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Do not fill this in! == Demographics == {{Main|Demographics of Washington, D.C.}} {{US Census population |1800= 8144 |1810= 15471 |1820= 23336 |1830= 30261 |1840= 33745 |1850= 51687 |1860= 75080 |1870= 131700 |1880= 177624 |1890= 230392 |1900= 278718 |1910= 331069 |1920= 437571 |1930= 486869 |1940= 663091 |1950= 802178 |1960= 763956 |1970= 756510 |1980= 638333 |1990= 606900 |2000= 572059 |2010= 601723 |2020= 689545 |footnote=Source:<ref name="Census2020">{{cite web |title=2020 Census Apportionment Results |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2020/dec/2020-apportionment-data.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 26, 2021 |archive-date=April 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426210008/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2020/dec/2020-apportionment-data.html |url-status=live }}</ref> {{efn|Apportionment totals are collected by combining Resident and Overseas population. (For D.C., this is 689545 residents and 1988 overseas population.)}}<ref name="histpop" /><ref name=Census2010>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=11 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217133628/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=11 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 17, 2013 |title=Resident Population Data |year=2010 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref> Note:{{efn|Until 1890, the Census Bureau counted the City of Washington, [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]], and unincorporated portions of [[Washington County, D.C.|Washington County]] as three separate areas. The data provided in this article from before 1890 are calculated as if the District of Columbia were a single municipality as it is today. Population data for each city prior to 1890 are available.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027/twps0027.html |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |access-date=July 29, 2008 |last=Gibson |first=Campbell |date=June 1998 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-date=January 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102182532/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027/twps0027.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}<br />2010–2020<ref name="QuickFacts" /> }} {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Demographic profile !2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://planning.dc.gov/publication/2020-census-information-and-data |title=2020 Census: Information and Data |date=August 13, 2021 |access-date=October 24, 2021 |archive-date=November 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111131651/https://planning.dc.gov/publication/2020-census-information-and-data |url-status=live }}</ref>!! 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Chapter%25202.pdf |title=Demographic Characteristics of the District and Metro Area |publisher=DC Office of Planning/State Data Center |access-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329013239/https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Chapter%25202.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> !! 1990<ref name="census1">{{cite web |title=District of Columbia—Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |access-date=April 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-date=August 12, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> !! 1970<ref name="census1" /> !! 1940<ref name="census1" /> |- | [[White American|White]] |39.6%|| 38.5% || 29.6% || 27.7% || 71.5% |- | —[[Non-Hispanic whites]] |38.0%|| 34.8% || 27.4% || 26.5%{{efn|name="fifteen"|From 15% sample}} || 71.4% |- | [[African American|Black or African American]] |41.4%|| 50.7% || 65.8% || 71.1% || 28.2% |- | [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race) |11.3%|| 9.1% || 5.4% || 2.1%{{efn|name="fifteen"}} || 0.1% |- | [[Asian American|Asian]] |4.8%|| 3.5% || 1.8% || 0.6% || 0.2% |} The [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] estimates that the district's population was 705,749 as of July 2019, up more than 100,000 people since the [[2010 United States Census]]. When measured decade-over-decade, this shows growth since 2000, following a half-century of population decline.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122102609.html |title=D.C. population soars past 600,000 for first time in years |last1=Morello |first1=Carol |date=December 22, 2011 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 26, 2011 |last2=Keating |first2=Dan |archive-date=January 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128182809/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122102609.html |url-status=live }}</ref> But year-over-year, the July 2019 census count shows a decline of 16,000 people over the preceding 12 months.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 30, 2014 |title=District of Columbia Population History |url=https://matthewbgilmore.wordpress.com/district-of-columbia-population-history/ |access-date=April 30, 2021 |website=Washington DC History Resources |language=en |archive-date=April 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430194602/https://matthewbgilmore.wordpress.com/district-of-columbia-population-history/ |url-status=live}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=June 2023}} Washington was the [[List of United States cities by population|24th-most populous place]] in the United States {{As of|2010|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Population Change for Places With Populations of 50,000 or More in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2000 to 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/cph-t/cph-t-3.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 21, 2011 |date=September 27, 2011 |archive-date=December 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215000355/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/cph-t/cph-t-3.