Back in January, I wrote this post on demographic trends in the District. The Census Bureau had just released its population estimates for 2005, which showed a drop in population in Washington of about 3,700 from 2004. I looked at Ward-level data and showed that growth in the western part of the city would likely reverse the population loss trend before long. I’m still happy with that piece, though if I had to do it…

The Census Bureau today released a report on domestic migration in the United States, or movement within and between the states, but not internationally (the District of Columbia is included). In the AP story on the report, the opening sentence reads, “Americans are leaving the nation’s big cities in search of cheaper homes and open spaces farther out.” It seems to us that the AP had this headline in mind before they ever saw the…

A study of census projections says that by 2030, the District of Columbia will see a large decrease in population. And Mayor Williams says that’s just hogwash. The U.S. Census Bureau in its report says that the District’s population will drop from 572,000 residents to just more than 433,000 in the next quarter century. The Post and the Examiner report that the statistical methodology uses pre-2001 data, data that the Post says “could have missed…