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District of Columbia Population and Components of Change

Date Population %
Change
Components of Change
Total
Population
Change
Births Deaths Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion
Net
Domestic
Migration
1970 756,668-- ----
1971 751,000-0.7-5,668 ----
1972 744,000-0.9-7,000 ----
1973 734,000-1.3-10,000 ----
1974 721,000-1.8-13,000 ----
1975 710,000-1.5-11,000 ----
1976 696,000-2.0-14,000 ----
1977 682,000-2.0-14,000 ----
1978 670,000-1.8-12,000 ----
1979 656,000-2.1-14,000 ----
1980 638,432-2.7-17,568 ----
1981 636,893-0.2-1,539 11,6098,660--
1982 634,174-0.4-2,719 9,3556,658--
1983 632,433-0.3-1,741 9,4516,580--
1984 633,3820.2949 9,5646,686--
1985 634,5490.21,167 9,6546,801--
1986 638,2690.63,720 9,8747,087--
1987 636,930-0.2-1,339 10,1117,324--
1988 630,432-1.0-6,498 10,3467,495--
1989 624,168-1.0-6,264 11,0417,609--
1990 606,900-2.8-17,268 8,6755,718--
1991 600,870-1.0-6,030 14,4628,7654,386-23,814
1992 597,565-0.6-3,305 11,0206,5453,628-17,693
1993 595,301-0.4-2,264 10,0976,6813,461-14,880
1994 589,239-1.0-6,062 10,3056,7113,017-17,953
1995 580,517-1.5-8,722 9,2596,6772,684-19,250
1996 572,377-1.4-8,140 8,5776,4683,420-18,493
1997 567,736-0.8-4,641 8,2026,2603,389-15,222
1998 565,230-0.4-2,506 7,5775,8363,041-12,367
1999 570,2130.94,983 7,6685,8932,941-7,227
2000 572,0590.31,846 ----
2001 577,6781.05,619 9,4947,3494,898-6,064
2002 579,1120.21,434 7,6255,9133,469-7,556
2003 577,371-0.3-1,741 7,4805,6782,752-10,261
2004 579,5210.42,150 7,7895,5223,129-7,014
2005 582,0490.42,528 7,9135,4683,031-6,766
2006 585,4190.63,370 8,1985,3653,177-2,638
2007 587,8680.42,449 8,4505,3112,783-3,323
2008 591,8330.73,965 8,3135,3722,832-1,622
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.

 
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