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Info Capital City of The United States of America 2000 Census population: 572,059 Male: 269,366 (47.1%) Female: 302,693 (52.9%) Black: 343,312 (60.0%) White: 176,101 (30.8%) Asian: 15,189 (2.7%) American Indian and Alaska Native: 1,713 (0.3%) Other race: 21,950 (3.8%) Two or more races: 13,446 (2.4%) Hispanic/Latino: 44,953 (7.9%) Percentage of population 18 and over: 79.9% 65 and over: 12.3% Median age: 34.6 Median household income in 2000: $41,000 Motto: Justitia omnibus (Justice to all) Tree: Scarlet Oak Bird: Wood Thrush Flower: American Beauty Rose 
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Adopted in 1938. Design was based on the shield from George Washington's
family coat of arms.History of D.C.: The District of Columbia - identical with the City of Washington - is the capital of the United States. It is located between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River. The district is named after Columbus. D.C. history began in 1790 when Congress directed selection of a new capital site, 100 square miles, along the Potomac. When the site was determined, it included 30.75 square miles on the Virginia side of the river. In 1846, however, Congress returned that area to Virginia, leaving the 68.25 square miles ceded by Maryland in 1788. The seat of government was transferred from Philadelphia to Washington on Dec. 1, 1800, and President John Adams became the first resident in the White House. The city was planned and partly laid out by Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French engineer. This work was perfected and completed by Major Andrew Ellicott and Benjamin Banneker, a freeborn black man, who was an astronomer and mathematician. In 1814, during the War of 1812, a British force burned the capital including the White House. Until Nov. 3, 1967, the District of Columbia was administered by three commissioners appointed by the president. On that day, a government consisting of a mayor-commissioner and a 9-member council, all appointed by the president with the approval of the Senate, took office. On May 7, 1974, the citizens of the District of Columbia approved a Home Rule Charter, giving them an elected mayor and 13-member council—their first elected municipal government in more than a century. The district also has one non-voting member in the House of Representatives and an elected Board of Education. On Aug. 22, 1978, Congress passed a proposed constitutional amendment to give Washington, D.C., voting representation in the Congress. The amendment had to be ratified by at least 28 state legislatures within seven years to become effective. As of 1985 it died. A petition asking for the district's admission to the Union as the 51st state was filed in Congress on September 9, 1983. The district is continuing this drive for statehood. The federal government and tourism are the mainstays of the city's economy, and many unions, business, professional, and nonprofit organizations are headquartered there. Copyright ? Information Please, a Division of Family Education Company. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Other D.C. Links: Visit the White House Greater Washington Board of Trade Institute - United States Chamber of Commerce Library of Congress Washington, D.C Variety Page Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Newspapers in Washington, D.C. from HomeTownNews.com American Samoa Office of Tourism Government of Puerto Rico - Office of the Governor Government of the District of Columbia |
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