Why isn't the District of Columbia considered a state?

Answer 1

Because the District of Columbia and the city of Washington are coextensive and are governed by a single municipal government. For most practical purposes, they are considered to be the same entity, though this was not always the case...

Answer 2

The District of Columbia is so small and and its people are just few to constitute as a state.

Answer 3

It goes back to the founding of the country: no colony, (later: state) trusted another (they were afraid, for example, that a state might arrest delegates from another [if you think that's strange, New York considered Vermont a criminal organization, and Massachusetts and Rhode Island each had laws allowing someone from the other state to be killed on sight] ), so they looked for a neutral ground. Delaware, Maryland and Virginia offered some swampy, malarial territory, but it did not have the privileges of a state: no militia, no vote in Congress etc.
BTW, the capital has not always been in D.C., and in the war of 1812, D.C. was destroyed by the British.

Answer 4

It's a federal district designed to serve the entire nation without prejudice or bias. Too bad the District has been over run by corrupt politicians, evil lawyers, and cretin lobbyists. -RKO-

Answer 5

It is the Capitol of the United States, if you will..it is a Federal District. It doesn't "belong" to any state but stands alone as the place where the US conducts its business for we, the people.

Answer 6

Because it's a federal DISTRICT. It houses the federal gov't and is a seperate entity from states.

Answer 7

Because it is the nation's capital and belongs to all of the states.