If you’re in a trivia league and someone asks, “how many people live in Fairfax County?” you can answer with confidence: 1,142,888 people. This number is now available as part of Fairfax County’s annual demographics report, which also features population estimates and forecasts; housing units and their characteristics; residential development activity; and commercial and industrial gross floor area. This report also unlocks the baseline data points as to who we are as a county and community – which then fuels other decisions such as the county’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year and beyond.
There are hundreds of stats to examine in the report; NewsCenter highlights a few of the noteworthy numbers.
To view the report, click here.