Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-30
$4,000 COUNTED
IN CAPITAL AREA
486,869 Reside Within City
and 161,735 in Surround
ing Territory.

Nearly $4,000 persons reside in the
District of Columbia and within the
metropolitan area Immediately outside
the National Capital, according to Cen
sus Bureau figures made public today.
The figures show total of 648 604 per-
sons in the area. The city of Wash
ington, with 62-square-mile land area,
has a total population of 486,869 and
q population density of 1852 per square
mile, while the surrounding territory,
with a total population of ISL, 1875 and
land area of S95.19 square miles, has
population density of $50 per square
mile.
Six hundred and one square miles
of the surrounding territory surveyed
by the Census Bureau lies in Maryland,
in Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties, while 293 square miles lies
in Alexandria, Arlington and Fairfax
Counties in Virginia The Maryland
territory has a total population of o.
$50 and density of 1928, while the
Virginia territory has population OF
70,146 and a density of 23913. The
portion in Montgomery County totals
215.95 square miles with a total popu-
lation of 36,013, while that portion in
Prince Georges County amounts to
$3.50 square miles, with a total pop
ulation Of 55,577.
24,149 in Alexandria.
The Virginia territory includes Alex
andria City, Arlington County and part
of Fairfax County. The City of Alex
andria has land area of 8 square
miles, total population of 24.149 and a
population density of 3,018.63 per square
mile. Arlington County has a land
fxf will lot ion e
26,615 and a density of 1,064.6 per
square mile. The Washington territory
in Fairfax County totals 260.34 square
miles and has population of 1882.
Here are the figures for the various
districts as to population in nearby
Maryland and Virginia: Montgomery
County, Md.-District No. 3, Rockville,
with population of 4,684: district No.
5, Colesville, 2,306: district No. Z. Be-
thesda, 1908; district No. 8. Olney,
2.492; District No. 10, Potomac, 1,135;
district No. Is, Wheaton, 1897, and
the interpretations of Brookeville, 112;
Garrett Park, 295; Glen Echo. 222:
Kensington, 948; Northwest Park, 1873;
Rockville, 1922 Somerset, 298; part
of Takoma Park, 5,437.
Figures for Prince Georges.
Prince Georges County. Maryland, |
District No. /. Evansville with 1521 res |
idents; District No. 2, Bladensburg.
4,318: District No. 3, Marlboro, 1898; |
District No. 5, Piscataway, 2,297: Dis |
trict No. 6, Spalding, 1921; District No. |
z, Queen Anne, 1872; District No. 9, |
Surratts, 1,480; District No. 10. Laurel, |
3,151: District No. IL, Oxon HILL 1909; |
District No. Is, Kent, 1916; District |
No. a. Bowie, 2,672: District No. Is, |
Mellwood. 1910: District No. 16, Hy- |
attsville, 5,198; District No. IT, Chillum. |
S,214; District No. 18, Seat Pleasant. |
1922; District No. 10, Riverdale, 1895; !
District No. 20, Lanham, ,1,I35; District |
No. Il, Berwyn, 3,148; and the incor-
porations of Berwyn Heights, 228; |
Bladensburg, BIG; Boulevard Heights, |
227; Bowie, 694; Brentwood, 1,842; |
Capitol Heights, 1911; Colrnar Manor,
1,225; Cottage City, 933: Edmonton.
TIT; Fairmont Heights, 1918; Hyatts-
vile, 4,264; Laurel, 1882; Mount Ra-
nier, 1882; North Brentwood, Gal; Pts
Getaway, so; Riverdale, 1888; River
dale Heights, 405; Upper Marlboro, 400;
part of Takoma Park, 97S
Arlington County, Virginia, includes
Arlington district, with population of |
17,845; Jefferson district, with a popu-
lation OF 3,104; and the town of Falls 4
Church, with population of 1856.
The territory in Fairfax County, Vir- /
GINA, includes Falls Church district Il
with a population of 4,173: Lee district
2,9l2; Mount Vernon district. 5O79. 4
providence district, 1918; and the II
towns OF Fairfax with a population of
so3. 40 '-oA4 u