 1.0 18
% subprime loans, 1998 1.2 5.9 0.8 35
% subprime loans, 1999 1.2 4.5 0.9 27
% subprime loans, 2000 2.3 5.1 2.3 19
% subprime loans, 2001 1.7 3.1 1.4 8.8
% subprime loans, 2002 1.1 2.8 1.1 7.9
% subprime loans, 2003 1.1 3.6 0.8 10
% subprime loans, 2004 1.2 5.3 1.2 14
% subprime loans, 2005 2.9 10 1.4 24
% subprime loans, 2006 2.2 8.7 1.1 20
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 16 15 2.5 23
Violent crimes, 2001 17 16 3.1 23
Violent crimes, 2002 14 16 2.7 23
Violent crimes, 2003 14 16 1.8 23
Violent crimes, 2004 13 14 1.9 19
Violent crimes, 2005 12 14 1.8 20
Violent crimes, 2006 13 14 1.8 19
Violent crimes, 2007 13 14 1.7 22
Property crimes, 2000 118 54 31 118
Property crimes, 2001 106 56 28 106
Property crimes, 2002 99 55 26 99
Property crimes, 2003 89 55 28 89
Property crimes, 2004 79 48 25 79
Property crimes, 2005 75 44 22 75
Property crimes, 2006 75 43 20 75
Property crimes, 2007 80 48 22 80

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised April 22, 2010).
 
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