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Washington metropolitan area

March 19, 2023

This article is about the metropolitan area encompassing Washington, D.C. For other uses, see Washington metropolitan area (disambiguation).

The Washington metropolitan area, also sometimes referred to as the National Capital Region, is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C. The metropolitan area includes all of Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.

Washington Metropolitan Area
(Washington – Arlington – Alexandria)
Metropolitan area
Washington, D.C.
Arlington, Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia
Bethesda, Maryland
Tysons, Virginia
Nickname(s): 
DMV[2][3] (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia)
CountryUnited States
U.S. state/federal districtPrincipal Subdivisions
(National Capital Region):[1][failed verification]
District of Columbia [D]
Maryland [M]
Virginia [V] Outlying Subdivision:
West Virginia
Principal municipalitiesWashington, Arlington, Alexandria
Area
(2010)
 • Urban
1,407.0 sq mi (3,644.2 km2)
 • Metro
5,564.6 sq mi (14,412 km2)
Elevation
0–2,350 ft (0–716 m)
Population
 (2020)[4][5][6]
 • Metropolitan area6,385,162 (6th)
 • Density972.2/sq mi (375.4/km2)
 • Urban
4,586,770 (8th)
 • CSA (2016)
9,546,579 (4th)
 Urban pop as of 2016
Time zoneUTC-5 (ET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EST)

The Washington metropolitan area is one of the most educated and affluent metropolitan areas in the U.S.[7] The metro area anchors the southern end of the densely populated Northeast megalopolis with an estimated total population of 6,385,162 as of the 2020 U.S. Census,[8] making it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the nation[9] and the largest metropolitan area in the Census Bureau's South Atlantic division.[10]

Nomenclature

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget defines the area as the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV metropolitan statistical area, a metropolitan statistical area used for statistical purposes by the United States Census Bureau and other agencies. The region's three largest cities are the federal city of Washington, D.C., the county (and census-designated place) of Arlington, and the independent city of Alexandria. The Office of Management and Budget also includes the metropolitan statistical area as part of the larger Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area, which has a population of 9,546,579 as of the 2014 Census Estimate.[citation needed]

The Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia[1] portions of the metropolitan area is sometimes referred to as the National Capital Region, particularly by federal agencies such as the military,[11] Department of Homeland Security,[12] and some local government agencies. The National Capital Region portion of the Washington metropolitan area is also colloquially known by the abbreviation "DMV", which stands for the "District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia."[13] The region is surrounded by Interstate 495 with the locations inside of it referred to as Inside the Beltway. Washington, D.C., which is at the center of the area, is sometimes referred to as the District because of its status as a federal district, which makes it not part of any state. The Virginian portion of the region is known as Northern Virginia. The Maryland portion of the region is sometimes called the Maryland-National Capital Region by local authorities but rarely by the general public.[14][15]

Composition

 
Satellite photo of the Washington metropolitan area
 
Washington area viewed at night from the International Space Station
 
Map highlighting labor patterns of regional counties

The U.S. Census Bureau divides the Washington metropolitan statistical area into two metropolitan divisions:[16]

  • Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV Metropolitan Division, comprising the majority of the metropolitan area
  • Frederick–Gaithersburg–Rockville, MD Metropolitan Division, consisting of Montgomery and Frederick counties

Counties or county equivalents and populations

Historical populations – Washington Metropolitan Area
CensusPop.Note%±
19501,464,089—
19602,001,89736.7%
19702,861,12342.9%
19803,060,9227.0%
19903,923,57428.2%
20004,923,15325.5%
20105,636,23214.5%
20206,385,16213.3%
U.S. Decennial Census
Counties and County equivalents within the Washington metropolitan area[17]
County 2020 Census 2010 Census Change Area Density
Fairfax County, Virginia 1,150,309 1,081,726 +6.34% 391 sq mi (1,010 km2) 2,942/sq mi (1,136/km2)
Montgomery County, Maryland 1,062,061 971,777 +9.29% 491 sq mi (1,270 km2) 2,163/sq mi (835/km2)
Prince George's County, Maryland 967,201 863,420 +12.02% 483 sq mi (1,250 km2) 2,002/sq mi (773/km2)
Washington, District of Columbia 689,545 601,723 +14.60% 61.05 sq mi (158.1 km2) 11,295/sq mi (4,361/km2)
Prince William County, Virginia 482,204 402,002 +19.95% 336 sq mi (870 km2) 1,435/sq mi (554/km2)
Loudoun County, Virginia 420,959 312,311 +34.79% 516 sq mi (1,340 km2) 816/sq mi (315/km2)
Frederick County, Maryland 271,717 233,385 +16.42% 660 sq mi (1,700 km2) 412/sq mi (159/km2)
Arlington County, Virginia 238,643 207,627 +14.94% 26 sq mi (67 km2) 9,179/sq mi (3,544/km2)
Charles County, Maryland 166,617 146,551 +13.69% 458 sq mi (1,190 km2) 364/sq mi (140/km2)
City of Alexandria, Virginia 159,467 139,966 +13.93% 14.93 sq mi (38.7 km2) 10,681/sq mi (4,124/km2)
Stafford County, Virginia 156,927 128,961 +21.69% 269 sq mi (700 km2) 583/sq mi (225/km2)
Spotsylvania County, Virginia 140,032 122,397 +14.41% 401 sq mi (1,040 km2) 349/sq mi (135/km2)
Calvert County, Maryland 92,783 88,737 +4.56% 213 sq mi (550 km2) 436/sq mi (168/km2)
Fauquier County, Virginia 72,972 65,203 +11.92% 647 sq mi (1,680 km2) 113/sq mi (44/km2)
Jefferson County, West Virginia 57,701 53,498 +7.86% 210 sq mi (540 km2) 275/sq mi (106/km2)
Culpeper County, Virginia 52,552 46,689 +12.56% 379 sq mi (980 km2) 139/sq mi (54/km2)
City of Manassas, Virginia 42,772 37,821 +13.09% 9.84 sq mi (25.5 km2) 4,347/sq mi (1,678/km2)
Warren County, Virginia 40,727 37,575 +8.39% 213 sq mi (550 km2) 191/sq mi (74/km2)
City of Fredericksburg, Virginia 27,982 24,286 +15.22% 10.45 sq mi (27.1 km2) 2,678/sq mi (1,034/km2)
City of Fairfax, Virginia 24,146 22,565 +7.01% 6.24 sq mi (16.2 km2) 3,870/sq mi (1,494/km2)
City of Manassas Park, Virginia 17,219 14,273 +20.64% 3.03 sq mi (7.8 km2) 5,683/sq mi (2,194/km2)
Clarke County, Virginia 14,783 14,034 +5.34% 176 sq mi (460 km2) 84/sq mi (32/km2)
City of Falls Church, Virginia 14,658 12,332 +18.86% 2.05 sq mi (5.3 km2) 7,150/sq mi (2,761/km2)
Madison County, Virginia 13,837 13,308 +3.98% 321 sq mi (830 km2) 43/sq mi (17/km2)
Rappahannock County, Virginia 7,348 7,373 −0.34% 266 sq mi (690 km2) 28/sq mi (11/km2)
Total 6,385,162 5,649,540 +13.02% 6,563.59 sq mi (16,999.6 km2) 973/sq mi (376/km2)

