DC ZIP 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  
 
Sources and Notes
 
ZIP 20003

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ZIP		 Average Low High
Population
Population, 1980 27,635 22,797 598 72,010
Population, 1990 25,080 21,675 458 61,625
Population, 2000 23,279 20,431 553 58,213
% change population, 1980-1990 -9.2 -4.9 -31 34
% change population, 1990-2000 -7.2 -5.7 -45 90
% children, 1980 19 22 0.5 40
% children, 1990 15 19 0.6 38
% children, 2000 15 20 0.0 37
% change child population, 1980-1990 -29 -19 -87 52
% change child population, 1990-2000 -4.6 -2.0 -100 296
% foreign born, 1980 2.6 6.4 1.2 38
% foreign born, 1990 4.1 9.7 0.9 60
% foreign born, 2000 5.2 13 1.1 43
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 45 53 12 69
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 43 50 1.6 65
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 58 65 3.3 98
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 55 61 4.0 98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 39 27 0.7 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 39 28 0.6 84
% Hispanic, 1990 1.5 5.2 0.4 21
% Hispanic, 2000 3.1 7.9 0.7 32
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 1.2 1.8 0.1 64
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 2.0 3.0 0.3 40
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 23 19 3.0 28
Poverty rate (%), 1990 18 17 4.0 52
Poverty rate (%), 2000 21 20 2.5 71
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 6.7 6.8 1.0 11
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 6.1 7.2 1.9 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 6.8 11 1.7 60
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 59 59 39 79
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 60 62 32 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 59 57 31 84
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 38 33 5.2 56
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 26 27 2.6 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 19 22 2.2 40
% female-headed families with children, 1990 56 54 0.0 77
% female-headed families with children, 2000 52 52 0.0 76
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 94 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 66 63 24 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 32 25 0.6 58
% children in poverty, 2000 43 32 0.9 60
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 12 13 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 13 13 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 11 12 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 8.7 12 2.3 40
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 9.5 12 0.0 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 8.3 11 0.0 25
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 9.3 11 4.3 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 11 11 0.0 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 9.4 11 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 9.4 11 0.0 17
% births to teen mothers, 1998 12 15 0.0 44
% births to teen mothers, 1999 14 15 0.0 23
% births to teen mothers, 2000 12 14 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2001 12 13 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2002 8.9 13 0.0 33
% births to teen mothers, 2003 8.4 11 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2004 7.4 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2005 7.6 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2006 4.7 12 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2007 7.4 12 0.0 20
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 55,166 59,101 35,524 131,814
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 75,681 71,274 27,127 176,227
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 83,020 78,192 30,576 200,052
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 37 21 -55 48
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 9.7 9.7 -66 226
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 3,402 2,875 6.0 14,899
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 3,043 2,726 17 14,301
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 2,799 2,791 14 14,699
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 2,783 3,032 13 15,453
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 2,570 3,215 8.0 16,425
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 2,192 3,288 8.0 17,169
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 2,100 3,243 5.0 17,694
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 2,044 3,193 7.0 17,332
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 2,192 3,325 13 17,859
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 2,338 3,844 9.0 20,677
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 2,439 2,103 0.0 12,438
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 1,825 1,830 0.0 10,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 1,670 1,663 0.0 9,769
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 1,709 1,655 0.0 9,742
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 1,514 1,681 0.0 9,711
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 1,485 1,691 0.0 9,863
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 1,428 1,748 0.0 10,314
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 1,234 1,716 6.0 10,233
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 1,028 1,593 0.0 9,630
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 945 1,513 6.0 9,222
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 937 1,511 0.0 9,274
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 955 1,612 0.0 10,092
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 10,480 9,041 139 25,720
Occupied housing units, 1990 9,596 8,916 15 23,746
Occupied housing units, 2000 10,267 8,869 30 25,054
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 5.5 6.0 1.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 9.6 8.0 3.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 5.4 6.2 0.0 16
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 37 35 1.4 67
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 44 39 0.9 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 45 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 185 111 0.0 424
Number of sales, 1996 234 122 0.0 457
Number of sales, 1997 264 141 0.0 528
Number of sales, 1998 350 190 0.0 774
Number of sales, 1999 339 182 0.0 764
Number of sales, 2000 288 150 0.0 622
Number of sales, 2001 292 151 0.0 625
Number of sales, 2002 306 151 0.0 621
Number of sales, 2003 279 149 0.0 607
Number of sales, 2004 304 169 0.0 720
Number of sales, 2005 291 157 0.0 728
Number of sales, 2006 224 129 0.0 529
Number of sales, 2007 187 110 0.0 424
Number of sales, 2008 175 78 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2009 196 83 0.0 332
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 169,000 204,000 113,000 507,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 187,000 185,000 111,000 498,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 186,000 186,000 106,000 548,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 193,000 200,000 103,000 591,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 195,000 214,000 102,000 690,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 221,000 272,000 106,000 685,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 321,000 291,000 121,000 874,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 372,000 329,000 131,000 894,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 408,000 348,000 150,000 961,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 543,000 452,000 170,000 1,106,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 592,000 491,000 220,000 1,175,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 612,000 496,000 266,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 569,000 491,000 277,000 1,022,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 538,000 459,000 264,000 993,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 556,000 399,000 195,000 987,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 11 6.4 3.6 12
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 0.5 -2.5 -2.2 6.4
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 3.3 -13 -26 6.2
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 42 39 0.0 350
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 61 53 1.5 250
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 65 59 0.0 193
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 66 61 6.8 175
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 63 63 4.5 196
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 75 67 1.5 213
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 68 71 0.0 584
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 77 88 1.5 732
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 80 102 0.0 3,533
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 89 94 0.0 943
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 78,286 78,470 0.0 180,875
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 73,696 81,199 21,561 140,695
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 75,353 72,783 0.0 145,636
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 92,813 85,149 31,582 157,792
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 102,517 90,913 42,969 171,802
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 98,347 89,468 45,427 168,891
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 102,491 91,458 0.0 264,052
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 118,054 99,731 34,151 175,915
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 135,804 105,915 66,300 183,527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 135,740 113,881 67,516 192,365
% subprime loans, 1997 4.3 3.9 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 1998 4.2 5.9 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 1999 3.1 4.5 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 2000 5.2 5.1 0.0 27
% subprime loans, 2001 5.0 3.1 0.0 9.3
% subprime loans, 2002 2.9 2.8 0.0 11
% subprime loans, 2003 1.6 3.6 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2004 2.6 5.3 0.0 13
% subprime loans, 2005 5.2 10 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2006 5.8 8.7 0.0 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 17 15 0.2 94
Violent crimes, 2001 18 16 0.0 73
Violent crimes, 2002 19 16 0.0 45
Violent crimes, 2003 18 16 0.2 38
Violent crimes, 2004 13 14 0.2 39
Violent crimes, 2005 13 14 0.0 60
Violent crimes, 2006 11 14 0.0 63
Violent crimes, 2007 12 14 0.0 52
Property crimes, 2000 70 54 0.7 786
Property crimes, 2001 88 56 0.0 702
Property crimes, 2002 70 55 0.4 492
Property crimes, 2003 58 55 0.7 402
Property crimes, 2004 54 48 1.1 267
Property crimes, 2005 49 44 0.9 342
Property crimes, 2006 45 43 0.9 305
Property crimes, 2007 54 48 1.5 334

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