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Brightwood
City population
17,624
#2,699
in United States
#17
in District of Columbia
#27,980
worldwide
38.961, -77.027 · 7 km from Washington
About Brightwood
Brightwood is a city in District of Columbia, United States with a population of 17,624. It is the 2,699th largest of the 3,112 cities of 15,000 or more listed in United States, and the 27,980th largest worldwide. It lies 7 km from Washington.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#17of 20
Elevation
89 m
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
38.961, -77.027
Record updated
2025-09-27
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.
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