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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Fairfax County, Virginia |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
265,920 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
21,293 |
8.0 |
Kindergarten |
14,825 |
5.6 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
111,407 |
41.9 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
55,499 |
20.9 |
College or graduate school |
62,896 |
23.7 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
653,237 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
27,929 |
4.3 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
32,548 |
5.0 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
90,642 |
13.9 |
Some college, no degree |
110,597 |
16.9 |
Associate degree |
33,660 |
5.2 |
Bachelor's degree |
198,607 |
30.4 |
Graduate or professional degree |
159,254 |
24.4 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
90.7 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
54.8 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
763,300 |
100.0 |
Never married |
201,804 |
26.4 |
Now married, except separated |
458,387 |
60.1 |
Separated |
15,296 |
2.0 |
Widowed |
29,453 |
3.9 |
Female |
24,233 |
3.2 |
Divorced |
58,360 |
7.6 |
Female |
36,446 |
4.8 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
16,266 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
4,572 |
28.1 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
711,577 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
96,389 |
13.5 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
205,610 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
14,535 |
7.1 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
603,973 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
70,426 |
11.7 |
Percent employed |
70.8 |
(X) |
No disability |
533,547 |
88.3 |
Percent employed |
81.7 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
73,696 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
23,628 |
32.1 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
902,189 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
444,011 |
49.2 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
388,165 |
43.0 |
Same county |
168,960 |
18.7 |
Different county |
219,205 |
24.3 |
Same state |
85,720 |
9.5 |
Different state |
133,485 |
14.8 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
70,013 |
7.8 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
969,749 |
100.0 |
Native |
732,072 |
75.5 |
Born in United States |
709,622 |
73.2 |
State of residence |
229,470 |
23.7 |
Different state |
480,152 |
49.5 |
Born outside United States |
22,450 |
2.3 |
Foreign born |
237,677 |
24.5 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
112,841 |
11.6 |
Naturalized citizen |
98,601 |
10.2 |
Not a citizen |
139,076 |
14.3 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
237,677 |
100.0 |
Europe |
23,464 |
9.9 |
Asia |
120,127 |
50.5 |
Africa |
17,556 |
7.4 |
Oceania |
1,006 |
0.4 |
Latin America |
72,496 |
30.5 |
Northern America |
3,028 |
1.3 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
902,189 |
100.0 |
English only |
631,768 |
70.0 |
Language other than English |
270,421 |
30.0 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
119,065 |
13.2 |
Spanish |
96,055 |
10.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
51,250 |
5.7 |
Other Indo-European languages |
67,351 |
7.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
18,005 |
2.0 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
83,443 |
9.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
42,347 |
4.7 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
969,749 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
1,091,805 |
112.6 |
Arab |
19,158 |
2.0 |
Czech1 |
5,582 |
0.6 |
Danish |
3,893 |
0.4 |
Dutch |
11,241 |
1.2 |
English |
115,552 |
11.9 |
French (except Basque)1 |
24,427 |
2.5 |
French Canadian1 |
6,714 |
0.7 |
German |
136,605 |
14.1 |
Greek |
6,663 |
0.7 |
Hungarian |
5,800 |
0.6 |
Irish1 |
120,801 |
12.5 |
Italian |
53,963 |
5.6 |
Lithuanian |
3,757 |
0.4 |
Norwegian |
9,858 |
1.0 |
Polish |
28,188 |
2.9 |
Portuguese |
2,558 |
0.3 |
Russian |
14,242 |
1.5 |
Scotch-Irish |
20,553 |
2.1 |
Scottish |
25,243 |
2.6 |
Slovak |
3,780 |
0.4 |
Subsaharan African |
17,154 |
1.8 |
Swedish |
11,304 |
1.2 |
Swiss |
3,710 |
0.4 |
Ukrainian |
4,003 |
0.4 |
United States or American |
46,346 |
4.8 |
Welsh |
9,033 |
0.9 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
3,598 |
0.4 |
Other ancestries |
378,079 |
39.0 |
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Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) 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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