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to data from 2010, commuters from the suburbs boost the district's daytime population past one million.<ref>{{cite web |last=Austermuhle |first=Martin |title=D.C.'s Population Grows 79 Percent Every Workday, Outpacing Other Cities |url=http://wamu.org/news/13/05/31/dcs_population_grows_79_percent_every_workday_outpacing_other_cities |publisher=WAMU |access-date=June 1, 2013 |date=May 31, 2013 |archive-date=July 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703161028/http://wamu.org/news/13/05/31/dcs_population_grows_79_percent_every_workday_outpacing_other_cities |url-status=live }}</ref> If the district were a state, it would rank [[List of U.S. states and territories by population|49th in population]], ahead of [[Vermont]] and [[Wyoming]].<ref name=quickfacts>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/DC |title=QuickFacts: District of Columbia |date=July 1, 2017 |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426235924/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/dc |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Race and ethnicity 2010- Washington, DC (5559893527).png|thumb|left|Map of racial distribution in the [[Washington metropolitan area]], according to the [[2010 United States census|2010 U.S. census]]. Each dot represents 25 people: <span style="color:#ff0000">'''White'''</span>, <span style="color:#0000ff">'''Black'''</span>, <span style="color:#00ff80">'''Asian'''</span>, <span style="color:#ff8000">'''Hispanic'''</span> or '''Other''' (yellow)]] The [[Washington metropolitan area]], which includes the district and surrounding suburbs, is the [[Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas|sixth-largest]] metropolitan area in the U.S., with an estimated six million residents as of 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/PEPANNRES/310M300US47900 |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016 |access-date=March 6, 2018 |date=March 2017 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213114548/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/PEPANNRES/310M300US47900 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> When the Washington area is included with [[Baltimore]] and its suburbs, it forms the vast [[Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area]]. With a population exceeding 9.8 million residents in 2020, it is the [[List of United States combined statistical areas|third-largest]] combined statistical area in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/GCTPEPANNR.US41PR |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213004930/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/GCTPEPANNR.US41PR |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016—United States—Combined Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico |access-date=March 6, 2018 |date=March 2017 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division}}</ref> According to [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]'s 2022 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 4,410 [[Homelessness|homeless]] people in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007-2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |access-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314020239/https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |access-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311234217/https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> According to 2017 Census Bureau data, the population of Washington, D.C., was 47.1% Black or African American, 45.1% White (36.8% non-Hispanic White), 4.3% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Individuals from two or more races made up 2.7% of the population. Hispanics of any race made up 11.0% of the district's population.<ref name="quickfacts" /> [[File:Leffler - 1968 Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. riots.jpg|thumb|The city's African American population has declined since the [[1968 Washington, D.C., riots|1968 riots]].]] Washington, D.C. has had a relatively large [[List of U.S. cities with large African-American populations|African American population]] since the city's foundation.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kolchin |first=Peter |title=American Slavery: 1619–1877 |publisher=Hill and Wang |location=New York |year=1994 |page=81}}</ref> African American residents composed about 30% of the district's total population between 1800 and 1940.<ref name="histpop" /> The black population reached a peak of 70% by 1970, and has since declined as African Americans moved to the surrounding suburbs. Partly as a result of [[gentrification]], there was a 31.4% increase in the non-Hispanic white population and an 11.5% decrease in the black population between 2000 and 2010.<ref name=demshift>{{cite news |title=Number of black D.C. residents plummets as majority status slips away |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/black-dc-residents-plummet-barely-a-majority/2011/03/24/ABtIgJQB_story.html |access-date=March 25, 2011 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 24, 2011 |first1=Carol |last1=Morello |first2=Dan |last2=Keating |archive-date=May 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504041622/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/black-dc-residents-plummet-barely-a-majority/2011/03/24/ABtIgJQB_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to a study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, D.C. has experienced more "intense" gentrification than any other American city, with 40% of neighborhoods gentrified.