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DC is always an outlier in state-level comparisons because it is essentially a large city. States are otherwise averages of metropolitan and non metropolitan ar
by trts 3y ago
DC is always an outlier in state-level comparisons because it is essentially a large city. States are otherwise averages of metropolitan and non metropolitan areas.
- dougmwne 3y agoIt’s not even a city, more like 2/3 of the urban core of a large city. DC’c population is about 700k, but the metro population is over 5 million.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoDC's population alone is larger than each of two entire states.
- shkkmo 3y agoNo, DC's population is a little larger than the smallest state and nowhere close to larger that the two smallest states combined.
- alexeldeib 3y agoThat’s not really the point though - it’s more like saying the NYC metro area isn’t only Manhattan. Brooklyn would be the 3rd largest city in America by population. I agree it’s kind of irrelevant and the original point was correct: DC is an urban core without the rural split most other states have.