Fairfax County Demographics

Fairfax County Demographics
Fairfax County is an
urban county that ranks
among the top two
percent of counties
nationwide in terms of
population size and
density. The county,
with a 2010 population
of 1,081,726 persons,
has more residents than
eight states – Alaska,
Delaware, Montana,
North Dakota, South
Dakota, Rhode Island,
Vermont and
Wyoming. Since 2000,
Fairfax County’s
population increased by 112,000 persons or 11.5 percent. The growth by supervisor district over
the past ten years was uneven. The Braddock Supervisor District population grew the most
slowly, increasing by only 5.4 percent or 5,717 persons, while the Hunter Mill Supervisor
District experienced the most rapid growth, increasing 15.6 percent or 17,056 persons.
Currently, the Mason Supervisor District, which also experienced slow growth (6.0 percent), has
the lowest population, 109,326 persons. The Mount Vernon Supervisor District which grew 13.6
percent has the largest population (127,501 persons). If all nine supervisor districts were equal
in population size, each would have 120,192 residents.
Fairfax County also
is racially and
ethnically diverse.
Over 45 percent of
the county’s total
population is a
racial or ethnic
minority. Over the
past decade, all of
the net population
growth in Fairfax
County was from
racial and ethnic
minorities. Unlike
many jurisdictions,
Fairfax County
does not have a
predominate
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minority group and the county’s minorities are widely dispersed geographically. Based on data
from the Census Bureau’s American Community Surveys, Fairfax County’s Asian and Hispanic
residents represent many different cultures. Ancestry from a single country does not form a
predominate majority in either group. Countywide, 17.5 percent of the population is Asian, 15.6
percent is Hispanic and 9.2 percent is Black/African American.
Among the county’s 232 voting precincts, only two precincts contain an Asian population that
comprises more than 45 percent of the precinct’s total population and only four precincts contain
a Hispanic population that exceeds 45 percent of the precinct’s population. No precinct in
Fairfax County contains a Black/African American population that comprises more than 45
percent of the precinct’s total population. By supervisor district, Sully Supervisor District
contains the largest proportion of Asian residents (23.5 percent), Mason Supervisor District
contains the largest proportion of Hispanic residents (29.3 percent), and Lee (17.5 percent) and
Mount Vernon (17.3 percent) Supervisor Districts contain the largest proportions of
Black/African American residents.
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Distribution of Asian Population
by Voting Precinct, 2010
Fairfax County, Virginia
DRANESVILLE
HUNTER MILL
SULLY
PROVIDENCE
MASON
BRADDOCK
SPRINGFIELD
Voting Precinct Population
LEE
MOUNT VERNON
Percent Asian
Less than 10 percent
10 to 30 percent
30.01 to 45 percent
Greater than 45 percent
Supervisor Districts
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File,
prepared by Fairfax County 8
Department of Neighborhood and Community Services, February 2011.
Distribution of Black Population
by Voting Precinct, 2010
Fairfax County, Virginia
DRANESVILLE
HUNTER MILL
SULLY
PROVIDENCE
MASON
BRADDOCK
SPRINGFIELD
Voting Precinct Population
LEE
MOUNT VERNON
Percent Black
Less than 10 percent
10 to 30 percent
30.01 to 45 percent
Greater than 45 percent
Supervisor Districts
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File,
prepared by Fairfax County 9
Department of Neighborhood and Community Services, February 2011.
Distribution of Hispanic Population
by Voting Precinct, 2010
Fairfax County, Virginia
DRANESVILLE
HUNTER MILL
SULLY
PROVIDENCE
MASON
BRADDOCK
SPRINGFIELD
Voting Precinct Population
LEE
MOUNT VERNON
Percent Hispanic
Less than 10 percent
10 to 30 percent
30.01 to 45 percent
Greater than 45 percent
Supervisor Districts
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File,
prepared by Fairfax County10
Department of Neighborhood and Community Services, February 2011.
Distribution of White Population
by Voting Precinct, 2010
Fairfax County, Virginia
DRANESVILLE
HUNTER MILL
SULLY
PROVIDENCE
MASON
BRADDOCK
SPRINGFIELD
Voting Precinct Population
LEE
MOUNT VERNON
Percent White
Less than 45 percent
45 to 55 percent
55.01 to 75 percent
Greater than 75 percent
Supervisor Districts
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File,
prepared by Fairfax County11
Department of Neighborhood and Community Services, February 2011.