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Fairfax County, VA

1,160,925 Population
391 square miles 2,969 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$71,572 ±$1,479 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Virginia: $50,866 ±$378
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$154,545 ±$3,744 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $92,090 ±$831
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.9% ±0.8% (67,326  ±8,735) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.8% 835,556 (±0.3% / ±26,795)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.3 minutes ±0.5 (14,473,765  ±403,055) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 28.3 106,021,490 (±0.2 / ±1,031,213)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

418,418 ±2,788 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,449,307 ±12,826
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0 (1,149,307  ±297) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,575,268
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±0.9% (13,614  ±2,374) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 105,908 (±0.3% / ±5,796)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

433,476 ±633 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,746,211 ±965
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$760,400 ±$10,691 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Virginia: $403,500 ±$3,411
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.1% ±0.9% (139,324  ±10,378.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 12.5% 1,085,848 (±0.3% / ±28,420.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.1% ±1.7% (749,851  ±13,953.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.7% 5,606,143 (±0.6% / ±39,643.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
66.3% ±1.4% (534,358  ±11,001.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 43.3% 2,649,382 (±0.4% / ±26,359.7)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

39.9% ±1.1% (438,072  ±12,177.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 18.2% 1,518,733 (±0.3% / ±23,805)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

30.9% (358,633  ±12,527) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 13.6% 1,193,581
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.1% ±0.4% (63,231  ±3,510) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 8.9% 602,994 (±0.2% / ±11,787)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
63,231 Total veterans ±3,510 54,030 Male ±3,082 9,201 Female ±1,482

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