Washington metropolitan area

The Washington metropolitan area, also sometimes referred to as the National Capital Region, is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C. The metropolitan area includes all of Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.

Washington Metropolitan Area (Washington – Arlington – Alexandria)
Metropolitan area
Washington, D.C. Arlington, Virginia Alexandria, Virginia Bethesda, Maryland Tysons, Virginia
Nickname(s):  DMV[1][2] (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia)
Calvert Charles Frederick Howard Montgomery Prince George's Alexandria Arlington Clarke Fairfax Fairfax County Falls Church Fauquier Loudoun Manassas Manassas Park Prince William Spotsylvania Stafford Fredericksburg Warren Washington Jefferson
Country	United States
U.S. state/federal district	Principal Subdivisions (National Capital Region):[3][failed verification] District of Columbia [D] Maryland [M] Virginia [V] Outlying Subdivision: West Virginia
Principal municipalities	Washington, Arlington, Alexandria
Area (2010)
• Urban	1,407.0 sq mi (3,644.2 km2)
• Metro	5,564.6 sq mi (14,412 km2)
Elevation	0–2,350 ft (0–716 m)
Population  (2020)[4][5][6]
• Metropolitan area	6,385,162 (6th)
• Density	972.2/sq mi (375.4/km2)
• Urban	4,586,770 (8th)
• CSA (2016)	9,546,579 (4th)
	Urban pop as of 2016
Time zone	UTC-5 (ET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EST)

The Washington metropolitan area is one of the most educated and affluent metropolitan areas in the U.S.[7] The metro area anchors the southern end of the densely populated Northeast megalopolis with an estimated total population of 6,385,162 as of the 2020 U.S. Census^[update],[8] making it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the nation[9] and the largest metropolitan area in the Census Bureau's South Atlantic division.[10]