{"id":4108,"date":"2016-12-31T18:09:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T23:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/?p=4108"},"modified":"2016-12-31T18:09:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T23:09:31","slug":"681170-dc-population-growth-continues-with-more-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/2016\/12\/31\/681170-dc-population-growth-continues-with-more-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"681,170 &#8211; DC population growth continues, with more to come"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4110\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4110\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/681172.png?resize=241%2C163\" alt=\"The things you find when googling for 681,172 - like hex color values.\" width=\"241\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/681172.png?w=241&amp;ssl=1 241w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/681172.png?resize=150%2C101&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The things you find when googling for 681,172 &#8211; like hex color values.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One perk of living in the only true city-state in the US is getting new census data <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2016\/cb16-214.html\" target=\"_blank\">released as part of the state-level population estimates<\/a>. Those estimates for 2016 show DC&#8217;s population continuing to grow, with the official estimate now standing at 681,170 residents &#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/dc-population-reaches-four-decade-high\/2016\/12\/20\/53ea8736-c6fa-11e6-bf4b-2c064d32a4bf_story.html?utm_term=.3262d23d3a61\" target=\"_blank\">highest mark in about 40 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mayor.dc.gov\/release\/washington-dc-population-now-highest-40-years\" target=\"_blank\">Most of that growth<\/a> came from migration, with most of the migrants arriving from other countries. The natural\u00a0increase (net of births over deaths) accounted for 40% of the overall growth.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a bit late in posting this news or any news (hence the New Year&#8217;s Eve post, getting one more in under the gun), in part because my wife and I have some personal news: we are getting ready to add to that &#8216;natural increase&#8217; number for DC&#8217;s population in February, 2017. Look out, US Census Bureau. More babies coming to DC in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to 2017 &#8211; with less sleep for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One perk of living in the only true city-state in the US is getting new census data released as part of the state-level population estimates. Those estimates for 2016 show DC&#8217;s population continuing to grow, with the official estimate now standing at 681,170 residents &#8211; the highest mark in about 40 years. 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