On April 29, 2021, the D.C. Policy Center’s article, The District’s population grows for the 14th year in a row, but at a weaker rate, was cited by Greater Greater Washington:
The city’s population has grown over the last two decades, and is likely to continue to do so. Even if COVID stunts the immigration growth rates cities saw pre-pandemic, the District’s population is increasing primarily because its existing residents are having kids.