Summary by state

Summary by state/district - Washington metropolitan area[17]
State/District Population (2020) % of total Area in sq mi % of total Density
District of Columbia 689,545 11% 61 1% 11,295
Maryland 2,560,379 40% 2,305 35% 1,111
Virginia 3,077,537 48% 3,987 61% 772
West Virginia 57,701 1% 210 3% 275

Regional organizations

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Founded in 1957, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) is a regional organization of 21 Washington-area local governments, as well as area members of the Maryland and Virginia state legislatures, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. MWCOG provides a forum for discussion and the development of regional responses to issues regarding the environment, transportation, public safety, homeland security, affordable housing, community planning, and economic development.[18]

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, a component of MWCOG, is the federally designated metropolitan planning organization for the metropolitan Washington area.[19]

Consortium of Universities in the Washington Metropolitan Area

Chartered in 1964, the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area is a regional organization of 17 Washington-area local universities and community colleges representing nearly 300,000 students.[20] The consortium facilitates course cross registration between all member universities, and universalizes library access across some of its member universities through the Washington Research Library Consortium. It additionally offers joint procurement programs, joint academic initiatives, and campus public safety training.[21] These colleges and universities are:

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Formed in 1967 as an interstate compact between Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, the WMATA is a tri-jurisdictional government agency with a board composed of representatives from Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the United States Federal government that operates transit services in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is a multi-jurisdictional independent airport authority, created with the consent of the United States Congress and the legislature of Virginia to oversee management, operations, and capital development of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport.[22]

Greater Washington Board of Trade

Founded in 1889, the Greater Washington Board of Trade is a network of regional businesses that work to advance the culture, economy, and resiliency of the Washington metropolitan area.[23]

Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington

The Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington (CAGW) works to increase appreciation, support, and resources for arts and culture in the Washington metropolitan area.

Principal cities

 
Downtown Washington, D.C. with the skylines of Arlington County and Tysons in the distance
 
View of Arlington with the skylines of Bailey's Crossroads, Ballston, and Courthouse in the background

The metropolitan area includes the following principal cities (not all of which are incorporated as cities; one, Arlington, actually is a county, while Bethesda, Silver Spring, and Reston are unincorporated census-designated places.)[16]

Demographics

Politics

Main article: Politics of the United States

The Washington metropolitan area has consistently leaned Democratic, only voting Republican once in Richard Nixon's landslide reelection in 1972. Since Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, Democratic candidates have easily won the area by double-digits.

Presidential election results
Year DEM GOP Others
2020 72.3% 2,320,658 25.5% 818,418 2.2% 70,283
2016 69.0% 1,860,678 25.7% 692,743 5.4% 145,269
2012 67.5% 1,813,963 30.9% 829,567 1.7% 44,708
2008 68.0% 1,603,902 31.0% 728,916 1.0% 25,288
2004 61.0% 1,258,743 38.0% 785,144 1.4% 19,735
2000 58.5% 1,023,089 37.9% 663,590 3.6% 62,437
1996 57.0% 861,881 37.0% 558,830 6.0% 89,259
1992 53.0% 859,889 34.1% 553.369 12.9% 209,651
1988 50.4% 684,453 48.6% 659,344 1.0% 14,219
1984 51.0% 653,568 48.5% 621,377 0.4% 5,656
1980 44.7% 484,590 44.6% 482,506 11.1% 115,797
1976 54.2% 590,481 44.9% 488,995 1.0% 10,654
1972 44.2% 431,257 54.8% 534,235 1.1% 10,825
1968 49.4% 414,345 39.1% 327,662 11.5% 96,701
1964 69.8% 495,490 30.2% 214,293 0.1% 462
1960 52.5% 204,614 47.3% 184,499 0.1% 593
 
The southern portion of the Capital Beltway along the Potomac River, featuring portions of Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Old Town Alexandria, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, and National Harbor, Maryland are visible.

Racial composition

The area has been a magnet for international immigration since the late 1960s. It is also a magnet for internal migration (persons moving from one region of the U.S. to another).[24][dubious – discuss]

Racial composition of the Washington metropolitan area.

2019 American Community Survey

  • Non-Hispanic White : 44.7%
  • Black or African American : 24.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino : 16.3%
  • Asian : 10.3%
  • Mixed and Other : 3.8%
Hispanic Origin Asian Origin
5.2% Salvadoran 2.9% Indian
2.3% Mexican 1.9% Chinese
1.6% Guatemalan 1.2% Korean
1.2% Puerto Rican 1.2% Vietnamese
0.9% Honduran 1.0% Filipino
0.9% Peruvian 0.5% Pakistani
0.8% Bolivian 0.2% Japanese
0.5% Colombian 0.2% Thai
0.5% Dominican 0.2% Bangladeshi
5.6% Other 1.0% Other

2010 U.S. Census

[citation needed]

2006

[25]

1980

  • White : 67.8%
  • Black : 26.0%
  • Asian : 2.5%
  • Hispanic : 2.8%
  • Mixed and Other : 0.9%

Social indicators

 
The average household income within a 5 mi (8.0 km) radius of Tysons Corner Center is $174,809.[26]

The Washington metropolitan area has ranked as the highest-educated metropolitan area in the nation for four decades.[27] As of the 2006–2008 American Community Survey, the three most educated places with 200,000 people or more in Washington–Arlington–Alexandria by bachelor's degree attainment (population 25 and over) are Arlington, Virginia (68.0%), Fairfax County, Virginia (58.8%), and Montgomery County, Maryland (56.4%).[28] Forbes magazine stated in its 2008 "America's Best- And Worst-Educated Cities" report: "The D.C. area is less than half the size of L.A., but both cities have around 100,000 Ph.D.'s."[29]

The Washington metropolitan area has held the top spot in the American College of Sports Medicine's annual American Fitness Index ranking of the United States' 50 most populous metropolitan areas for two years running. The report cites, among other things, the high average fitness level and healthy eating habits of residents, the widespread availability of health care and facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, and parks, low rates of obesity and tobacco use relative to the national average, and the high median household income as contributors to the city's community health.[30]

In the 21st century, the Washington metropolitan area has overtaken the San Francisco Bay Area as the highest-income metropolitan area in the nation.[7] The median household income of the region is US$72,800. The two highest median household income counties in the nation – Loudoun and Fairfax County, Virginia – are components of the MSA (and #3 is Howard County, officially in Baltimore's sphere but strongly connected with Washington's); measured in this way, Alexandria ranks 10th among municipalities in the region – 11th if Howard is included – and 23rd in the entire United States. 12.2% of Northern Virginia's 881,136 households, 8.5% of suburban Maryland's 799,300 households, and 8.2% of Washington's 249,805 households have an annual income in excess of $200,000, compared to 3.7% nationally.[31]

According to a report by the American Human Development Project, women in the Washington metropolitan area are ranked as having the highest income and educational attainment among the 25 most populous metropolitan areas in the nation, while Asian American women in the region had the highest life expectancy, at 92.3 years.[32]

Economy

 
Rosslyn is home to the tallest high-rises in the region, partly due to the District's height restrictions. As a result, many of the region's tallest buildings are located outside of Washington, D.C.[33][34]

