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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2012 (EMBARGO LIFTED) District of Columbia's Household Income at $63,124 in 2011, American Community Survey Shows The median household income in Washington, D.C., was $63,124 in 2011, compared  with the national figure of $50,502, according to statistics released today from  the *2011 American Community Survey* by  the U.S. Census Bureau. In addition, 6.9 percent of people in Washington did  not have health insurance coverage, compared with 15.1 percent nationally. A  selected profile of Washington appears below, including statistics on  education, housing and the foreign-born population. "The American Community Survey provides a wide range of important  statistics about our nation's people, housing and economy for all communities  in the country - including Washington," said Thomas Mesenbourg, the Census  Bureau's acting director. "The results are used by everyone from retailers,  homebuilders and police departments, to town and city planners." The survey is the only source of local estimates for most of the 40  topics it covers, such as educational attainment, housing, employment,  commuting, language spoken at home, nativity, ancestry and selected monthly  homeowner costs down to the smallest communities. Other selected highlights for  Washington: Education In 2011, 74.6 percent of the preschool age population was enrolled       in school, compared with 47.4 percent in the nation as a whole.
  Among Washington's 25-and-older population, 87.2 percent completed       high school or more, compared with 85.9 percent in the nation as a whole.
  Meanwhile, 52.5 percent of the 25-and-older population had a       bachelor's degree or higher, compared with 28.5 percent nationally. Housing In 2011, the median value for an owner-occupied home was $422,400.       In the nation as a whole, the value was $173,600.
  In 2011, the median gross rent (rent plus utilities) was $1,216,       compared with $871 in the nation as a whole. Foreign-Born  Population About 13.5 percent of people in Washington were foreign-born, which was not significantly different from 13.0 percent in the nation as a whole. More information about Washington's social, economic and housing  characteristics, as well as information on other geographies, can be found on  the Census Bureau's *American FactFinder* website. The 2011 American  Community Survey one-year estimates are available for the nation, all 50  states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, every congressional district,  every metropolitan area, and all counties and places with populations of 65,000  or more. Estimates for areas with smaller populations will be available later  this year.
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