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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>
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>
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>
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>
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The [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] is headquartered in a [[National Archives Building|building]] just north of the National Mall and houses thousands of documents important to American history, including the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], the [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution]], and the [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/nae/visit/rotunda.html |title=Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom |access-date=June 28, 2008 |publisher=The National Archives |archive-date=August 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828044549/http://www.archives.gov/nae/visit/rotunda.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Located in three buildings on Capitol Hill, the [[Library of Congress]] is the largest library complex in the world with a collection of more than 147&nbsp;million books, manuscripts, and other materials.<ref>{{cite web |title=General Information |url=https://www.loc.gov/about/generalinfo.html |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=July 9, 2011 |date=February 1, 2011 |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224004300/http://www.loc.gov/about/generalinfo.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[United States Supreme Court]] is located immediately north of the Library of Congress. The [[United States Supreme Court Building]] was completed in 1935; before then, the court held sessions in the [[Old Senate Chamber]] of the Capitol.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Court Building |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/courtbuilding.aspx |publisher=Supreme Court of the United States |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-date=September 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901235715/http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/courtbuilding.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
The [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] is headquartered in a [[National Archives Building|building]] just north of the National Mall and houses thousands of documents important to American history, including the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], the [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution]], and the [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/nae/visit/rotunda.html |title=Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom |access-date=June 28, 2008 |publisher=The National Archives |archive-date=August 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828044549/http://www.archives.gov/nae/visit/rotunda.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Located in three buildings on Capitol Hill, the [[Library of Congress]] is the largest library complex in the world with a collection of more than 147&nbsp;million books, manuscripts, and other materials.<ref>{{cite web |title=General Information |url=https://www.loc.gov/about/generalinfo.html |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=July 9, 2011 |date=February 1, 2011 |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224004300/http://www.loc.gov/about/generalinfo.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[United States Supreme Court]] is located immediately north of the Library of Congress. The [[United States Supreme Court Building]] was completed in 1935; before then, the court held sessions in the [[Old Senate Chamber]] of the Capitol.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Court Building |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/courtbuilding.aspx |publisher=Supreme Court of the United States |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-date=September 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901235715/http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/courtbuilding.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>


[[Chinatown (Washington, D.C.)|Chinatown]], located just north of the National Mall, houses [[Capital One Arena]], which serves as the home arena to the [[Washington Capitals]] of the [[National Hockey League]] and the [[Washington Wizards]] of the [[National Basketball Association]], and serves as the city's primary indoor entertainment arena. Chinatown includes several Chinese restaurants and shops. The [[Friendship Archway (Washington, D.C.)|Friendship Archway]] is one of the largest Chinese ceremonial archways outside of [[China]] and bears the Chinese characters for "Chinatown" below its roof.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chinatown's Friendship Archway |url=https://ggwash.org/view/8237/chinatowns-friendship-archway |publisher=Greater Greater Washington |access-date=September 10, 2022 |archive-date=September 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911182732/https://ggwash.org/view/8237/chinatowns-friendship-archway |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[Chinatown (Washington, D.C.)|Chinatown]], located just north of the National Mall, houses [[Capital One Arena]], which serves as the home arena to the [[Washington Capitals]] of the [[National Hockey League]] and the [[Washington Wizards]] of the [[National Basketball Association]], and serves as the city's primary indoor entertainment arena. Chinatown includes several Chinese restaurants and shops. The [[Friendship Archway (Washington, D.C.)|Friendship Archway]] is one of the largest Chinese ceremonial archways outside of China and bears the Chinese characters for "Chinatown" below its roof.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chinatown's Friendship Archway |url=https://ggwash.org/view/8237/chinatowns-friendship-archway |publisher=Greater Greater Washington |access-date=September 10, 2022 |archive-date=September 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911182732/https://ggwash.org/view/8237/chinatowns-friendship-archway |url-status=live }}</ref>


The [[Southwest Waterfront]] along the Potomac River has been redeveloped in recent years and now serves as a popular cultural center. [[The Wharf (Washington, D.C.)|The Wharf]], as it is called, contains the city's historic [[Maine Avenue Fish Market]]. This is the oldest fish market currently in operation in the entire United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Municipal Fish Market |url=https://www.wharfdc.com/fish-market/ |publisher=The District Wharf |access-date=September 10, 2022 |archive-date=September 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912223922/https://www.wharfdc.com/fish-market/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Wharf also has many hotels, residential buildings, restaurants, shops, parks, piers, docks and marinas, and live music venues.<ref name=wapo1 /><ref name="wtop1" />
The [[Southwest Waterfront]] along the Potomac River has been redeveloped in recent years and now serves as a popular cultural center. [[The Wharf (Washington, D.C.)|The Wharf]], as it is called, contains the city's historic [[Maine Avenue Fish Market]]. This is the oldest fish market currently in operation in the entire United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Municipal Fish Market |url=https://www.wharfdc.com/fish-market/ |publisher=The District Wharf |access-date=September 10, 2022 |archive-date=September 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912223922/https://www.wharfdc.com/fish-market/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Wharf also has many hotels, residential buildings, restaurants, shops, parks, piers, docks and marinas, and live music venues.<ref name=wapo1 /><ref name="wtop1" />
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* {{flagdeco|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] (1962, renewed 2002 and 2012)
* {{flagdeco|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] (1962, renewed 2002 and 2012)
* {{flagdeco|Senegal}} [[Dakar]], [[Senegal]] (1980, renewed 2006)
* {{flagdeco|Senegal}} [[Dakar]], [[Senegal]] (1980, renewed 2006)
* {{flagdeco|China}} [[Beijing]], [[China]] (1984, renewed 2004 and 2012)
* {{flagdeco|China}} [[Beijing]], China (1984, renewed 2004 and 2012)
* {{flagdeco|Belgium}} [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] (1985, renewed 2002 and 2011)
* {{flagdeco|Belgium}} [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] (1985, renewed 2002 and 2011)
* {{flagdeco|Greece}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]] (2000)
* {{flagdeco|Greece}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]] (2000)
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