Washington Regional Network for Liveable Communities
An Overview of the Washington DC Region
By: Martha Ross
This presentation by Martha Ross at a meeting of the Washington Regional Network for Liveable Communities describes the demographic and employment characteristics of the Washington metropolitan region. Overall, the region is prospering with low unemployment rates, high incomes and job growth, but also faces problems with housing affordability, areas with high poverty and unemployment rates, and an east-west divide along income and racial lines.