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People QuickFacts |
Fairfax County |
Virginia |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
1,010,443 | 7,642,884 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
4.2% | 8.0% |
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Population, 2000 |
969,749 | 7,078,515 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 |
7.2% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 |
25.1% | 23.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 |
9.2% | 11.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2006 |
50.4% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
72.3% | 73.3% |
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Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
9.6% | 19.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.3% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
15.5% | 4.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 |
2.1% | 1.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) |
12.9% | 6.3% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 |
60.1% | 67.7% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
49.2% | 52.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
24.5% | 8.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
30.0% | 11.1% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
90.7% | 81.5% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
54.8% | 29.5% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
108,589 | 1,155,083 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
30.7 | 27.0 |
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Housing units, 2006 |
390,684 | 3,230,803 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
70.9% | 68.1% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
26.1% | 21.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$233,300 | $125,400 |
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Households, 2000 |
350,714 | 2,699,173 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.74 | 2.54 |
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Median household income, 2004 |
$83,890 | $51,103 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$36,888 | $23,975 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
5.3% | 9.5% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Fairfax County |
Virginia |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 |
27,896 | 193,0671 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2005 |
537,922 | 3,060,1271 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 |
5.7% | 5.4%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2005 |
83,860 | 469,878 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
94,131 | 529,520 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
5.4% | 7.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.5% | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
15.2% | 5.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
7.8% | 3.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
31.7% | 29.7% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
1,699,740 | 83,952,547 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
15,732,349 | 69,267,796 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
11,150,720 | 80,509,062 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$11,237 | $11,069 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,863,695 | 10,929,429 |
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Building permits, 2006 |
2,089 | 47,704 |
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Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) |
17,383,378 | 90,637,9461 |
