More people are leaving D.C. than in any other area of the country. The District had the largest percentage drop in population in the nation in the last year, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.
The population in D.C. declined by 2.9%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The new data showed that 20,043 people left D.C., making the population 670,050 in 2021. There were 690,093 people living in D.C. in 2020.
These numbers include information from July 2020 through July 2021.
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