How many nitwits reside in washington dc?
Executive summary
The term "nitwit" is a pejorative, non-scientific label with no agreed operational definition in demography or social science, so it is impossible to produce a defensible count of "nitwits" living in Washington, D.C.; what can be counted is the District's population—most sources place it between roughly 679,000 and 702,000 residents in recent estimates, and any claim about how many of them are “nitwits” is inherently subjective and unsupported by the available data [1] [2].
1. What the user is actually asking — and why that matters
The question asks for a count of people described with an insult rather than a measurable characteristic, which transforms a demographic inquiry into a normative judgment; demographers and public-data hubs provide headcounts and characteristics such as age, race, and household composition, but none track subjective labels like "nitwit," so the only rigorous answer available is about population size and the limits of measurement, not the number of insulted people [3] [4].
2. How many people live in Washington, D.C.: the hard numbers
Recent public data and aggregators give a range: the U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts and related census profiles are the authoritative sources for population estimates [3] [5], with other compilations reporting figures such as about 678,972 (Census Reporter) and a July 2024 figure of 702,250 reported on the Demographics of Washington, D.C. page [1] [2].
3. Why population ranges vary across sources
Different outlets use different vintages and methods—Census Bureau vintage estimates, American Community Survey sampling, local planning hubs, and third-party aggregators all smooth or update counts differently—so it is normal to see numbers vary by tens of thousands depending on the source and date of estimation [3] [6] [7].
4. Why “nitwit” cannot be turned into a statistic with these sources
All cited sources catalog measurable attributes (population, race/ethnicity, density, households, age structures) but none define personality, intelligence, or insult-derived categories; therefore any attempt to report “how many nitwits” would rely on arbitrary, unvalidated criteria or opinion rather than data provided by the Census, DC Office of Planning, Data Commons, or related sources [4] [7] [8].
5. Reasonable, data-driven alternatives to the asked question
To move from insult to inquiry, one could ask measurable questions that the sources answer: how many residents lack a high-school diploma, how many adults test below certain literacy thresholds, or how many residents fall into categories associated with particular civic outcomes—questions which these datasets and local planning tools can address with transparent definitions [7] [4] [9].
6. Sources, agendas, and how misframing shapes perception
The available sources—federal census products, local planning hubs, and private aggregators—have distinct incentives: the Census prioritizes methodological transparency, local hubs emphasize planning uses, and private sites may package figures for readership or commercial ends; none endorse name-calling as analysis, and any political or rhetorical use of an insult risks masking the real civic and policy questions beneath such framing [3] [4] [10].
7. Bottom line
There is no defensible, data-based count of "nitwits" in Washington, D.C.; if a numerical answer is required, cite the District's resident population—roughly 679,000–702,000 depending on the source and estimate year—and then define a measurable attribute to replace the insult if a meaningful analytic claim is desired [1] [2] [3].