Assets - District of Columbia

Average College Debt

$54,561.00

Unbanked Households

7.20%

Economic well-being - District of Columbia

Extreme poverty rate

0.2

Food insecurity

0.1

Minimum wage

18.0

Percent of working families under 200% of the poverty line

0.2

Poverty rate

17.3%

Unemployment rate

6.0

Number of Black or African American children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment

Number of Hispanic or Latino children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment

Percent of individuals who are uninsured

4.5

Percent of jobs that are low-wage

Family - District of Columbia

Children in foster care

498.0

Percent of children in immigrant families

25%

Percent of children living in single parent families

51%

Housing - District of Columbia

Home foreclosure rate

N/A

People experiencing homelessness

5,616.0

Households paying more than 50% of income on housing

42,600.0

Percent renters

0.6

Total housing units

Poverty by demographic - District of Columbia

Child poverty rate

0.3

Number of Asian and Pacific Islander children below 200% poverty

N/A

Number of Black or African American children below 200% poverty

N/A

Number of Hispanic or Latino children below 200% poverty

N/A

Percent of single-parent families with related children that are below poverty

Senior poverty rate

17.7 %

Women in poverty

354,187

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June 12, 2018

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May 30, 2018

D.C.’s private school voucher program hurt low-income students’ math test scores, according to federal study

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May 23, 2018

D.C. Mayor to Council: Don’t tax commercial property for arts or pooled Uber rides

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April 5, 2018

Teachers walk out of school to protest building conditions

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March 29, 2018

The D.C. lottery is intended to give all kids a fair shot at a top school. But does it?

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