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People QuickFacts |
Fairfax County |
Virginia |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
1,015,302 | 7,769,089 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
4.7% | 9.7% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
969,682 | 7,079,025 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
6.9% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
24.3% | 23.5% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
9.9% | 12.1% |
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Female persons, percent, 2008 |
50.5% | 50.9% |
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
71.6% | 73.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
9.6% | 19.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.4% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
15.9% | 4.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 |
2.3% | 1.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
14.1% | 6.8% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
58.4% | 67.0% |
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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, 2007 |
392,279 | 3,274,394 |
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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, 2007 |
$104,984 | $59,575 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$36,888 | $23,975 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
4.9% | 9.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Fairfax County |
Virginia |
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Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006 |
28,613 | 197,2631 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
553,227 | 3,174,3631 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
8.7% | 9.3%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
84,464 | 478,718 |
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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, 2008 |
1,385 | 27,577 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
19,154,862 | 110,104,8071 |
