Global InformationWashington metropolitan area information
Washington metropolitan area National Capital Region | |
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Metropolitan area | |
Washington, D.C. Arlington, Virginia Alexandria, Virginia Bethesda, Maryland Tysons, Virginia | |
| Nickname(s): Greater Washington; National Capital Region; DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia)[2][3] | |
  Calvert Charles Frederick Howard Montgomery Prince George's Alexandria Arlington Clarke Fairfax Fairfax County Falls Church Fauquier Loudoun Manassas Manassas Park Prince William Spotsylvania Stafford Fredericksburg Warren Washington Jefferson | |
| Country | United States |
| U.S. state/federal district | Principal Subdivisions (National Capital Region):[1][failed verification] District of Columbia [D] Maryland [M] Virginia [V] Outlying Subdivision: West Virginia |
| Principal municipalities | Washington, Arlington, Alexandria |
| Area (2010) | |
| • Urban | 1,407.0 sq mi (3,644.2 km2) |
| • Metro | 5,564.6 sq mi (14,412 km2) |
| Elevation | 0–2,350 ft (0–716 m) |
| Population (2020)[4][5][6] | |
| • Metropolitan area | 6,385,162 (6th) |
| • Density | 972.2/sq mi (375.4/km2) |
| • Urban | 4,586,770 (8th) |
| • CSA (2016) | 9,546,579 (4th) |
| Urban pop as of 2016 | |
| GDP [7] | |
| • MSA | $660.6 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (ET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EST) |
The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the DC area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), is the metropolitan area centered around Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States. The metropolitan area includes all of Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, which is the third-largest combined statistical area in the country.
The Washington metropolitan area is one of the most educated and affluent metropolitan areas in the U.S.[8] The metro area anchors the southern end of the densely populated Northeast megalopolis with an estimated total population of 6,304,975 as of the 2023 U.S. Census[update],[9] making it the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the nation,[10] as well as the second-largest metropolitan area in the Census Bureau's South Atlantic division.[11]
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- ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". The United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ^ "Four Texas Metro Areas Collectively Add More Than 400,000 People in the Last Year, Census Bureau Reports". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
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