what state is washington dc in?

Washington, D.C. (formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity called the District of Columbia. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C. The city is located on the north bank of the Potomac River and is bordered by the states of Virginia to the southwest and Maryland to the other sides. The District has a resident population of 591,833; however, because of commuters from the surrounding suburbs, its population rises to over one million during the workweek. The Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a population of 5.3 million, the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the country.

Washington DC is not in a state. It is a district, distinct from the rest of the states, as stipulated in the Constitution for the national capital.

its not in a state
DC stands for district of colombia or columbia
check it out on google maps

Washington, D.C. is not a state. It is between near by Maryland and Virginia that surrounded by Washington, D.C.

It isnt in a state. You see, Washington D.C. Stands for the District of Columbia.
D.C. (District of Columbia) Is just that. It is a district by the name of columbia. Not a state, in a state or part of a state. Just a district

The District of Columbia (not Colombia, which is a South American country) is one of 15 U.S.A. protectorates which has one member of the Electoral College. It is not a state. Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin islands, Guam, Samoa and other areas are also protectorates of the U.S.A.Please, do a Google search on U.S.A. protectorates.

its not ion any state. it is a district of its own DC means District of Columbia

D.C was originally built on a swamp that was the Natural boundary of Maryland and Virginia

The District of Columbia ain't a state. In fact, plenty of capital cities have their own entity & don't belong 2 a state or province. One exception is Ottawa, ON, the Canadian capital.

Washington DC is wholly contained within the State of Maryland; bordering Virginia. However, as other answerers have noted, it is not part of Maryland, but is an separate administrative area