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Taxes on real property value and transactions accounted for 38% of FY 2011 DC tax revenues.
Medicaid enrollment in the District of Columbia increased rapidly during the recession.
DC's private sector employment at pre-recession level.
Hotel stays are 6% higher than 5 years ago (right before the onset of the US recession).
As percent of Personal Income, FY 2011 Individual Income Tax revenue was below the 25-year average.
Potential federal government cutbacks cloud the outlook for DC's economy and revenues.
Services contributed almost as much as the federal government to DC job growth over the past 4 years.
A key DC housing price Index has rebounded back to 1.9% higher than its 2007 pre-recession peak.
Since the recession, the education and health sector has become the biggest source of job growth.
Taxes on real property value and transactions accounted for 38% of FY 2011 DC tax revenues.