The Washington metropolitan area has the largest science and engineering work force of any metropolitan area in the nation in 2006 according to the Greater Washington Initiative at 324,530, ahead of the combined San Francisco Bay Area work force of 214,500, and Chicago metropolitan area at 203,090, citing data from U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Claritas Inc., and other sources.[7]

The Washington metropolitan area was ranked as the second best High-Tech Center in a statistical analysis of the top 100 Metropolitan areas in the United States by American City Business Journals in May 2009, behind the Silicon Valley and ahead of the Boston metropolitan area.[35] Fueling the metropolitan area's ranking was the reported 241,264 tech jobs in the region, a total eclipsed only by New York, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as the highest master's or doctoral degree attainment among the 100 ranked metropolitan areas.[35] A Dice.com report showed that the Washington–Baltimore area had the second-highest number of tech jobs listed: 8,289, after the New York metro area with 9,195 jobs.[36] In 2020, the total gross domestic product for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA) was $561,027,941,000.[37]

Real estate and housing market

Changes in house prices for the Washington metropolitan area are publicly tracked on a regular basis using the Case–Shiller index; the statistic is published by Standard & Poor's and is also a component of S&P's 10-city composite index of the value of the U.S. residential real estate market.

McLean ZIP code 22102 had the highest median home prices among ZIP codes within the Washington metropolitan area as of 2013.[38]

Net worth, wealth disparities, and business ownership

 
Vietnamese restaurants and shops at the Eden Center in Falls Church, Virginia

The economy of the Washington metropolitan region is characterized by significant wealth disparities, which were heightened by the Great Recession and the 2007–09 housing crisis, which adversely affected black and Hispanic households more than other households.[39][40]

A 2016 Urban Institute report found that the median net worth (i.e., assets minus debt) for white households in the D.C. region was $284,000, while the median net worth for Hispanic/Latino households was $13,000, and for African American households as $3,500.[39][40] Asian Americans had the highest median net worth in the Washington area ($220,000 for Chinese American households, $430,000 for Vietnamese American households, $496,000 for Korean American households, and $573,000 for Indian American households).[39][40]

Although the median net worth for white D.C.-area households was 81 times that of black D.C.-area households, the two groups had comparable rates of business ownership (about 9%). The Urban Institute report suggests that this "may be driven by the presence of a large federal government and a local district government whose membership and constituents have been largely Black, coupled with government policies designed to increase contracting opportunities for minority-owned businesses."[39][40]

Primary industries

See also: List of federal installations in Maryland and List of federal agencies in Northern Virginia

Biotechnology

The Washington metropolitan area has a significant biotechnology industry; companies with a major presence in the region as of 2011 include Merck, Pfizer, Human Genome Sciences, Martek Biosciences, and Qiagen.[41] Additionally, many biotechnology companies such as United Therapeutics, Novavax, Emergent BioSolutions, Parabon NanoLabs and MedImmune have headquarters in the region. The area is also home to branch offices of many contract research organizations. Firms with a presence in the area include Covance, IQVIA, Charles River Laboratories, and ICON plc. The area's medical research is driven by government and non-profit health institutions, such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, J. Craig Venter Institute, and the National Institutes of Health.

Consumer goods

Local consumer goods companies include Nestle USA and Mars, Incorporated.

Defense contracting

 
Many defense contractors are headquartered in the Washington area near the Pentagon in Arlington.

Many defense contractors are based in the region to be close to the Pentagon in Arlington. Local defense contractors include Lockheed Martin, the largest, as well as General Dynamics, BAE Systems Inc., Northrop Grumman,[42] Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), CACI, ManTech International, DynCorp, and Leidos.

Hospitality

The Washington metropolitan area contains the headquarters of numerous companies in the hospitality and hotel industries. Major companies with headquarters in the region include Marriott International, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Hilton Worldwide, Park Hotels and Resorts, Choice Hotels, Host Hotels and Resorts, and HMSHost.

Mass media

 
One Franklin Square is where The Washington Post is headquartered.

The media industry is a significant portion of metropolitan Washington's economy. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Washington DC region has the second largest concentration of journalists and media personnel in the United States after the New York metropolitan area.[43] Washington's industry presence includes major publications with national audiences such as The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, and USA Today, as well as new media publishers such as Vox Media, RealClearPolitics, Axios, and Politico. A secondary portion of this market is made up of periodicals such as National Affairs, those by The Slate Group, Foreign Policy, National Geographic, The American Prospect, and those by Atlantic Media, including The Atlantic. There are also many smaller regional publications present, such as The Washington Diplomat, The Hill, Hill Rag, Roll Call, Washington City Paper and the Washington Examiner.

Telecommunications

Anchored by the Dulles Technology Corridor, the telecommunications and tech industry in DC spans a diverse range of players across internet infrastructure, broadcasting, satellite communications, and datacenters. Firms headquartered in the area include Cogent Communications, GTT Communications, Hughes Network Systems, iCore Networks, Iridium Communications, Intelsat, Ligado Networks, NII Holdings, Oceus Networks, OneWeb, Tegna Inc., Transaction Network Services, Verisign, WorldCell, and XO Communications.

Tourism

 
Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County is a major tourist attraction.

Tourism is a significant industry in the Washington metropolitan region. In 2015, more than 74,000 tourism-sector jobs existed in the District of Columbia, a record-setting 19.3 million domestic tourists visited the city, and domestic and international tourists combined spent $7.1 billion.[44][45] The convention industry is also significant; in 2016, D.C. hosted fifteen "city-wide conventions" with an estimated total economic impact of $277.9 million.[44]

Tourism is also significant outside the District of Columbia; in 2015, a record-setting $3.06 billion in tourism spending was reported in Arlington, Virginia, and $2.9 billion in Fairfax County, Virginia.[46] A 2016 National Park Service report estimated that there were 56 million visitors to national parks in the National Capital Region, sustaining 16,917 and generating close to $1.6 billion in economy impact.[47]

Largest companies

See also: List of companies headquartered in Northern Virginia
 
Capital One Tower in Tysons, the tallest building in the region and centerpiece of the 5,000,000 sq ft (464,500 m2) headquarters campus for Capital One[48]
 
The global headquarters of Marriott International in Bethesda, Maryland
Largest public companies (Fortune 500 2020)[49]
Company Industry Headquarters National rank
AES Corporation Energy Arlington, Virginia 310
Beacon Building Products Roofing Herndon, Virginia 434
Booz Allen Hamilton Consulting McLean, Virginia 450
Capital One Finance McLean, Virginia 97
Danaher Corporation Medical Products Washington, D.C. 161
Discovery Communications Mass media Silver Spring, Maryland 287
DXC Technology Information technology Tysons, Virginia 155
Fannie Mae Finance Washington, D.C. 24
Freddie Mac Finance McLean, Virginia 41
General Dynamics Defense Reston, Virginia 83
Hilton Hotels Corporation Hospitality McLean, Virginia 338
Leidos Defense Reston, Virginia 289
Lockheed Martin Defense Bethesda, Maryland 57
Marriott International Hospitality Bethesda, Maryland 157
Northrop Grumman Defense Falls Church, Virginia 96
NVR, Inc. Construction Reston, Virginia 417
SAIC Information technology Reston, Virginia 466

History

 
NGA headquarters in Fort Belvoir

The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure resulted in a significant shuffling of military, civilian, and defense contractor employees in the Washington metropolitan area. The largest individual site impacts of the time are as follows:[51]

BRAC 2005 was the largest infrastructure expansion by the Army Corps of Engineers since World War II, resulting in the Mark Center, tallest building they have ever constructed, as well as National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Campus East, which at 2.4 million square feet is the largest building the Corps have constructed since the Pentagon.[52]

Transportation

Main article: Transportation in Washington, D.C.

