Citizenship Test Answers for District of Columbia
Four of the 128 civics questions depend on where you live. Here is how to answer them if you live in District of Columbia.
D.C. is not a state. On the civics test, D.C. residents answer that D.C. has no U.S. senators, that D.C. does not have a governor, and that D.C. is not a state and does not have a capital.
62. What is the capital of your state?
Answer for District of Columbia
District of Columbia is not a state and does not have a state capital. On the test, say exactly that.
This is the one state-specific answer that does not change, which is why it is the only one printed on this page.
23. Who is one of your state's U.S. senators now?
Answer for District of Columbia
District of Columbia has no U.S. senators. Saying so is the correct answer.
29. Name your U.S. representative.
Your representative depends on your congressional district, not just your state, so it is different for two people living in the same city. Look it up by ZIP code.
Find your representative at house.gov
Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) representatives in Congress.
61. Who is the governor of your state now?
Answer for District of Columbia
District of Columbia does not have a governor. Saying so is the correct answer.
The other 124 questions
Everything else on the civics test is the same no matter where you live.