From The Associated Press: The booming Washington region has long been an easy target for Republican lawmakers who want to cut federal spending. Last year, a GOP congressman from Iowa tweeted a picture of construction cranes on the waterfront south of the Capitol with the comment, “D.C. needs a recession.” In the unlikely event that…
From The Sentinel: Montgomery County exporters brought in more than $5 billion in 2015, supporting 35,000 jobs and comprising 6.5 percent of the county’s overall economy, according to data jointly produced by the Brookings Institution and the Stephen S. Fuller Institute at George Mason University in Virginia. Much of the county’s – and Maryland’s –…
From The Washington Business Journal: Greater Washington has seen massive growth over the last six years, a result of people flocking to jobs and economic security during hard times. But now the region is competing with other up-and-coming metro areas, and people are making the decision to move. While population news for the area has…
2016 lagged prior years’ growth Download this blog Download PDF› Download data by jurisdiction Download Excel File › In 2016, the Washington region had 6,131,977 residents, an increase of 53,508 (+0.9 percent) from 2015. Population growth in 2016 was the smallest in the past six years and below the 1990-2015 average growth rate of 1.5…
From The Washington Business Journal: The federal budget proposed by the Trump administration would cost the region up to 24,600 federal jobs and billions of dollars in lost salaries and procurement spending, according to a new analysis by economist Stephen Fuller. The District would see the biggest federal job losses, according to Fuller, with 14,000…
