Washington city, District of Columbia Population By All Races in Census 2020

Updated on June 30, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among Washington city, DC population of 689,545 people, 41.45% (285,810 people) identified their race as Black or African American Alone, 39.62% (273,194 people) identified their race as White Alone, and 8.13% (56,077 people) identified their race as Two Or More Races.

The first chart below shows the population by race and the second chart shows the percentage of the population for each race. You can also find the information in a table below.

You can see similar information for other District of Columbia cities and places and also for the state of District of Columbia.

Washington city, DC Population By All Races in Census 2020
Black or African American Alone
285.81K
White Alone
273.19K
Two Or More Races
56.08K
Some Other Race Alone
37.29K
Asian Alone
33.55K
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone
3.19K
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone
432
Percentage of Washington city, DC Population By Race in Census 2020
Black or African American Alone
41.45%
White Alone
39.62%
Two Or More Races
8.13%
Some Other Race Alone
5.41%
Asian Alone
4.87%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone
0.46%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone
0.06%
Washington city, DC Population By All Races in Census 2020
Race
Population
% of City or Place Population
Black or African American Alone 285,810 41.45
White Alone 273,194 39.62
Two Or More Races 56,077 8.13
Some Other Race Alone 37,294 5.41
Asian Alone 33,545 4.87
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 3,193 0.46
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 432 0.06
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