This is an updated post from an older one that ended with the 2010 Census. The population increased, but was lower than what was in Census district 46 in 1990. Truxton Circle is still, by this measurement, a majority minority neighborhood. As the population fluctuated, the Black population continued to decrease and since the lowest number in 1970, the non-Black population has increased.
| Truxton Circle Population 1880-2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total | Black | White | Other/Asian | Note |
| 1880 | 1511 | 678 | 832 | 0 | |
| 1900 | 4723 | 2438 | 2281 | 4 | |
| 1910 | 6801 | 2232 | 4565 | 4 | |
| 1920 | 7234 | 3008 | 4221 | 6 | 4-Chinese 1- Japanese 1- White/Chinese |
| 1930 | 6175 | 4455 | 1712 | 6 | All Chinese |
| 1940 | 8244 | 6519 | 1718 | 4 | Note: 3 Japanese 1 Chinese Total also 8244 |
| 1950 | 7720 | 6186 | 1511 | 23 | |
| 1960 | 6789 | 6716 | 58 | 15 | |
| 1970 | 5830 | 5768 | 21 | 41 | 2 yrs post riot |
| 1980 | 3349 | 3249 | 61 | 39 | |
| 1990 | 3623 | 3347 | 189 | 87 | |
| 2000 | 2997 | 2713 | 103 | 181 | |
| 2010 | 3028 | 1964 | 816 | 248 | |
| 2020 | 3543 | 1530 | 1462 | 551 | Note: 177 Asians and 260 bi-racial |
Source: US Census; DC Office of Planning Table 9: Census 2020 Population, Voting Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Housing Data – District of Columbia: Census Tracts
Do we have any information on how to track that with number of bedrooms, housing units, peoeple per house, or square footage per person?
1940s were crazy, man.
Well if I had a clue as to what the DC Archives has in it regarding real estate tax info, maybe that could be answered. Thankfully(?), many Truxton houses haven’t expanded their square footage since 1940 so it’s about the same because renovation is flipping expensive.