Geography Quiz.io

Interactive map

Washington, D.C. Map

Washington, D.C. is a federal district, not a state. Its 8 wards and 132 neighbourhoods are on one zoomable map, with interstates, US highways and the Potomac and Anacostia rivers. Tap a ward to see its population, area and neighbourhoods, and zoom in for every name.

Map layers

Loading the map…

Printable maps of Washington, D.C.

Free to print for class and home: Washington, D.C. with its neighbourhoods, a ward map with all 8 wards, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.

Washington, D.C. map with neighbourhoods

PDF (A4)PDF (Letter)PNG image

Washington, D.C. ward map

PDF (A4)PDF (Letter)PNG image

Blank map of Washington, D.C.

PDFPNG image

About Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. is a federal district, not a state: the District of Columbia was created under the Constitution as the seat of the US government and is part of no state. The city of Washington covers the whole District, so the capital is the whole city. It has about 693,645 people (2025 estimate) on 158 km² (61 sq mi) of land, and borders Maryland (Montgomery and Prince George's counties) and Virginia (Arlington County and the City of Alexandria).

The District is divided into 8 wards, each electing one member of the Council of the District of Columbia. The wards are redrawn after every census to hold about the same number of people: the current wards, in use since 2022, had about 86,000 each at the 2020 Census. Ward 5 had the most (89,617) and Ward 6 the fewest (84,266); Ward 3 is the largest by land area (27 km²) and Ward 1 the smallest (6.4 km²).

The map names 132 neighbourhoods, as the DC Office of Planning labels them; their edges are informal, so the map shows each as a point. The border with Virginia follows the Potomac River's Virginia shore, so the river itself is in the District; the Anacostia River flows through the east of the city to meet it at Hains Point.

Neighbourhoods of Washington, D.C.

All 132 neighbourhoods on the map, A to Z, with the ward each is in. Neighbourhoods have no official borders or population counts of their own.

NeighbourhoodWard
16th Street HeightsWard 4
Adams MorganWard 1
American University ParkWard 3
ArboretumWard 5
Barnaby WoodsWard 4
Barry FarmWard 8
BellevueWard 8
BenningWard 7
Benning RidgeWard 7
BloomingdaleWard 5
BrentwoodWard 5
BrightwoodWard 4
Brightwood ParkWard 4
BrooklandWard 5
Burleith/HillandaleWard 2
BurrvilleWard 7
Buzzard PointWard 6
Capitol HillWard 6
Capitol ViewWard 7
Cardozo/ShawWard 1
CarverWard 5
Cathedral HeightsWard 3
Central NEWard 7
Chevy ChaseWard 4
ChinatownWard 2
Cleveland ParkWard 3
Colonial VillageWard 4
Columbia HeightsWard 1
Congress HeightsWard 8
Connecticut Avenue/K StreetWard 2
CrestwoodWard 4
DeanwoodWard 7
DouglassWard 8
DowntownWard 2
Downtown EastWard 6
Dupont CircleWard 2
Dupont ParkWard 7
Eastland GardensWard 7
EckingtonWard 5
EdgewoodWard 5
Fairfax VillageWard 7
FairlawnWard 8
Foggy BottomWard 2
Forest HillsWard 3
Fort Davis ParkWard 7
Fort DupontWard 7
Fort LincolnWard 5
Fort McNairWard 6
Fort StantonWard 8
Fort TottenWard 5
Foxhall CrescentsWard 3
Foxhall VillageWard 3
Friendship HeightsWard 3
Garfield HeightsWard 8
GatewayWard 5
George Washington UniversityWard 2
GeorgetownWard 2
Georgetown ReservoirWard 3
Glover ParkWard 3
Grant ParkWard 7
GreenwayWard 7
HawthorneWard 4
Hill EastWard 7
HillcrestWard 7
HillsdaleWard 8
Historic AnacostiaWard 8
Howard UniversityWard 1
Ivy CityWard 5
Kalorama HeightsWard 2
KenilworthWard 7
Kingman ParkWard 7
Knox Hill/Buena VistaWard 8
Lamond RiggsWard 4
LangdonWard 5
LangstonWard 5
Lanier HeightsWard 1
Le Droit ParkWard 1
Lincoln HeightsWard 7
Lincoln ParkWard 6
Logan Circle/ShawWard 2
Manor ParkWard 4
Marshall HeightsWard 7
Mass. Ave. HeightsWard 3
MayfairWard 7
McLean GardensWard 3
Michigan ParkWard 5
Monumental CoreWard 2
Mount PleasantWard 1
Mount Vernon SquareWard 2
Mount Vernon TriangleWard 6
Navy YardWard 8
Naylor GardensWard 7
NE BoundaryWard 7
Near NortheastWard 6
Near SoutheastWard 8
North Capitol StreetWard 6
North Cleveland ParkWard 3
North Michigan ParkWard 5
North Portal EstatesWard 4
PalisadesWard 3
Park ViewWard 1
Penn BranchWard 7
Penn QuarterWard 2
PetworthWard 4
Pleasant HillWard 5
Pleasant PlainsWard 1
Queens ChapelWard 5
Randle HighlandsWard 7
River TerraceWard 7
Shepherd ParkWard 4
ShipleyWard 8
SkylandWard 8
South CentralWard 5
Southwest Employment AreaWard 6
Southwest/WaterfrontWard 6
Spring ValleyWard 3
Stanton ParkWard 6
StrongholdWard 5
TakomaWard 4
TenleytownWard 3
TrinidadWard 5
Truxton CircleWard 5
TwiningWard 7
University HeightsWard 5
Van NessWard 3
Washington HighlandsWard 8
Wesley HeightsWard 3
West EndWard 2
WoodlandWard 8
Woodland-NormanstoneWard 3
Woodley ParkWard 3
WoodridgeWard 5

Wards of Washington, D.C.

All 8 wards, with their 2020 Census populations. Select one to show it on the map.

Wards of Washington, D.C.. Select a column heading to sort; select a name to show it on the map.
85,2856.4
89,48515
85,30127
84,66023
89,61726
84,26614
85,68523
85,24624

Practise US geography

Find US States on the MapClick each state we nameUS State Capitals QuizAll 50 capitalsUS States Map WorksheetsFree printable blank and labelled US maps

Sources

  • Wards (2022 boundaries) and neighbourhood names: District of Columbia Office of the Chief Technology Officer, DC GIS open data (Ward - 2022; the DC Office of Planning's Neighborhood Labels).
  • Potomac and Anacostia rivers: DC GIS Hydrography Centerline.
  • Land and water, the Maryland and Virginia counties, Washington's location and highways: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line files and Gazetteer (2023).
  • Populations: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Vintage 2025 for the District; ward populations are 2020 Census block counts (TIGER/Line 2020 blocks) added up by ward.