Read: 'The White House is in Washington.' Where is the White House located?

WASHINGTON is on the USCIS PLACES VOCABULARY list. Combined with the CIVICS vocabulary word WHITE HOUSE, this forms one of the most common USCIS reading test sentences. 'The White House is in Washington.' 'The President lives in the White House.' 'Washington, D.C. is the capital.' The White House has been the official residence of every US President since John Adams (1800). It is located in WASHINGTON, D.C. (the capital city of the United States), NOT in Washington state (a state in the Pacific Northwest). DISTINGUISHING WASHINGTON D.C. from WASHINGTON STATE: When reading test sentences refer to the President, White House, or national government — they mean Washington, D.C.; when referring to the Pacific Coast state, it would typically say 'Washington State' or be used in a geographic context. On the reading test, 'Washington' almost always means Washington, D.C.