Fairfax, VA Social Statistics

Updated June 30, 2020 | Infoplease Staff





Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school5,133100.0
Nursery school, preschool2835.5
Kindergarten2354.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)1,93137.6
High school (grades 9-12)99119.3
College or graduate school1,69333.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over15,222100.0
Less than 9th grade7945.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma9426.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)2,97219.5
Some college, no degree2,62317.2
Associate degree9426.2
Bachelor's degree3,78024.8
Graduate or professional degree3,16920.8
Percent high school graduate or higher88.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher45.7(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over17,868100.0
Never married5,10328.6
Now married, except separated9,79954.8
Separated3812.1
Widowed1,2587.0
Female
1,0495.9
Divorced1,3277.4
Female
8514.8
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years487100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren17235.3
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over17,037100.0
Civilian veterans2,22913.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years3,852100.0
With a disability3529.1
Population 21 to 64 years13,497100.0
With a disability1,83713.6
Percent employed
67.0(X)
No disability11,66086.4
Percent employed
83.4(X)
Population 65 years and over2,386100.0
With a disability77232.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over20,236100.0
Same house in 19959,65347.7
Different house in the U.S. in 19958,68242.9
Same county
1,8859.3
Different county
6,79733.6
Same state
4,59122.7
Different state
2,20610.9
Elsewhere in 19951,9019.4
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population21,498100.0
Native16,04774.6
Born in United States
15,50572.1
State of residence
5,56525.9
Different state
9,94046.2
Born outside United States
5422.5
Foreign born5,45125.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000
2,87313.4
Naturalized citizen
1,9068.9
Not a citizen
3,54516.5
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)5,451100.0
Europe57210.5
Asia2,58247.4
Africa1232.3
Oceania541.0
Latin America2,06137.8
Northern America591.1
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over20,236100.0
English only14,04369.4
Language other than English6,19330.6
Speak English less than 'very well
3,04215.0
Spanish
2,73613.5
Speak English less than "very well"
1,4907.4
Other Indo-European languages
1,2045.9
Speak English less than "very well"
4442.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages
2,0139.9
Speak English less than "very well"
1,0255.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population21,498100.0

Total ancestries reported

23,226108.0
Arab2601.2
Czech11300.6
Danish370.2
Dutch2751.3
English2,41511.2
French (except Basque)15442.5
French Canadian11320.6
German2,79413.0
Greek2291.1
Hungarian890.4
Irish12,63812.3
Italian8554.0
Lithuanian860.4
Norwegian2671.2
Polish4852.3
Portuguese600.3
Russian2301.1
Scotch-Irish6342.9
Scottish7473.5
Slovak800.4
Subsaharan African1230.6
Swedish2841.3
Swiss1000.5
Ukrainian1020.5
United States or American1,2095.6
Welsh1780.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)830.4
Other ancestries8,16038.0
(X) Not applicable.
1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.



Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19


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