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Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census, [1] it is the most populous county in Virginia, the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington metropolitan area, and the most populous location in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
From Fairfax County: Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, only British noble resident in colonial Virginia 25,144: 6 sq mi (16 km 2) Falls Church: 610: N/A: 1948: From Fairfax County: The Falls Church: 14,685: 2.1 sq mi (5 km 2) Franklin: 620: N/A: 1961: From Southampton County: Benjamin Franklin, publisher, scholar, orator, and U.S ...
Fairfax, Virginia (/ ˈ f ɛər f æ k s / FAIR-faks), [a] is an independent city in Virginia and the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States. [4] As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,536. [5] Fairfax is part of both the Washington metropolitan area and Northern Virginia regions.
As of the 2006–2008 American Community Survey, the three most educated places with 200,000 people or more in Washington–Arlington–Alexandria by bachelor's degree attainment (population 25 and over) are Arlington, Virginia (68.0%), Fairfax County, Virginia (58.8%), and Montgomery County, Maryland (56.4%). [35]
Virginia has the sixth highest per capita income of any state in the United States of America, at $23,975 (2000).Its personal per capita income is $33,671 (2003).. Virginia counties and cities by per capita income (2010).
Also in 2009, 6.7% of Virginia's population were reported as under five years old, 23.4% under eighteen, and 12.1% were senior citizens-65+. [5] The center of population of Virginia is located in Goochland County outside of Richmond. [6]
Clifton is an incorporated town located in southwestern Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 243 at the time of the 2020 census. [4]Incorporated by the General Assembly on March 9, 1902, Clifton is one of only three towns in the county, the other two being the much more populous Vienna and Herndon.
Mount Vernon is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 12,914 at the 2020 census. [1] Primarily due to its historical significance and natural recreation and beauty, the Mount Vernon area receives over one million tourists each year.