Washington, D.C., Contemporary Studies

Provides 500 data sets from a wide range of DC government agencies. More data and related information are available from the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.

Links to online maps presenting data from D.C. agencies and links to the D.C. Geographic Information System Program.

Appears every two years; includes information on D.C. demographics and services. Also available in print.

Survey, sponsored by the DC Consortium of Legal Services Providers, of low-income DC residents which details the needs and challenges they face.

Chamber and city initiatives as well as the Annual State of the Business Report.

Annual Operating Budget, Annual Financial Reports, Economy and Revenue, and other city financial information.

Main page for the Bureau of Justice Statistics at the U.S. Department of Justice. A good starting point for searching all kinds of crime data and research.

"The District of Columbia Comprehensive Assessment System, (DC CAS), assesses students on reading and math in grades 3-8 and 10, science in grades 5 and 8, biology in high school, and composition in grades 4, 7, and 10." The last year it was administered was 2013-14. DC CAS was replaced with PARCC in 2014-15.

Project studies and provides data on education, health, safety, and familty and community.

School profiles, other information about the DC schools.

Links to DC Public Schools, DC Public Charter Schools, the State Board of Education, and other offices, services, and initiatives.

Students began taking PARCC assessments for the first time in Spring 2015. Results were released in Fall 2015. Latest results: 2018-19.

Search for DC data compiled by the U.S. Dept. of Education using the Map Viewer, Snapshot Reports, or Profiles & Comparisons. Includes the Common Core Data.

By district, demographics for individual schools from the U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.

2016

Report compiled by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Latest report is 2009.

Mapping unmet food needs in the metro area. 17 June 2015

The Advisory Neighborhood Commissions present neighborhood input to branches of the DC government on issues such as traffic, parking, zoning, economic development, police protection, and the city's annual budget.

National and metropolitan data on types of housing, vacant housing units, housing costs, mortgages, rent subsidies, and information on moves, and more. The most recent survey for the District of Columbia is 2013.

Report compiled by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition studying displacement and gentrification in U.S. cities, including D.C., during 2000-2013. Released March 19, 2019.

Strategic plan, reports, planning, safety, and other information from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

System data include ridership and trip history.

Map of commuter patterns in cities nationwide including the District of Columbia. Based on the U.S. Census Bureau report, "Who Drives to Work?"