'WMATA'-indicated systems are run by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and always accept Washington Metro fare cards, others may or may not.

Commercial service airports

Rail transit systems

Bus transit systems

Major roads

Interstates

U.S. Highways

Bicycle sharing

Culture

Sports teams

Further information: Sports in Washington, D.C.

Listing of the professional sports teams in the Washington metropolitan area:

Club Sport League Founded Venue
Washington Capitals Hockey NHL 1974 Capital One Arena
Washington Nationals Baseball MLB 2005[a] Nationals Park
Washington Wizards Basketball NBA 1973[a] Capital One Arena
Washington Commanders Football NFL 1937[a] FedExField
D.C. United Soccer MLS 1996 Audi Field
Washington Mystics Basketball WNBA 1998 St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena
DC Defenders Football XFL 2018 Audi Field
Washington Spirit Soccer NWSL 2011[b] Maryland SoccerPlex (primary)
Audi Field (secondary)
Segra Field (secondary)
Capital City Go-Go Basketball NBA G League 2018 St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena
Old Glory DC Rugby MLR 2018 Segra Field
Loudoun United FC Soccer USL Championship 2018 Segra Field
DC Hawks Cricket MiLC 2020 Veterans Memorial Park, Woodbridge, VA
Washington Justice esports Overwatch League 2019 Entertainment and Sports Arena
  1. ^ a b c Year team moved to Washington area
  2. ^ Founded as D.C. United Women; rebranded as Washington Spirit in 2012 and started NWSL play in 2013.

Media

Main article: Media in Washington, D.C.
 
The former headquarters of PBS in Crystal City, Virginia

The Washington metropolitan area is home to DCTV, USA Today, C-SPAN, PBS, NPR, Politico, BET, TV One and Discovery Communications. The two main newspapers are The Washington Post and The Washington Times. Local television channels include WRC-TV 4 (NBC), WTTG 5 (FOX), WJLA 7 (ABC), WUSA 9 (CBS), WDCA 20 (MyNetworkTV), WETA-TV 26 (PBS), WDCW 50 (CW), and WPXW 66 (Ion). WJLA 24/7 News is a local news provider available only to cable subscribers. Radio stations serving the area include: WETA-FM, WIHT, WSBN, and WTOP.

Area codes

Main article: Area code
  • 202 & 771 (Starting November 2021)[53] – Washington, D.C.
  • 571/703 – Northern Virginia including the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church as well as Arlington, Fairfax, Stafford, Prince William, and Loudoun counties (571 created March 1, 2000; 703 in October 1947).
  • 240/301 – portions of Maryland in the Washington metropolitan area, southern Maryland, and western Maryland
  • 540 – Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania/Warrenton
  • 304/681 – Jefferson County, West Virginia

