Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on... Wikipedia

• Residence Act:  July 16, 1790
• Organized:  February 27, 1801
• Consolidated:  February 21, 1871
• Home Rule Act:  December 24, 1973
• Named for:  George Washington, Columbia
• Type:  Mayor–council
• Mayor:  Muriel Bowser (D)
• U.S. House:  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), Delegate (At-large)
• Population (2020):  689,545
• Estimate (2024):  702,250
• Rank:  64th in North America, 23rd in the United States
• Urban:  5,174,759 (US: 8th)
• Metro:  6,304,975 (US: 7th)
• Demonym(s):  Washingtonian
• Time zone:  EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST):  EDT (UTC−04:00)
• ZIP Codes:  20001–20098, 20201–20599, 56901–56999
• Area code(s):  202 and 771
• ISO 3166 code:  US-DC
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo