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Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV MSA Population
and Components of Change
(1999 MSA Definition)

Date Population %
Change
Components of Change
Total
Population
Change
Births Deaths Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion
Net
Domestic
Migration
1970 3,204,852-- ----
1971 3,268,7002.063,848 ----
1972 3,340,0002.271,300 ----
1973 3,360,8000.620,800 ----
1974 3,373,7000.412,900 ----
1975 3,399,8000.826,100 ----
1976 3,421,1000.621,300 ----
1977 3,430,2000.39,100 ----
1978 3,459,5000.929,300 ----
1979 3,467,9000.28,400 ----
1980 3,477,9720.310,072 ----
1981 3,553,6272.275,655 64,72729,096--
1982 3,596,7071.243,080 53,65223,219--
1983 3,650,1321.553,425 54,65923,614--
1984 3,727,4502.177,318 55,81724,256--
1985 3,809,2052.281,755 58,33024,950--
1986 3,904,4662.595,261 60,67425,924--
1987 4,007,2442.6102,778 63,28426,695--
1988 4,107,6692.5100,425 67,07327,297--
1989 4,185,4941.977,825 70,40027,543--
1990 4,222,8300.937,336 53,82720,591--
1991 4,303,9591.981,129 91,71733,61727,001-18,774
1992 4,370,5651.566,606 72,83626,85721,391-18,594
1993 4,434,3011.563,736 70,42228,10523,907-17,021
1994 4,496,4941.462,193 70,72528,43520,096-12,730
1995 4,552,3161.255,822 70,16528,81221,845-18,937
1996 4,614,4851.462,169 68,69828,81630,588-17,406
1997 4,681,4911.567,006 69,43929,57233,570-18,634
1998 4,754,1101.672,619 68,80029,02731,087-12,472
1999 4,847,5922.093,482 69,96529,13730,6326,997
2000 4,923,1531.675,561 ----
2001 5,059,1402.8135,987 94,44638,11948,65822,640
2002 5,149,8291.890,689 76,62731,63533,5374,998
2003 5,225,9831.576,154 77,73831,13324,619-3,595
2004 5,301,9641.575,981 79,86032,05732,191-9,148
2005 5,376,8951.474,931 80,86331,56629,877-10,142
2006 5,422,1940.845,299 82,37231,19231,983-38,850
2007 5,469,9310.947,737 81,93731,92327,310-31,346
2008 5,529,5471.159,616 80,87632,51328,049-15,816
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates. The MSAs are based on the 1999 MSA definition.

 
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