See also

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This article is about the metropolitan area encompassing Washington D C For other uses see Washington metropolitan area disambiguation The Washington metropolitan area also sometimes referred to as the National Capital Region is the metropolitan area centered on Washington D C The metropolitan area includes all of Washington D C and parts of Maryland Virginia and West Virginia It is part of the larger Washington Baltimore combined statistical area Washington Metropolitan Area Washington Arlington Alexandria Metropolitan areaWashington D C Arlington VirginiaAlexandria VirginiaBethesda MarylandTysons VirginiaNickname s DMV 2 3 District of Columbia Maryland Virginia CalvertCharlesFrederickHowardMontgomeryPrince George sAlexandriaArlingtonClarkeFairfaxFairfax CountyFalls ChurchFauquierLoudounManassasManassas ParkPrince WilliamSpotsylvaniaStaffordFredericksburgWarrenWashingtonJeffersonCountryUnited StatesU S state federal districtPrincipal Subdivisions National Capital Region 1 failed verification District of Columbia D Maryland M Virginia V Outlying Subdivision West VirginiaPrincipal municipalitiesWashington Arlington AlexandriaArea 2010 Urban1 407 0 sq mi 3 644 2 km2 Metro5 564 6 sq mi 14 412 km2 Elevation0 2 350 ft 0 716 m Population 2020 4 5 6 Metropolitan area6 385 162 6th Density972 2 sq mi 375 4 km2 Urban4 586 770 8th CSA 2016 9 546 579 4th Urban pop as of 2016Time zoneUTC 5 ET Summer DST UTC 4 EST The Washington metropolitan area is one of the most educated and affluent metropolitan areas in the U S 7 The metro area anchors the southern end of the densely populated Northeast megalopolis with an estimated total population of 6 385 162 as of the 2020 U S Census update 8 making it the sixth largest metropolitan area in the nation 9 and the largest metropolitan area in the Census Bureau s South Atlantic division 10 Contents 1 Nomenclature 2 Composition 3 Counties or county equivalents and populations 3 1 Summary by state 4 Regional organizations 4 1 Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments 4 2 Consortium of Universities in the Washington Metropolitan Area 4 3 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 4 4 Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority 4 5 Greater Washington Board of Trade 4 6 Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington 5 Principal cities 6 Demographics 6 1 Politics 6 2 Racial composition 6 2 1 2019 American Community Survey 6 2 2 2010 U S Census 6 2 3 2006 6 2 4 1980 6 3 Social indicators 7 Economy 7 1 Real estate and housing market 7 2 Net worth wealth disparities and business ownership 7 3 Primary industries 7 3 1 Biotechnology 7 3 2 Consumer goods 7 3 3 Defense contracting 7 3 4 Hospitality 7 3 5 Mass media 7 3 6 Telecommunications 7 3 7 Tourism 7 4 Largest companies 7 5 History 8 Transportation 8 1 Commercial service airports 8 2 Rail transit systems 8 3 Bus transit systems 8 4 Major roads 8 4 1 Interstates 8 4 2 U S Highways 8 5 Bicycle sharing 9 Culture 9 1 Sports teams 9 2 Media 10 Area codes 11 See also 12 References 13 External linksNomenclature EditThe U S Office of Management and Budget defines the area as the Washington Arlington Alexandria DC VA MD WV metropolitan statistical area a metropolitan statistical area used for statistical purposes by the United States Census Bureau and other agencies The region s three largest cities are the federal city of Washington D C the county and census designated place of Arlington and the independent city of Alexandria The Office of Management and Budget also includes the metropolitan statistical area as part of the larger Baltimore Washington metropolitan area which has a population of 9 546 579 as of the 2014 Census Estimate citation needed The Washington D C Maryland and Virginia 1 portions of the metropolitan area is sometimes referred to as the National Capital Region particularly by federal agencies such as the military 11 Department of Homeland Security 12 and some local government agencies The National Capital Region portion of the Washington metropolitan area is also colloquially known by the abbreviation DMV which stands for the District of Columbia Maryland Virginia 13 The region is surrounded by Interstate 495 with the locations inside of it referred to as Inside the Beltway Washington D C which is at the center of the area is sometimes referred to as the District because of its status as a federal district which makes it not part of any state The Virginian portion of the region is known as Northern Virginia The Maryland portion of the region is sometimes called the Maryland National Capital Region by local authorities but rarely by the general public 14 15 Composition Edit Satellite photo of the Washington metropolitan area Washington area viewed at night from the International Space Station Map highlighting labor patterns of regional counties The U S Census Bureau divides the Washington metropolitan statistical area into two metropolitan divisions 16 Washington Arlington Alexandria DC VA MD WV Metropolitan Division comprising the majority of the metropolitan area Frederick Gaithersburg Rockville MD Metropolitan Division consisting of Montgomery and Frederick countiesCounties or county equivalents and populations EditHistorical populations Washington Metropolitan Area CensusPop Note 19501 464 089 19602 001 89736 7 19702 861 12342 9 19803 060 9227 0 19903 923 57428 2 20004 923 15325 5 20105 636 23214 5 20206 385 16213 3 U S Decennial CensusCounties and County equivalents within the Washington metropolitan area 17 County 2020 Census 2010 Census Change Area DensityFairfax County Virginia 1 150 309 1 081 726 6 34 391 sq mi 1 010 km2 2 942 sq mi 1 136 km2 Montgomery County Maryland 1 062 061 971 777 9 29 491 sq mi 1 270 km2 2 163 sq mi 835 km2 Prince George s County Maryland 967 201 863 420 12 02 483 sq mi 1 250 km2 2 002 sq mi 773 km2 Washington District of Columbia 689 545 601 723 14 60 61 05 sq mi 158 1 km2 11 295 sq mi 4 361 km2 Prince William County Virginia 482 204 402 002 19 95 336 sq mi 870 km2 1 435 sq mi 554 km2 Loudoun County Virginia 420 959 312 311 34 79 516 sq mi 1 340 km2 816 sq mi 315 km2 Frederick County Maryland 271 717 233 385 16 42 660 sq mi 1 700 km2 412 sq mi 159 km2 Arlington County Virginia 238 643 207 627 14 94 26 sq mi 67 km2 9 179 sq mi 3 544 km2 Charles County Maryland 166 617 146 551 13 69 458 sq mi 1 190 km2 364 sq mi 140 km2 City of Alexandria Virginia 159 467 139 966 13 93 14 93 sq mi 38 7 km2 10 681 sq mi 4 124 km2 Stafford County Virginia 156 927 128 961 21 69 269 sq mi 700 km2 583 sq mi 225 km2 Spotsylvania County Virginia 140 032 122 397 14 41 401 sq mi 1 040 km2 349 sq mi 135 km2 Calvert County Maryland 92 783 88 737 4 56 213 sq mi 550 km2 436 sq mi 168 km2 Fauquier County Virginia 72 972 65 203 11 92 647 sq mi 1 680 km2 113 sq mi 44 km2 Jefferson County West Virginia 57 701 53 498 7 86 210 sq mi 540 km2 275 sq mi 106 km2 Culpeper County Virginia 52 552 46 689 12 56 379 sq mi 980 km2 139 sq mi 54 km2 City of Manassas Virginia 42 772 37 821 13 09 9 84 sq mi 25 5 km2 4 347 sq mi 1 678 km2 Warren County Virginia 40 727 37 575 8 39 213 sq mi 550 km2 191 sq mi 74 km2 City of Fredericksburg Virginia 27 982 24 286 15 22 10 45 sq mi 27 1 km2 2 678 sq mi 1 034 km2 City of Fairfax Virginia 24 146 22 565 7 01 6 24 sq mi 16 2 km2 3 870 sq mi 1 494 km2 City of Manassas Park Virginia 17 219 14 273 20 64 3 03 sq mi 7 8 km2 5 683 sq mi 2 194 km2 Clarke County Virginia 14 783 14 034 5 34 176 sq mi 460 km2 84 sq mi 32 km2 City of Falls Church Virginia 14 658 12 332 18 86 2 05 sq mi 5 3 km2 7 150 sq mi 2 761 km2 Madison County Virginia 13 837 13 308 3 98 321 sq mi 830 km2 43 sq mi 17 km2 Rappahannock County Virginia 7 348 7 373 0 34 266 sq mi 690 km2 28 sq mi 11 km2 Total 6 385 162 5 649 540 13 02 6 563 59 sq mi 16 999 6 km2 973 sq mi 376 km2 Summary by state Edit Summary by state district Washington metropolitan area 17 State District Population 2020 of total Area in sq mi of total DensityDistrict of Columbia 689 545 11 61 1 11 295Maryland 2 560 379 40 2 305 35 1 111Virginia 3 077 537 48 3 987 61 772West Virginia 57 701 1 210 3 275Regional organizations EditMetropolitan Washington Council of Governments Edit Founded in 1957 the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments MWCOG is a regional organization of 21 Washington area local governments as well as area members of the Maryland and Virginia state legislatures the U S Senate and the U S House of Representatives MWCOG provides a forum for discussion and the development of regional responses to issues regarding the environment transportation public safety homeland security affordable housing community planning and economic development 18 The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board a component of MWCOG is the federally designated metropolitan planning organization for the metropolitan Washington area 19 Consortium of Universities in the Washington Metropolitan Area Edit Chartered in 1964 the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area