Blacks lose majority in the District

The black population in the District has lost its outright majority for the first time in more than half a century, in a population shift driven by a higher cost of living and an influx of younger whites into the nation’s capital, new census data released Thursday show.

The shift makes D.C. unique among the nation’s major cities, said Lisa Sturtevant, assistant research professor at George Mason University’s Center for Regional Analysis.