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2019 |title='It's primarily racial': Study finds DC has the most intense gentrification in the country |url=https://wtop.com/dc/2019/04/its-primarily-racial-dc-has-the-most-intense-gentrification-in-the-country-study-found/ |access-date=June 12, 2020 |website=WTOP |language=en |archive-date=February 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217013221/https://wtop.com/dc/2019/04/its-primarily-racial-dc-has-the-most-intense-gentrification-in-the-country-study-found/ |url-status=live }}</ref> About 17% of Washington, D.C. residents were age 18 or younger as of 2010, lower than the U.S. average of 24%. However, at 34 years old, the district had the lowest median age compared to the 50 states as of 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Age and Sex Composition: 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-03.pdf |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 17, 2011 |page=7 |date=May 2011 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116205037/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-03.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2010}}, there were an estimated 81,734 [[immigrants]] living in Washington, D.C.<ref name=DCsocial>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_1YR/DP02/0400000US11 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212084753/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_1YR/DP02/0400000US11 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |title=Selected Social Characteristics in the United States |work=American Community Survey 2010 |access-date=January 21, 2012 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> Major sources of immigration include [[El Salvador]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], and [[China]], with a concentration of Salvadorans in the [[Mount Pleasant, Washington, D.C.|Mount Pleasant]] neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2001/04/washington-dc-singer |title=The World in a Zip Code: Greater Washington, D.C. as a New Region of Immigration |publisher=The Brookings Institution |last=Singer |first=Audrey |year=2001 |access-date=May 12, 2012 |display-authors=etal |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116133407/http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2001/04/washington-dc-singer |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2010, there were 4,822 same-sex couples in the city, about 2% of total households, according to [[Williams Institute]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Census2010Snapshot_DC_v2.pdf |title=District of Columbia Census Snapshot: 2010 |access-date=November 12, 2011 |last=Gates |first=Gary J. |author2=Abigail M. Cooke |date=September 2011 |publisher=The Williams Institute |archive-date=April 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407025129/http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Census2010Snapshot_DC_v2.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> Legislation [[same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia|authorizing same-sex marriage]] passed in 2009, and the district began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in March 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/03/AR2010030300654.html |title=D.C. begins licensing same-sex marriages |last=Alexander |first=Keith L. |author2=Anne E. Marimow |date=March 4, 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=March 4, 2010 |archive-date=July 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720091514/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/03/AR2010030300654.html |url-status=live }}</ref> {{multiple image|perrow = 2|total_width=400 | header= Notable religious buildings in Washington, D.C. | image1 = Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington.jpg | image2 = Islamic Center, Washington, D.C LCCN2011630761.tif | image3 = 6th&ISynagogue.jpg | image4 = St. John's Episcopal Church Lafayette Square.jpg | footer = Left to right from the top: The [[Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception]]; the [[Islamic Center of Washington]]; the [[Sixth & I Historic Synagogue]]; [[St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square|St. John's Episcopal Church]] }} As of 2007, about one-third of Washington, D.C., residents were [[functionally illiterate]], more than the national rate of about one in five. The city's relatively high illiteracy rate is attributed in part to immigrants who are not proficient in English.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_re_us/adult_literacy |title=Study Finds One-third in D.C. Illiterate |date=March 19, 2007 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322164359/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_re_us/adult_literacy |archive-date=March 22, 2007 |url-status=dead |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]}}</ref> {{As of|2011}}, 85% of D.C. residents age{{nbsp}}5 and older spoke English at home as a primary language.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Camille |title=Language Use in the United States: 2011 |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acs-22.pdf |work=American Community Survey |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 11, 2013 |date=August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205101044/http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acs-22.pdf |archive-date=February 5, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Half of residents had at least a four-year college degree in 2006.<ref name=DCsocial /> In 2017, the median household income in D.C. was $77,649;<ref name="DC_AF" /> also in 2017, D.C. residents had a [[States of the United States of America by income|personal income per capita]] of $50,832 (higher than any of the 50 states).