is a regional organization of 17 Washington area local universities and community colleges representing nearly 300 000 students 20 The consortium facilitates course cross registration between all member universities and universalizes library access across some of its member universities through the Washington Research Library Consortium It additionally offers joint procurement programs joint academic initiatives and campus public safety training 21 These colleges and universities are American University The Catholic University of America Gallaudet University Georgetown University George Mason University George Washington University Howard University Marymount University National Defense University National Intelligence University Trinity Washington University University of the District of Columbia University of Maryland College Park Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Edit Formed in 1967 as an interstate compact between Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia the WMATA is a tri jurisdictional government agency with a board composed of representatives from Maryland Virginia the District of Columbia and the United States Federal government that operates transit services in the Washington Metropolitan Area Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Edit The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority MWAA is a multi jurisdictional independent airport authority created with the consent of the United States Congress and the legislature of Virginia to oversee management operations and capital development of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport 22 Greater Washington Board of Trade Edit Founded in 1889 the Greater Washington Board of Trade is a network of regional businesses that work to advance the culture economy and resiliency of the Washington metropolitan area 23 Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington Edit The Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington CAGW works to increase appreciation support and resources for arts and culture in the Washington metropolitan area Principal cities Edit Downtown Washington D C with the skylines of Arlington County and Tysons in the distance View of Arlington with the skylines of Bailey s Crossroads Ballston and Courthouse in the background The metropolitan area includes the following principal cities not all of which are incorporated as cities one Arlington actually is a county while Bethesda Silver Spring and Reston are unincorporated census designated places 16 Washington D C Arlington Virginia Alexandria Virginia Frederick Maryland Gaithersburg Maryland Rockville Maryland Bethesda Maryland Silver Spring Maryland Reston VirginiaDemographics EditPolitics Edit Main article Politics of the United States The Washington metropolitan area has consistently leaned Democratic only voting Republican once in Richard Nixon s landslide reelection in 1972 Since Bill Clinton was elected in 1992 Democratic candidates have easily won the area by double digits Presidential election results Year DEM GOP Others2020 72 3 2 320 658 25 5 818 418 2 2 70 2832016 69 0 1 860 678 25 7 692 743 5 4 145 2692012 67 5 1 813 963 30 9 829 567 1 7 44 7082008 68 0 1 603 902 31 0 728 916 1 0 25 2882004 61 0 1 258 743 38 0 785 144 1 4 19 7352000 58 5 1 023 089 37 9 663 590 3 6 62 4371996 57 0 861 881 37 0 558 830 6 0 89 2591992 53 0 859 889 34 1 553 369 12 9 209 6511988 50 4 684 453 48 6 659 344 1 0 14 2191984 51 0 653 568 48 5 621 377 0 4 5 6561980 44 7 484 590 44 6 482 506 11 1 115 7971976 54 2 590 481 44 9 488 995 1 0 10 6541972 44 2 431 257 54 8 534 235 1 1 10 8251968 49 4 414 345 39 1 327 662 11 5 96 7011964 69 8 495 490 30 2 214 293 0 1 4621960 52 5 204 614 47 3 184 499 0 1 593 The southern portion of the Capital Beltway along the Potomac River featuring portions of Washington D C Maryland and Virginia Old Town Alexandria Joint Base Anacostia Bolling and National Harbor Maryland are visible Racial composition Edit The area has been a magnet for international immigration since the late 1960s It is also a magnet for internal migration persons moving from one region of the U S to another 24 dubious discuss Racial composition of the Washington metropolitan area 2019 American Community Survey Edit Non Hispanic White 44 7 Black or African American 24 9 Hispanic or Latino 16 3 Asian 10 3 Mixed and Other 3 8 Hispanic Origin Asian Origin5 2 Salvadoran 2 9 Indian2 3 Mexican 1 9 Chinese1 6 Guatemalan 1 2 Korean1 2 Puerto Rican 1 2 Vietnamese0 9 Honduran 1 0 Filipino0 9 Peruvian 0 5 Pakistani0 8 Bolivian 0 2 Japanese0 5 Colombian 0 2 Thai0 5 Dominican 0 2 Bangladeshi5 6 Other 1 0 Other2010 U S Census Edit citation needed White 54 8 Black 25 8 Asian 9 3 Hispanic 13 8 Mixed and Other 3 7 2006 Edit 25 White 51 7 Black 26 3 Asian 8 4 Hispanic 11 6 Mixed and Other 2 0 1980 Edit White 67 8 Black 26 0 Asian 2 5 Hispanic 2 8 Mixed and Other 0 9 Social indicators Edit The average household income within a 5 mi 8 0 km radius of Tysons Corner Center is 174 809 26 The Washington metropolitan area has ranked as the highest educated metropolitan area in the nation for four decades 27 As of the 2006 2008 American Community Survey the three most educated places with 200 000 people or more in Washington Arlington Alexandria by bachelor s degree attainment population 25 and over are Arlington Virginia 68 0 Fairfax County Virginia 58 8 and Montgomery County Maryland 56 4 28 Forbes magazine stated in its 2008 America s Best And Worst Educated Cities report The D C area is less than half the size of L A but both cities have around 100 000 Ph D s 29 The Washington metropolitan area has held the top spot in the American College of Sports Medicine s annual American Fitness Index ranking of the United States 50 most populous metropolitan areas for two years running The report cites among other things the high average fitness level and healthy eating habits of residents the widespread availability of health care and facilities such as swimming pools tennis courts and parks low rates of obesity and tobacco use relative to the national average and the high median household income as contributors to the city s community health 30 In the 21st century the Washington metropolitan area has overtaken the San Francisco Bay Area as the highest income metropolitan area in the nation 7 The median household income of the region is US 72 800 The two highest median household income counties in the nation Loudoun and Fairfax County Virginia are components of the MSA and 3 is Howard County officially in Baltimore s sphere but strongly connected with Washington s measured in this way Alexandria ranks 10th among municipalities in the region 11th if Howard is included and 23rd in the entire United States 12 2 of Northern Virginia s 881 136 households 8 5 of suburban Maryland s 799 300 households and 8 2 of Washington s 249 805 households have an annual income in excess of 200 000 compared to 3 7 nationally 31 According to a report by the American Human Development Project women in the Washington metropolitan area are ranked as having the highest income and educational attainment among the 25 most populous metropolitan areas in the nation while Asian American women in the region had the highest life expectancy at 92 3 years 32 Economy Edit Rosslyn is home to the tallest high rises in the region partly due to the District s height restrictions As a result many of the region s tallest buildings are located outside of Washington D C 33 34 The Washington metropolitan area has the largest science and engineering work force of any metropolitan area in the nation in 2006 according to the Greater Washington Initiative at 324 530 ahead of the combined San Francisco Bay Area work force of 214 500 and Chicago metropolitan area at 203 090 citing data from U S Census Bureau the Bureau of Labor Statistics Claritas Inc and other sources 7 The Washington metropolitan area was ranked as the second best High Tech Center in a statistical analysis of the top 100 Metropolitan areas in the United States by American City Business Journals in May 2009 behind the Silicon Valley and ahead of the Boston metropolitan area 35 Fueling the metropolitan area s ranking was the reported 241 264 tech jobs in the region a total eclipsed only by New York Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area as well as the highest master s or doctoral degree attainment among the 100 ranked metropolitan areas 35 A Dice com report showed that the Washington Baltimore area had the second highest number of tech jobs listed 8 289 after the New York metro area with 9 195 jobs 36 In 2020 the total gross domestic product for the Washington Arlington Alexandria DC VA MD WV MSA was 561 027 941 000 37 Real estate and housing market Edit Changes in house prices for the Washington metropolitan area are publicly tracked on a regular basis using the Case Shiller index the statistic is published by Standard amp Poor s and is also a component of S amp P s 10 city composite index of the value of the U S residential real estate