comparison of population over 5 decades from 1960 through 2000

Dear Flea, 

Here are official statistics for you: 

1960     DC - 763,956     Washington Metro - 1,989,377

1970     DC - 756,492     Washington Metro - 2,861,102

1980     DC - 638,333     Washington Metro - 2,409,081

1990     Dc - 606,900     Washington Metro - 3,923,574

2000     DC - 572,059     Washington Metro - 4,923,153

As you could see, as the DC population decreased, the Metro population
grew considerably, except for 1970-1980.

SOURCE: "Immigration Into Washington, D.C. Since 1950/ U.S. Census
Bureau. 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Censuses. " Population
Reference Bureau, PRB.org <
http://www.prb.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PRB/Educators/DC_Metro_Data/Immigration/immig_hndts.pdf>
- the source also analyses immigrant vs. original population.

I hope this answers your question. I searched the web using the search
terms [dc population ?name of a decade/year-] in order to find an
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Please contact me if you need any clarifications on this answer before
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Request for Answer Clarification by flea10-ga on 07 Nov 2003 05:56 PST

please confirm what areas are considered part of the DC Metro area. thank you

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Clarification of Answer by politicalguru-ga on 07 Nov 2003 06:55 PST

Dear Flea, 

Washington Metro Area is defined as "Loudoun, Prince William, Fairfax,
Arlington, Montgomery and Prince George's counties, Alexandria and
D.C." (According to Washington Business Journal,
<http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2003/07/14/newscolumn3.html>

I hope this helped.

This is the first time I have submitted a question...and I didn't
understand how to expedite the response...I think you should make that
part of the inquiry as I needed to report back to the CFO with the
info...otherwise perfect. thank you