People QuickFacts Fairfax city Virginia Population, 2012 estimate 23,461 8,185,867 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 22,565 8,001,031 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.0% 2.3% Population, 2010 22,565 8,001,024 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.1% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 20.3% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.5% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.0% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 73.6% 71.3% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 5.9% 19.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 15.7% 5.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.6% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 16.2% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 59.6% 64.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 81.7% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 24.2% 11.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 30.7% 14.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 93.3% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 52.7% 34.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,874 743,070 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 32.1 27.3  Housing units, 2011 8,683 3,387,654 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 69.4% 68.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 25.0% 21.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $472,600 $254,600 Households, 2007-2011 8,470 2,991,025 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.58 2.57 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $44,980 $33,040 Median household income, 2007-2011 $99,300 $63,302 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 5.9% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Fairfax city Virginia Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 2,301 193,042 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 27,783 2,998,278 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -18.8 3.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 3,512 510,297  Total number of firms, 2007 5,919 638,643 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.1% 9.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.1% 7.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.9% 4.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.7% 30.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 92,417,797 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 192,265 60,513,396 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,884,013 105,663,299 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $80,800 $13,687 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 140,285 15,340,483 Building permits, 2011 52 23,297     Geography QuickFacts Fairfax city Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 6.24 39,490.09 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,616.8 202.6 FIPS Code 600 51 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts