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Georgetown’s Population Didn’t Boom That Much Afterall
Last Friday, GM posted a particularly breathless report on the huge jump in the population count for Georgetown in last year’s census. The overall increase was 1,791, a 21.01% increase. Moreover, He found that the biggest gains in population were concentrated on the lower west side where there was an increase of 1,351 residents from 2000 to 2010.
GM cautioned that it would take a look at the block-by-block numbers before we could be certain where the growth specifically was. Well, he did just that, and the only conclusion he can reach is that the boom was primarily a product of increased reporting from students living outside the gates in GU residences.
Below is a map showing the blocks where there was a net gain of more than 50 residents from 2000 to 2010:
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Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Georgetown will probably stay in Ward 2 after the redistricting, but play the GGW redistricting game and put Georgetown in just about any ward you want.
- Bring back Healy Pub?
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Georgetown’s Population Booms
Update: GM’s enthusiasm got a little ahead of him. The boom is probably more a result of reporting changes. Read more here.
Yesterday, the U.S. Census released the results for the 2010 Census for D.C. While many immediately focused on the city-wide numbers and how they reflect rapidly changing demographics, GM dove into the neighborhood numbers. And what he found was absolutely astounding. Since 2000, Georgetown’s population has boomed.
Specifically, since 2000 Georgetown has added a whopping 1,791 net new residents. That brings the total number of Georgetown residents to 10,315, an increase of 21.01%. Ward 2 grew the most of all the wards, and even that was only at a 16% pace. That means Georgetown was likely one of the fastest, if not the fastest, growing neighborhoods in Ward 2.
And where did this growth occur? By a long, long shot it was on the lower west side of Georgetown. Check out this map:
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Ward 2 is going to have to get smaller, but since Wards 7 & 8 have to get larger, it’ll probably be the eastern parts of Ward 2 that get moved to another ward. (Plus Jack Evans is on the redistricting committee, so he’s unlikely to redistrict himself out of a job, or rather second job).
- Here’s that Vogue article with an excerpt from Carol Joynt’s new book.
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Truly Unique Georgetown Property For Sale
GM mentioned this briefly last week, but this calls for a bit more discussion: the Stables of Georgetown property (1316 33rd St.) is on the market. People on the west side are probably more familiar with this property than GM is, but GM is pretty confident that this is a truly unique property and it’s one of his favorites in the neighborhood.
According to the listing, it is actually two separate houses that were originally built as stables in the mid-19th century. From the virtual tour photos, you can see that the original purpose still influences the interior architecture:
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The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by m-a-e.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Developer Jair Lynch says “people in Congress Heights spend about $25/week on groceries while in Georgetown people spend $125/week.” That’s about twice GM’s bill (for two people). How about you?
- Biker hit at Reservoir and Wisconsin. Thankfully injuries appear minor. Not clear who, if anyone, is at fault, but it’s obvious to anyone that this is a dangerous intersection that DDOT really ought to reconfigure somehow.
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