Muriel Bowser (Democratic) has been Mayor of the District of Columbia since 2 Jan 2015. In Sep 2026 the unemployment rate was 5.3% of the labour force, 1.8 percentage points lower than when Muriel Bowser took office in January 2015, while District of Columbia's fell 1.8 percentage points. Among the 59 cities with a year or more of figures, Washington ranks 3rd on the fall in homelessness and 68th of 73 on GDP per person. The violent crime rate moved −422 per 100,000 in Washington against −438 per 100,000 for District of Columbia. Under Vincent C. Gray (2011 to 2015) the violent crime rate fell 56 per 100,000. Since day zero typical rent rose 2.5% a year, 33.5% in all.

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