District of Columbia: cities and towns by population
The largest of District of Columbia's 52 recorded places, ranked by population — 1,413,063 people across the state's towns and cities.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | 689,545 |
| 2 | Downtown DC | 52,560 |
| 3 | Columbia Heights | 38,000 |
| 4 | Mount Pleasant | 35,842 |
| 5 | Central 14th Street / Spring Road | 25,899 |
| 6 | Northwest One | 23,386 |
| 7 | Foggy Bottom | 22,146 |
| 8 | Mount Vernon Triangle | 21,897 |
| 9 | H Street NE | 21,480 |
| 10 | Pleasant Plains | 21,174 |
| 11 | NoMa | 20,700 |
| 12 | Petworth | 18,983 |
| 13 | Capitol Riverfront | 18,874 |
| 14 | Park View | 18,796 |
| 15 | Golden Triangle | 17,674 |
| 16 | Shaw | 17,639 |
| 17 | Brightwood | 17,624 |
| 18 | Adams Morgan | 15,830 |
| 19 | Kennedy Street | 15,251 |
| 20 | Southwest Waterfront | 15,129 |
| 21 | Barracks Row | 14,080 |
| 22 | Union Market | 12,186 |
| 23 | Anacostia | 11,789 |
| 24 | Colorado Triangle | 11,780 |
| 25 | Brentwood Village | 11,359 |
| 26 | The Wharf | 11,274 |
| 27 | Central 14th Street / WMATA Northern Bus Barn | 11,147 |
| 28 | Van Ness | 10,745 |
| 29 | Benning Road | 10,269 |
| 30 | Hillcrest | 10,205 |
| 31 | Deanwood | 9,895 |
| 32 | Woodley Park | 9,856 |
| 33 | Cleveland Park | 9,790 |
| 34 | Bellevue | 9,643 |
| 35 | Chevy Chase | 9,545 |
| 36 | Riggs Park | 9,125 |
| 37 | Benning | 8,978 |
| 38 | Lincoln Heights | 8,858 |
| 39 | Brookland | 8,259 |
| 40 | The Parks At Walter Reed | 8,252 |
| 41 | Congress Heights | 8,180 |
| 42 | Glover Park | 8,124 |
| 43 | Georgia Avenue / Walter Reed | 7,996 |
| 44 | Kenilworth | 7,679 |
| 45 | Capitol Gateway | 7,374 |
| 46 | Woodridge | 6,671 |
| 47 | Fort Lincoln | 6,367 |
| 48 | Tenleytown | 5,684 |
| 49 | Ivy City | 5,264 |
| 50 | Pennsylvania Avenue SE | 5,151 |
| 51 | Bloomingdale | 4,980 |
| 52 | Barry Farms | 4,129 |