Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., United States are distinguished by their history, culture, architecture, demographics, and geography. The names of 131 neighborhoods are unofficially defined by the D.C. Office of Planning. Neighborhoods can be defined by the boundaries of wards, historic districts, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, civic associations, and business improvement districts (BIDs); these boundaries will overlap. The eight wards each elect a member to the Council of the District of Columbia and are redistricted every ten years.
As the capital of the United States, Washington's local neighborhood history and culture is often presented as being distinct from that of the national government.
List of neighborhoods by ward
Ward 1
Ward 1 Councilmember: Brianne Nadeau
Population (2022): 88,846
Adams Morgan
Columbia Heights
Howard University
LeDroit Park
Lanier Heights
Mount Pleasant
Park View
Pleasant Plains
Shaw (Parts of the neighborhood are also in Ward 2) U Street Corridor (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 2)
Ward 2
Ward 2 Councilmember: Brooke Pinto
Population (2022): 89,518
Burleith
Chinatown
Downtown
Dupont Circle
Federal Triangle
Foggy Bottom
Georgetown
Kalorama
Logan Circle
Mount Vernon Square (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 6) Penn Quarter Shaw (Parts of the neighborhood are also in Ward 1) Southwest Federal Center U Street Corridor (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 1) West End
Ward 3
Ward 3 Councilmember: Matthew Frumin
Population (2022): 81,883
American University Park
Berkley
Cathedral Heights
Chevy Chase
Cleveland Park
Colony Hill
Forest Hills
Foxhall
Friendship Heights
Glover Park
Kent
Massachusetts Heights
McLean Gardens
North Cleveland Park
Observatory Circle
The Palisades
Potomac Heights
Spring Valley
Tenleytown
Wakefield
Wesley Heights
Woodland Normanstone
Woodley Park
Woodmont
Ward 4
Ward 4 Councilmember: Janeese Lewis George
Population (2022): 83,996
Barnaby Woods
Brightwood
Brightwood Park
Chevy Chase (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 3) Colonial Village Crestwood Fort Totten Hawthorne Manor Park Petworth Riggs Park (also known as Lamond Riggs) Shepherd Park Sixteenth Street Heights Takoma
Ward 5
Ward 5 Councilmember: Zachary Parker
Population (2022): 86,794
Arboretum
Bloomingdale
Brentwood
Brookland
Carver Langston
Eckington
Edgewood
Fort Lincoln
Fort Totten
Gateway
Ivy City
Langdon
Michigan Park
North Michigan Park
Pleasant Hill
Queens Chapel
Riggs Park (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 4) Stronghold Trinidad Truxton Circle Woodridge
Ward 6
Ward 6 Councilmember: Charles Allen
Population (2022): 99,652
Barney Circle
Capitol Hill
Lincoln Park
Judiciary Square
Kingman Park (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 7) Mount Vernon Triangle Near Northeast NoMa Shaw Southwest Waterfront Sursum Corda Swampoodle (Neighborhood from the 1850s to the 1910s replaced in large part today by NoMa and Near Northeast)