market McLean ZIP code 22102 had the highest median home prices among ZIP codes within the Washington metropolitan area as of 2013 38 Net worth wealth disparities and business ownership Edit Vietnamese restaurants and shops at the Eden Center in Falls Church Virginia The economy of the Washington metropolitan region is characterized by significant wealth disparities which were heightened by the Great Recession and the 2007 09 housing crisis which adversely affected black and Hispanic households more than other households 39 40 A 2016 Urban Institute report found that the median net worth i e assets minus debt for white households in the D C region was 284 000 while the median net worth for Hispanic Latino households was 13 000 and for African American households as 3 500 39 40 Asian Americans had the highest median net worth in the Washington area 220 000 for Chinese American households 430 000 for Vietnamese American households 496 000 for Korean American households and 573 000 for Indian American households 39 40 Although the median net worth for white D C area households was 81 times that of black D C area households the two groups had comparable rates of business ownership about 9 The Urban Institute report suggests that this may be driven by the presence of a large federal government and a local district government whose membership and constituents have been largely Black coupled with government policies designed to increase contracting opportunities for minority owned businesses 39 40 Primary industries Edit See also List of federal installations in Maryland and List of federal agencies in Northern Virginia National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda Biotechnology Edit The Washington metropolitan area has a significant biotechnology industry companies with a major presence in the region as of 2011 include Merck Pfizer Human Genome Sciences Martek Biosciences and Qiagen 41 Additionally many biotechnology companies such as United Therapeutics Novavax Emergent BioSolutions Parabon NanoLabs and MedImmune have headquarters in the region The area is also home to branch offices of many contract research organizations Firms with a presence in the area include Covance IQVIA Charles River Laboratories and ICON plc The area s medical research is driven by government and non profit health institutions such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute J Craig Venter Institute and the National Institutes of Health Consumer goods Edit Local consumer goods companies include Nestle USA and Mars Incorporated Defense contracting Edit Many defense contractors are headquartered in the Washington area near the Pentagon in Arlington Many defense contractors are based in the region to be close to the Pentagon in Arlington Local defense contractors include Lockheed Martin the largest as well as General Dynamics BAE Systems Inc Northrop Grumman 42 Computer Sciences Corporation CSC Science Applications International Corporation SAIC CACI ManTech International DynCorp and Leidos Hospitality Edit The Washington metropolitan area contains the headquarters of numerous companies in the hospitality and hotel industries Major companies with headquarters in the region include Marriott International The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company Hilton Worldwide Park Hotels and Resorts Choice Hotels Host Hotels and Resorts and HMSHost Mass media Edit One Franklin Square is where The Washington Post is headquartered The media industry is a significant portion of metropolitan Washington s economy According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the Washington DC region has the second largest concentration of journalists and media personnel in the United States after the New York metropolitan area 43 Washington s industry presence includes major publications with national audiences such as The Washington Post U S News amp World Report and USA Today as well as new media publishers such as Vox Media RealClearPolitics Axios and Politico A secondary portion of this market is made up of periodicals such as National Affairs those by The Slate Group Foreign Policy National Geographic The American Prospect and those by Atlantic Media including The Atlantic There are also many smaller regional publications present such as The Washington Diplomat The Hill Hill Rag Roll Call Washington City Paper and the Washington Examiner Telecommunications Edit Anchored by the Dulles Technology Corridor the telecommunications and tech industry in DC spans a diverse range of players across internet infrastructure broadcasting satellite communications and datacenters Firms headquartered in the area include Cogent Communications GTT Communications Hughes Network Systems iCore Networks Iridium Communications Intelsat Ligado Networks NII Holdings Oceus Networks OneWeb Tegna Inc Transaction Network Services Verisign WorldCell and XO Communications Tourism Edit Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County is a major tourist attraction Tourism is a significant industry in the Washington metropolitan region In 2015 more than 74 000 tourism sector jobs existed in the District of Columbia a record setting 19 3 million domestic tourists visited the city and domestic and international tourists combined spent 7 1 billion 44 45 The convention industry is also significant in 2016 D C hosted fifteen city wide conventions with an estimated total economic impact of 277 9 million 44 Tourism is also significant outside the District of Columbia in 2015 a record setting 3 06 billion in tourism spending was reported in Arlington Virginia and 2 9 billion in Fairfax County Virginia 46 A 2016 National Park Service report estimated that there were 56 million visitors to national parks in the National Capital Region sustaining 16 917 and generating close to 1 6 billion in economy impact 47 Largest companies Edit See also List of companies headquartered in Northern Virginia Capital One Tower in Tysons the tallest building in the region and centerpiece of the 5 000 000 sq ft 464 500 m2 headquarters campus for Capital One 48 The global headquarters of Marriott International in Bethesda Maryland Largest public companies Fortune 500 2020 49 Company Industry Headquarters National rankAES Corporation Energy Arlington Virginia 310Beacon Building Products Roofing Herndon Virginia 434Booz Allen Hamilton Consulting McLean Virginia 450Capital One Finance McLean Virginia 97Danaher Corporation Medical Products Washington D C 161Discovery Communications Mass media Silver Spring Maryland 287DXC Technology Information technology Tysons Virginia 155Fannie Mae Finance Washington D C 24Freddie Mac Finance McLean Virginia 41General Dynamics Defense Reston Virginia 83Hilton Hotels Corporation Hospitality McLean Virginia 338Leidos Defense Reston Virginia 289Lockheed Martin Defense Bethesda Maryland 57Marriott International Hospitality Bethesda Maryland 157Northrop Grumman Defense Falls Church Virginia 96NVR Inc Construction Reston Virginia 417SAIC Information technology Reston Virginia 466Largest private companies Forbes America s Largest Private Companies 2016 50 Company Industry Headquarters National rankBrightView Landscaping Rockville Maryland 220Carahsoft Defense Reston Virginia 161Clark Construction Construction Bethesda Maryland 102Mars Incorporated Food processing McLean Virginia 7History Edit NGA headquarters in Fort Belvoir This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it January 2013 The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure resulted in a significant shuffling of military civilian and defense contractor employees in the Washington metropolitan area The largest individual site impacts of the time are as follows 51 Fort Belvoir gained 11 858 employees primarily as a result of the relocation of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency NGA into a massive new headquarters within the fort Fort Meade gained 5 361 employees primarily as a result of the expansion of the National Security Agency Walter Reed Army Medical Center lost 5 630 employees as part of its realignment It was later closed and consolidated into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center BRAC 2005 was the largest infrastructure expansion by the Army Corps of Engineers since World War II resulting in the Mark Center tallest building they have ever constructed as well as National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Campus East which at 2 4 million square feet is the largest building the Corps have constructed since the Pentagon 52 Transportation EditMain article Transportation in Washington D C Dulles International Airport in Dulles Virginia Metro Center station on the Washington Metro A Fairfax Connector bus at the West Falls Church Metro Station WMATA indicated systems are run by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and always accept Washington Metro fare cards others may or may not Commercial service airports Edit Washington Dulles International Airport IAD located in Dulles