Fairfax city, Virginia (VA)

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% of renters here:	31%
State:	32%

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Industries providing employment: Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (19.6%), Educational,health and social services (16.8%), Public administration (10.3%).

Type of workers:

Fairfax city, Virginia business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Fairfax city, Virginia:

Median resident age:	37.0 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 10,484	(48.8%)
Females: 11,014	(51.2%)

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Fairfax city:	2.6 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

This county:	$86,314
Virginia:	$59,562

This county:	$1,202
State:	$753

Fairfax city:	$442,541
Virginia:	$262,100

Detached houses: $479,588

Here:	$479,588
State:	$357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $495,637

Here:	$495,637
State:	$371,438

In 2-unit structures: $252,276

Here:	$252,276
State:	$295,743

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $299,744

Here:	$299,744
State:	$305,320

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $219,138

Here:	$219,138
State:	$316,638

Mobile homes: $25,000

Here:	$25,000
State:	$37,843

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $12,500

Here:	$12,500
State:	$92,978

This county:	5.7%
Whole state:	9.6%

This county:	2.8%
Whole state:	4.3%

Area name: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Fairfax city is $1080 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1225 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1580 a month.

Cities in this county include: Fairfax.

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Here:	5.8%
Virginia:	7.0%

Current college students: 1,693
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 45.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 5,451 (35% naturalized citizens)

Fairfax city:	25.4%
Whole state:	8.1%

Mean travel time to work: 30.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 22.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 4,448
• One, attached: 1,471
• Two: 32
• 3 or 4: 84
• 5 to 9: 456
• 10 to 19: 1,122
• 20 or more: 573
• Mobile homes: 10
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8

Housing units in Fairfax city with a mortgage: 3,872 (537 second mortgage, 496 home equity loan, 33 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,055

Here:	78.6% with mortgage
State:	75.1% with mortgage

Fairfax city-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below Virginia state average. It is 90% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 93.4 miles away from Fairfax city center
On 5/5/2003 at 16:32:32, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 86.6 miles away from the county center
On 3/15/1991 at 06:54:08, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 10.9 mi) earthquake occurred 83.4 miles away from the county center
On 9/22/2001 at 16:01:20, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, 2.5 LG, Depth: 1.2 mi) earthquake occurred 82.3 miles away from Fairfax city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 8,703 (73%) Carpooled: 1,376 (12%) Bus or trolley bus: 336 (3%) Streetcar or trolley car: 11 (0%) Subway or elevated: 549 (5%) Ferryboat: 7 (0%) Motorcycle: 36 (0%) Bicycle: 44 (0%) Walked: 407 (3%) Other means: 27 (0%) Worked at home: 349 (3%)

18.98% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($55,250 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	18.98%
Virginia average:	11.06%

0.54% of residents moved from foreign countries ($797 average AGI)

Fairfax city:	0.54%
Virginia average:	0.41%

13.03% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($40,375 average AGI)
5.41% relocated from other states ($14,078 average AGI)

Fairfax city:	5.41%
Virginia average:	4.24%

from Fairfax County, VA	8.72% ($63,464 average AGI)
from Prince William County, VA	1.06% ($45,695)
from Arlington County, VA	1.00% ($52,606)
from Loudoun County, VA	0.57% ($59,893)
from Alexandria city, VA	0.48% ($54,234)
from Montgomery County, MD	0.44% ($42,256)
from District of Columbia, DC	0.25% ($30,800)

16.62% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($54,863 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	16.62%
Virginia average:	10.78%

0.18% of residents moved to foreign countries ($785 average AGI)

Fairfax city:	0.18%
Virginia average:	0.22%

11.79% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($36,605 average AGI)
4.65% relocated to other states ($17,473 average AGI)

Fairfax city:	4.65%
Virginia average:	4.13%

to Fairfax County, VA	6.97% ($46,543 average AGI)
to Prince William County, VA	1.29% ($55,452)
to Loudoun County, VA	0.95% ($53,088)
to Arlington County, VA	0.65% ($76,371)
to Montgomery County, MD	0.42% ($48,625)
to Alexandria city, VA	0.35% ($52,088)
to Prince George's County, MD	0.32% ($42,452)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 16.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 15.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 13.3

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 10,471 (9,633 aged, 838 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 17,263 (4,284 male householders, 1,143 female householders)

  4,526 spouses, 5,318 children (4,849 natural, 235 adopted, 234 stepchildren), 273 grandchildren, 431 brothers or sisters, 226 parents, 554 other relatives, 508 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 3,705 (1,089 male householders (635 living alone)), 1,497 female householders (1,244 living alone)), 1,119 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 530 (353 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,382 2-persons, 1,288 3-persons, 955 4-persons, 425 5-persons, 195 6-persons, 182 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,879 1-person, 474 2-persons, 145 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons.

69.4% of residents of Fairfax city speak English at home.
13.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
5.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
9.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $3,045,881,000 ($138060 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,616,453,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $359,972,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $56,716,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,407,000
Federal grants: $100,652,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,450,710,000 ($1,374,980,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $76,424,000 ($18,040,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $109,035,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $12,921,000
Federal Government insurance: $22,244,000

Here:	71 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Here:	41 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Here:	+71 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Here:	-78 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Here:	7.4
State:	6.6

Here:	4.1
State:	4.3

53% of Fairfax city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Virginia.

Fairfax city:	52.6%
State average:	53.8%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 5565
• Northeast: 3096
• Midwest: 1783
• South: 4039
• West: 1022

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $193,800

Here:	13.5%
Virginia:	9.5%

Here:	9.2%
Virginia:	8.2%

Here:	13.5%
Virginia:	20.6%

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