Fairfax County Facts

Census Statistics

	Fairfax County	Virginia
Population, 2003 estimate	1,000,405	7,386,330
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.2%	4.3%
Population, 2000	969,749	7,078,515
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	18.5%	14.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.0%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.4%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	7.9%	11.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.4%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	69.9%	72.3%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	8.6%	19.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	13.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	4.5%	2.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	3.7%	2.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	11.0%	4.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	64.4%	70.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	49.2%	52.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	24.5%	8.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	30.0%	11.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	90.7%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	54.8%	29.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	108,589	1,155,083
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	30.7	27.0?
Housing units, 2002	372,209	3,006,877
Homeownership rate, 2000	70.9%	68.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	26.1%	21.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$233,300	$125,400?
Households, 2000	350,714	2,699,173
Persons per household, 2000	2.74	2.54
Median household income, 1999	$81,050	$46,677
Per capita money income, 1999	$36,888	$23,975
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	4.5%	9.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	25,811	176,532
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	533,482	2,943,854
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	4.8%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	69,269	373,384
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	2,594,494	83,814,009
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	9,261,010	62,569,924
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,094	$9,293
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	22.0%	14.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	29.0%	27.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	5,979	59,445
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	12,135,557	74,536,593
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	395	39,594
Persons per square mile, 2000	2,454.8	178.8
Metropolitan Area	Washington, DC-MD-VA	?
FIPS Code	059	51

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