Washington metropolitan area

Washington metropolitan area National Capital Region
Metropolitan area
Washington, D.C. Arlington, Virginia Alexandria, Virginia Tysons, Virginia Bethesda, Maryland Silver Spring, Maryland National Harbor, Maryland
Nickname(s):  Greater Washington; National Capital Region; DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia)[1][2]
Interactive Map of Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV MSA   Washington, D.C. Washington–Arlington–Alexandria MSA   Washington, DC–MD Metropolitan Division   Arlington–Alexandria–Reston, VA–WV   Frederick–Gaithersburg–Bethesda, MD   Other Areas in the Washington–Baltimore CSA
Country	United States
States	District of Columbia Virginia Maryland West Virginia
Principal municipalities	Washington, D.C. Arlington, VA Alexandria, VA Dale City, VA Centreville, VA Reston, VA Leesburg, VA Manassas, VA Fredericksburg, VA Tysons, VA Germantown, MD Silver Spring, MD Waldorf, MD Frederick, MD Gaithersburg, MD Rockville, MD Bethesda, MD Bowie, MD Charles Town, WV
Area (2010)
• Urban	3,644.2 km2 (1,407.0 sq mi)
• Metro	14,412 km2 (5,564.6 sq mi)
Elevation	0–716 m (0–2,350 ft)
Population  (2020)[3][4][5]
• Metropolitan area	6,385,162 (6th)
• Density	375.4/km2 (972.2/sq mi)
• Urban	4,586,770 (8th)
• CSA (2016)	9,546,579 (4th)
	Urban pop as of 2016
GDP [6]
• MSA	$660.6 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)

The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the D.C. area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), is the metropolitan area centered around Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States. 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, which is the third-largest combined statistical area in the country.

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 6,304,975 as of 2023 estimates,^[8] making it the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the nation,^[9] as well as the second-largest metropolitan area in the Census Bureau's South Atlantic division, following Metro Atlanta.^[10]