Virginia Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport DCA located in Arlington County Virginia the closest to Washington Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport BWI located in Linthicum Maryland outside of but serving the Washington metropolitan area Hagerstown Regional Airport HGR located in Washington County Maryland serves western Maryland the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia and portions of south central Pennsylvania and north western Virginia along the Interstate 81 corridorRail transit systems Edit Washington Metro DC MD VA rapid transit WMATA MARC Train DC MD WV commuter rail Virginia Railway Express DC VA commuter rail Amtrak US commuter rail inter city rail Bus transit systems Edit DC Circulator Washington D C DDoT WMATA Metrobus Washington metropolitan area WMATA Metroway Arlington County Virginia and Alexandria Virginia bus rapid transit WMATA Ride On Montgomery County Maryland TheBus Prince George s County Maryland ART Arlington County Virginia DASH Alexandria Virginia Fairfax Connector Fairfax County Virginia CUE Bus Fairfax Virginia Loudoun County Transit Loudoun County Virginia PRTC Prince William County Manassas and Manassas Park TransIT Frederick County Maryland VanGO Charles County Maryland Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland Howard County Anne Arundel County Prince George s County Laurel Maryland Maryland Transit Administration Washington D C Montgomery County Maryland Prince George s County Frederick County Maryland Charles County Maryland Calvert County Maryland Howard County Anne Arundel County Saint Mary s County Maryland Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority Jefferson County West Virginia Berkeley County West Virginia Virginia Regional Transit Loudoun County Virginia Culpeper County Virginia Fauquier County Virginia Warren County Virginia Fredericksburg Regional Transit Fredericksburg Spotsylvania County and Stafford CountyMajor roads Edit Interstates Edit The Capital Beltway circles Washington D C I 66 I 70 I 95 I 270 I 295 I 370 I 395 I 495 the Capital Beltway I 595 signed as US 50 I 695U S Highways Edit US 1 US 15 US 17 US 29 US 50 US 301Bicycle sharing Edit Capital Bikeshare Washington D C Arlington Virginia Alexandria Virginia Fairfax County Virginia Prince George s County Maryland and Montgomery County MarylandCulture EditSports teams Edit Further information Sports in Washington D C Listing of the professional sports teams in the Washington metropolitan area Club Sport League Founded VenueWashington Capitals Hockey NHL 1974 Capital One ArenaWashington Nationals Baseball MLB 2005 a Nationals ParkWashington Wizards Basketball NBA 1973 a Capital One ArenaWashington Commanders Football NFL 1937 a FedExFieldD C United Soccer MLS 1996 Audi FieldWashington Mystics Basketball WNBA 1998 St Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports ArenaDC Defenders Football XFL 2018 Audi FieldWashington Spirit Soccer NWSL 2011 b Maryland SoccerPlex primary Audi Field secondary Segra Field secondary Capital City Go Go Basketball NBA G League 2018 St Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports ArenaOld Glory DC Rugby MLR 2018 Segra FieldLoudoun United FC Soccer USL Championship 2018 Segra FieldDC Hawks Cricket MiLC 2020 Veterans Memorial Park Woodbridge VAWashington Justice esports Overwatch League 2019 Entertainment and Sports Arena a b c Year team moved to Washington area Founded as D C United Women rebranded as Washington Spirit in 2012 and started NWSL play in 2013 Media Edit Main article Media in Washington D C The former headquarters of PBS in Crystal City Virginia The Washington metropolitan area is home to DCTV USA Today C SPAN PBS NPR Politico BET TV One and Discovery Communications The two main newspapers are The Washington Post and The Washington Times Local television channels include WRC TV 4 NBC WTTG 5 FOX WJLA 7 ABC WUSA 9 CBS WDCA 20 MyNetworkTV WETA TV 26 PBS WDCW 50 CW and WPXW 66 Ion WJLA 24 7 News is a local news provider available only to cable subscribers Radio stations serving the area include WETA FM WIHT WSBN and WTOP Area codes EditMain article Area code 202 amp 771 Starting November 2021 53 Washington D C 571 703 Northern Virginia including the cities of Alexandria Fairfax and Falls Church as well as Arlington Fairfax Stafford Prince William and Loudoun counties 571 created March 1 2000 703 in October 1947 240 301 portions of Maryland in the Washington metropolitan area southern Maryland and western Maryland 540 Fredericksburg Spotsylvania Warrenton 304 681 Jefferson County West VirginiaSee also Edit United States portal Virginia portal Maryland portalList of people from the Washington D C metropolitan area List of U S metropolitan statistical areas in Virginia Potomac primary Northeast megalopolisReferences Edit a b National Capital Region Map Washington D C National Capital Planning Commission After initial obscurity The DMV nickname for Washington area picks up speed The Washington Post July 30 2010 Yager Jane July 30 2010 Nation s Capitol Now Known as the DMV Newser Retrieved March 11 2016 2020 Population and Housing State Data United States Census Bureau August 12 2021 Archived from the original on August 21 2021 Retrieved August 21 2021 Annual Estimates of the Resident Population April 1 2010 to July 1 2016 CSA 2016 Population Estimates United States Census Bureau Population Division March 2016 Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved March 6 2018 Census Urban Area List United States Census Bureau 2010 Retrieved March 6 2018 a b c Washington area richest most educated in US report The Washington Post June 8 2006 Retrieved November 19 2012 Bureau US Census 2020 Population and Housing State Data The United States Census Bureau Retrieved August 22 2021 Four Texas Metro Areas Collectively Add More Than 400 000 People in the Last Year Census Bureau Reports United States Census Bureau Census Bureau Regions and Divisions with State FIPS Codes PDF US Census Bureau Retrieved August 30 2018 About the National Capital Region NCR Archived from the original on May 10 2016 Retrieved April 30 2016 National Capital Region Office of National Capital Region Coordination Department of Homeland Security December 21 2005 Archived from the original on December 12 2007 Retrieved January 9 2008 Cohen Matt March 9 2017 The Answers Issue 2017 Washington City Paper Retrieved June 18 2019 MDERS Maryland Emergency Response System Retrieved August 8 2022 About Us MNCPPC MD The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission Retrieved August 8 2022 a b Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Combined Statistical Areas and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas PDF Office of Management and Budget March 6 2020 Retrieved October 22 2021 a b 2020 Census Results U S Census Bureau Retrieved August 20 2022 About Us MWCOG org Retrieved November 19 2012 Transportation TPB Mwcog org Retrieved November 19 2012 AUC Partners with Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area The American University in Cairo The American University in Cairo June 9 2019 Retrieved July 17 2020 Consortium CUWMA consortium org Retrieved June 17 2019 Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Legislative Information System Commonwealth of Virginia Retrieved August 14 2019 Clarke Craig April 28 2006 Module Introduction amp Document List Washington Board of Trade Washington D C History Matters Retrieved June 25 2019 Frey William H February 2002 Metro Magnets for Minorities and Whites Melting Pots the New Sunbelt and the Heartland PDF Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan Retrieved November 19 2012 Annual Estimates of the Resident Population by Sex Race Alone and Hispanic or Latino Origin for Counties April 1 2000 to July 1 2006 Archived from the original on June 10 2010 Retrieved January 12 2016 Macerich Tysons Corner Center Market Profile PDF Archived from the original PDF on September 3 2013 de Vise Daniel July 15 2010 Washington region ranks as the best educated in the country The Washington Post Retrieved November 19 2012 2006 2008 American Community Survey 3 Year Estimates United States Census Bureau Retrieved November 19 2012 Zumbrun Joshua November 24 2008 America s Best And Worst Educated Cities Forbes Retrieved November 19 2012 Washington DC Washington Arlington Alexandria DC VA MD WV MSA 2010 AFI Report PDF Archived from the original PDF on August 12 2011 Retrieved May 26 2010 ACS 2005 2007 United States Census Bureau Retrieved November 19 2012 Women S Well Being PDF Retrieved November 19 2012 Downey Kirstin May 6 2007 High Rises Approved That Would Dwarf D C The Washington Post Retrieved November 19 2012 List of tallest buildings in DC MD VA WV Skyscraperpage com Retrieved November 19 2012 a b The top 100 tech centers Bizjournals May 11 2009 Archived from the original on February 16 2010 Retrieved March 3 2010 Nathan Eddy March 13 2012 Tech Jobs Flourish in Silicon Valley but Other Regions Offer Opportunities Dice 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