<ref name="DC_AF">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_B19301&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214060841/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_B19301&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |work=American FactFinder |title=Per Capita Income in the Past 12 Months (in 2017 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars) 2013–2017 American Community Survey 5-Year estimates. (Geography set to "District of Columbia") |access-date=July 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2008/tables/08s0659.pdf |title=Personal Income Per Capita in Current and Constant (2000) Dollars by State: 2000 to 2006 |date=April 2007 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228053245/http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2008/tables/08s0659.pdf |archive-date=December 28, 2008}}</ref> However, 19% of residents were below the poverty level in 2005, higher than any state except [[Mississippi]]. In 2019, the poverty rate stood at 14.7%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2008/tables/08s0687.pdf |title=Individuals and Families Below Poverty Level—Number and Rate by State: 2000 and 2005 |year=2005 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228053242/http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2008/tables/08s0687.pdf |archive-date=December 28, 2008}}</ref>{{efn|The [[territories of the United States]] have the highest poverty rates in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10240r.pdf |work=GAO |title=Poverty Determination In U.S. Insular Areas |access-date=July 3, 2019 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412032339/https://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10240r.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-poverty-people.html |title=Historical Poverty Tables: People and Families—1959 to 2018 |year=2018 |access-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922124430/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-poverty-people.html |url-status=live }}</ref> {{as of|2010}}, more than 90% of Washington, D.C., residents had health insurance coverage, the second-highest rate in the nation. This is due in part to city programs that help provide insurance to low-income individuals who do not qualify for other types of coverage.<ref>{{cite web |last=Reed |first=Jenny |title=National Health Care Reform is a Win for DC |url=http://www.dcfpi.org/national-health-care-reform-is-a-win-for-dc |publisher=DC Fiscal Policy Institute |access-date=August 17, 2011 |date=April 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002180131/http://www.dcfpi.org/national-health-care-reform-is-a-win-for-dc |archive-date=October 2, 2011}}</ref> A 2009 report found that at least three percent of Washington, D.C., residents have [[HIV]] or [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]], which the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) characterizes as a "generalized and severe" epidemic.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/14/AR2009031402176_pf.html |title=HIV/AIDS Rate in D.C. Hits 3% |last=Vargas |first=Jose Antonio |author2=Darryl Fears |date=March 15, 2009 |newspaper=The Washington Post |pages=A01 |access-date=March 21, 2009 |archive-date=February 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204182824/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/14/AR2009031402176_pf.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Of the district's population, 17% are [[Baptist]], 13% are [[Catholic]], 6% are [[evangelical Protestant]], 4% are [[Methodist]], 3% are [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]] or [[Anglican]], 3% are [[Jewish]], 2% are [[Eastern Orthodox]], 1% are [[Pentecostal]], 1% are [[Buddhist]], 1% are [[Adventism|Adventist]], 1% are [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]], 1% are [[Muslim]], 1% are [[Presbyterian]], 1% are [[Mormon]], and 1% are [[Hindu]].<ref>{{cite web |title=County Membership Report: District of Columbia: Religious Traditions, 2010 |work=[[Association of Religion Data Archives]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028180838/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/c/11/rcms2010_11001_county_name_2010.asp |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/c/11/rcms2010_11001_county_name_2010.asp |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{efn|These figures count adherents, meaning all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. In all of the District, 55% of the population is adherent to any particular religion.}} The city is populated with many religious buildings, including the [[Washington National Cathedral]], the [[Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception]], which comprises the [[List of largest church buildings|largest Catholic church building in the United States]], and the [[Islamic Center of Washington]], which was the largest [[mosque]] in the Western Hemisphere when opened in 1957. [[St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square|St. John's Episcopal Church]], located off [[Lafayette Square (Washington, D.C.)|Lafayette Square]], has held services for every [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] since [[James Madison]]. The [[Sixth & I Historic Synagogue]], built in 1908, is a [[synagogue]] located in the [[Chinatown, Washington, D.C.|Chinatown]] section of the city. The [[Washington D.C. Temple]] is a large [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Mormon]] [[Temple (Latter Day Saints)|temple]] located just outside the city in [[Kensington, Maryland]]. Viewable from the [[Capital Beltway]], the temple is the tallest Mormon temple in existence and the third-largest by square footage.<ref>{{cite web |last=Benedi |first=Jamle |title=10 beautiful houses of worship in D.C., mapped |url=https://dc.curbed.com/maps/church-cathedral-synagogue-dc-map |publisher=Curbed Washington DC |access-date=September 9, 2022 |date=November 19, 2019 |archive-date=September 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908234656/https://dc.curbed.com/maps/church-cathedral-synagogue-dc-map |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Washington D.C. Temple |url=https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/washington-d.c.-temple/ |publisher=Curbed Washington DC |access-date=September 9, 2022 |archive-date=June 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603090039/https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/washington-d.c.-temple/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page