Washington Metropolitan Area

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Coordinates: 38 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  N , 77 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  W.

Outline map of the Washington metropolitan area

The metropolitan area of Washington (Engl. Washington Metropolitan Area or National Capital Region ) is the seventh largest metropolitan area of the United States .

In addition to Washington, DC, it includes several counties in the bordering states of Virginia , Maryland and West Virginia . In 2010 about 5.6 million people lived in this area. The metropolitan area is part of the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia Combined Region .

economy

The region's economy is characterized by its proximity to the political center of the USA. Many companies whose business is based on government contracts (e.g. defense industry ) have their headquarters here. The service sector is another economic factor , while production and agriculture play a subordinate role.

The entire metropolitan area generated a gross domestic product of 509.2 billion US dollars in 2016, making it fifth among the metropolitan areas of the USA and one of the largest urban economic areas in the world. The unemployment rate was 3.2 percent and was thus well below the national average of 3.8 percent (as of March 2018).

transport

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012. (csv) In: census.gov. United States Census Bureau, accessed July 1, 2013 .
  2. ^ US Department of Commerce, BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis: Bureau of Economic Analysis. Retrieved July 4, 2018 (American English).