The District of Columbia’s Hispanic population is the 42nd largest in the nation. More than 47,000 Hispanics reside in the district, less than 0.1% of all Hispanics in the United States. There are 16,000 eligible Hispanic voters in the district, less than 0.1% of all U.S. Hispanic eligible voters.¹ This fact sheet provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters.² It also contains data on other major groups of eligible voters in the district, with comparative data for the U.S. All data are from the Census Bureau’s 2006 American Community Survey.³

Hispanics in District of Columbia’s Eligible Voter Population

• The district’s population is 8% Hispanic, the 18th highest Hispanic population share nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 45%.
• Almost 4% of eligible voters in the district are Latinos, the 22nd largest Hispanic eligible voter population share nationally.
• More than one-third of Latinos in district are eligible to vote, ranking 35th nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote.

  

Characteristics of Eligible Voters

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  The District of Columbia’s Hispanic eligible voters are younger than all eligible voters in the district—36% of Hispanic eligible voters in the district are ages 18 to 29 versus 27% of all district eligible voters.

• Latino eligible voters in the district are much more likely to be naturalized citizens (37%) than are all Latino eligible voters nationwide (26%).
• The number of Hispanic eligible voters in the district who have earned at least a bachelor’s degree is nearly equal to the number of all district eligible voters who have this level of education—42% of Hispanics versus 43% of all eligible voters in the district. They also have a higher level of education than all Hispanic eligible voters nationwide, only 13% of whom have earned a bachelor’s degree or more.
• Latino eligible voters in the district are less likely to live in an owner-occupied home than are all eligible voters in the district—36% versus 48%.

Characteristics of Eligible Voters in the District of Columbia, by Race and Ethnicity

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  Black eligible voters outnumber Latino eligible voters in the district by a margin of nearly 15 to 1—233,000 blacks compared with 16,000 Latino eligible voters.

• Hispanic eligible voters are younger than black eligible voters in the district—36% of Hispanic eligible voters are ages 18 to 29 compared with 21% of black eligible voters.
• Hispanic eligible voters are less likely than white or black eligible voters in the District to live in owner-occupied homes—36% versus 50% and 49% respectively.
• Latinos who are eligible to vote in the District are more likely to live in households with an income of $75,000 or more (38%) than are black eligible voters in the District (30%).