The population of District of Columbia is estimated at 684,336 where 490,944 speak English exclusively and 11,581 speak primarily in another language. In 2017 there were 9,715 births and 5,422 deaths in District of Columbia . District of Columbia has 90,116 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 21,939 that are owned free and clear and 154,652 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of District of Columbia filed 343,030 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 100.0% of all District Of Columbia filings and 0.230% of the entire nation. District of Columbia had an incredible combined total federal tax liability of $6,672,037,000 on earned income of $32,506,198,000. Other notable statistics from District of Columbia were 10,180 unemployment claims which collected a total of $43,017,000 and 113,470 charitable contributions valued at $912,058,000. 87,210 filings from District of Columbia paid a combined total of $422,745,000 in property taxes and 79,080 filings paid $987,797,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 District of Columbia had 609 religious congregations with an estimated 332,342 members.
56.6% of the District of Columbia population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 41% of District of Columbia voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 36,924 votes.
At $80,153 the median income is 100.0% of the District Of Columbia average. An estimated 24,261 people claimed to be unemployed last year in District of Columbia, the equivalant of around 6.1% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.1%.

Top 15 Industries in District of Columbia .
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
97,555	Professional, scientific, and technical services
67,742	Health care and social assistance
60,370	Accommodation and food services
58,982	Other services (except public administration)
51,263	Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
45,949	Food services and drinking places
35,303	Restaurants and other eating places
31,675	Legal services
31,150	Offices of lawyers
28,946	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
28,432	Administrative and support services
26,717	Hospitals
23,955	General medical and surgical hospitals
23,174	Full-service restaurants
22,144	Information

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