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Adjacent to Washington, DC, Fairfax County, VA with 2017 population of 1,150,439 is the largest among all 24 counties comprising the Washington, DC metro. The County intersects with 9 Virginia Senate state legislative districts, 15 Virginia House of Delegates state legislative districts and 3 115th Congressional Districts. Fairfax County Situation & Outlook Reports • multi-sourced demographic-economic characteristics; updated frequently • click link to view Fairfax County, VA Situation & Outlook report • click link to view reports for other counties • click link to view ZIP code 22314 Situation & Outlook report • click link to view reports for other ZIP codes • click link to view Washington, DC metro Situation & Outlook report This section illustrates use of data analytics methods and tools to examine geographic-demographic-economic characteristics of Fairfax County. Multi-sourced data are integrated using GIS, Outlook2030 and related resources. The focus is primarily on sub-county areas and analysis of socioeconomic characteristics, K-12 education, political geography and voting patterns. The Census 2010 population of Fairfax County, VA was 1,081,726 (2,767 persons per square mile). See more about this county in context of other counties and areas using this interactive table. View related demographic components of change showing births, deaths and migration since 2010. Fairfax County Patterns of Economic Prosperity by Census Tract  ... Click graphic for larger view. ... View developed using CV XE GIS. Map your own districts of interest. Fairfax County Schools & School Attendance Zones The following view uses a Fairfax County GIS project to view high schools (red markers) and high school attendance zones (red boundaries). Using the GIS tools, queries, labeling, zoom-ins, and alternative pattern/section/layer setting enable a wide range of visual and geospatial analysis. Note in the legend to the left of map view, that different types of schools and attendance zones can be viewed in wide-ranging combinations. Other types of geography can be added to the mix such as voting districts shown following this map graphic.  ... Click graphic for larger view. ... View developed using CV XE GIS. Map your own districts of interest. Fairfax County Voting Districts The following view uses the same Fairfax County GIS project to examine voting districts in context of neighborhood economic prosperity. This view shows median household income by census tract. Using the GIS layer editor, different types of demographic-economic subject matter (such as educational attainment, housing value, language spoken at home ...) could be used.  ... Click graphic for larger view. ... View developed using CV XE GIS. Map your own districts of interest. Voting District Drill-down Demographics The following view uses the same Fairfax County GIS project to examine census block demographics by voting district. The graphic (ff3.gis project) shows a zoom-in view focused on the Sherwood voting district. Using the CV XE GIS site analysis tool, all census blocks are selected within the Sherwood VTD (cross-hatched). A subset of blocks could have been selected to examine just part of the VTD. The table to the right of the map shows the aggregated total population and housing units for this VTD. As of Census 2010 there were 1,380 population in this VTD. Other demographic attributes, such as population by age, gender, or race/origin could be integrated into the shapefile using data sourced from Census 2010 Summary File 1  ... Click graphic for larger view. ... View developed using CV XE GIS. Map your own districts of interest. There are 27 census blocks that comprise the Sherwood VTD. Using the View File button in the above operation, these 27 census block records can be viewed using the CV XE GIS dBrowser tool. A partial view of the records is shown below. This file can be exported for use with other software.  ... Click graphic for larger view. ... View developed using CV XE GIS. Map your own districts of interest. Additional School/Attendance Zone/VTD/Census Block Analysis 1. Using the GIS project, the attendance zone and schools layers can be checked/shown. School locations can be examined by VTD; VTDs intersecting attendance zones can be examined. 2. What was the size of the voting age population? The citizen voting age population? These attributes could be examined at the block group level of geography, not reviewed here. See additional information on the citizen voting age population. Voting Districts & Congressional Districts The following view shows Fairfax County voting districts in context of Virginia Congressional District 08 (bold red boundary). Among all congressional districts only VA CD 08 is coterminous with Fairfax County. All others include parts of other counties.  ... Click graphic for larger view. ... View developed using CV XE GIS. Map your own districts of interest. Congressional Districts & Patterns of Neighborhood Economic Prosperity The following view shows Fairfax County with Virginia Congressional District 08 (bold red boundary) overlayed on the census tract layer with patterns of median household income. See similar views of patterns of neighborhood prosperity for each/all congressional districts in the CD 114 Gallery.  ... Click graphic for larger view. ... View developed using CV XE GIS. Map your own districts of interest. Support Using these Resources [goto top] Learn more about demographic economic data and related analytical tools. Join us in a Data Analytics Lab session. There is no fee for these Web sessions. Each informal session is focused on a specific topic. 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