District grows whiter as suburbs grow more diverse

The District is becoming younger, whiter and richer as its neighboring suburbs grow more diverse.

Whites now make up 34 percent of D.C.’s residents — up from less than 28 percent in 1999 — while the black population has dropped from 60 percent to 51 percent over the same period, according to the 2007-2011 average released by the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey on Thursday. The 2011 American Community Survey released earlier this year showed the city’s black population fell to below 50 percent last year.