Demographic Profiles Table of Contents

  • DP1 General Demographic Characteristics
  • DP2 Social Characteristics
  • DP3 Economic Characteristics
  • DP4 Housing Characteristics

General Demographic Characteristics Comparative Analysis Profile

Census 2000 Summary File 3 data; developed using Proximity software -- http://proximityone.com/dp.htm

Area 1: Alexandria city, Virginia

Area 2: Washington, DC--MD--VA--WV PMSA (VA part)

Area 3: Virginia

	Area 1		Area 2		Area 3
Subject matter item	Value	Pct	Value	Pct	Value	Pct
Total population	128,283	100.00	2,167,757	100.00	7,078,515	100.00
Male	61,974	48.31	1,075,927	49.63	3,471,895	49.05
Female	66,309	51.69	1,091,830	50.37	3,606,620	50.95
Under 5 years	7,962	6.21	157,434	7.26	461,982	6.53
5 to 9 years	5,953	4.64	159,007	7.34	495,084	6.99
10 to 14 years	4,722	3.68	151,689	7.00	495,955	7.01
15 to 19 years	4,739	3.69	132,182	6.10	484,065	6.84
20 to 24 years	9,919	7.73	128,465	5.93	480,574	6.79
25 to 34 years	32,571	25.39	365,967	16.88	1,036,965	14.65
35 to 44 years	23,186	18.07	402,745	18.58	1,200,690	16.96
45 to 54 years	17,641	13.75	322,240	14.87	999,256	14.12
55 to 59 years	6,117	4.77	108,653	5.01	358,442	5.06
60 to 64 years	3,868	3.02	71,148	3.28	273,169	3.86
65 to 74 years	5,695	4.44	94,134	4.34	432,456	6.11
75 to 84 years	4,204	3.28	56,552	2.61	272,611	3.85
85 years and over	1,706	1.33	17,541	0.81	87,266	1.23
Median age (years)	34.40		34.70		35.70
18 years and over	106,746	83.21	1,613,264	74.42	5,340,253	75.44
Male	51,063	39.80	791,662	36.52	2,582,793	36.49
Female	55,683	43.41	821,602	37.90	2,757,460	38.96
21 years and over	103,726	80.86	1,545,625	71.30	5,039,883	71.20
62 years and over	13,800	10.76	207,459	9.57	948,784	13.40
65 years and over	11,605	9.05	168,227	7.76	792,333	11.19
Male	4,341	3.38	70,463	3.25	322,801	4.56
Female	7,264	5.66	97,764	4.51	469,532	6.63
RACE
One race	122,800	95.73	2,095,498	96.67	6,935,446	97.98
White	76,702	59.79	1,570,760	72.46	5,120,110	72.33
Black or African American	28,915	22.54	244,197	11.26	1,390,293	19.64
American Indian and Alaska Native	355	0.28	6,517	0.30	21,172	0.30
Asian	7,249	5.65	178,260	8.22	261,025	3.69
Asian Indian	1,629	1.27	36,472	1.68	48,815	0.69
Chinese	912	0.71	24,980	1.15	36,966	0.52
Filipino	1,107	0.86	19,780	0.91	47,609	0.67
Japanese	296	0.23	5,329	0.25	9,080	0.13
Korean	1,335	1.04	35,142	1.62	45,279	0.64
Vietnamese	510	0.40	29,093	1.34	37,309	0.53
Other Asian	1,460	1.14	27,464	1.27	35,967	0.51
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	112	0.09	1,676	0.08	3,946	0.06
Native Hawaiian	24	0.02	448	0.02	1,023	0.01
Guamanian or Chamorro	25	0.02	538	0.02	1,310	0.02
Samoan	22	0.02	240	0.01	631	0.01
Other Pacific Islander	41	0.03	450	0.02	982	0.01
Some other race	9,467	7.38	94,088	4.34	138,900	1.96
Two or more races	5,483	4.27	72,259	3.33	143,069	2.02
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	80,473	62.73	1,629,171	75.15	5,233,601	73.94
Black or African American	30,769	23.99	263,317	12.15	1,441,207	20.36
American Indian and Alaska Native	946	0.74	16,683	0.77	52,864	0.75
Asian	8,606	6.71	202,901	9.36	304,559	4.30
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	282	0.22	4,211	0.19	9,984	0.14
Some other race	12,988	10.12	127,974	5.90	190,308	2.69
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	128,283	100.00	2,167,757	100.00	7,078,515	100.00
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	18,882	14.72	218,978	10.10	329,540	4.66
Mexican	1,829	1.43	32,743	1.51	73,979	1.05
Puerto Rican	1,116	0.87	15,630	0.72	41,131	0.58
Cuban	280	0.22	4,255	0.20	8,332	0.12
Other Hispanic or Latino	15,657	12.21	166,350	7.67	206,098	2.91
Not Hispanic or Latino	109,401	85.28	1,948,779	89.90	6,748,975	95.34
White alone	68,889	53.70	1,466,247	67.64	4,965,637	70.15
RELATIONSHIP
Total population	128,283	100.00	2,167,757	100.00	7,078,515	100.00
In households	126,382	98.52	2,138,836	98.67	6,847,117	96.73
Householder	61,889	48.24	805,642	37.16	2,699,173	38.13
Spouse	19,905	15.52	446,649	20.60	1,426,044	20.15
Child	24,087	18.78	633,152	29.21	1,991,214	28.13
Own child under 18 years	18,996	14.81	511,712	23.61	1,561,010	22.05
Other relatives	7,836	6.11	117,477	5.42	355,604	5.02
Under 18 years	1,948	1.52	32,981	1.52	138,678	1.96
Nonrelatives	12,665	9.87	135,916	6.27	375,082	5.30
Unmarried partner	3,566	2.78	37,766	1.74	126,365	1.79
In group quarters	1,901	1.48	28,921	1.33	231,398	3.27
Institutionalized population	1,439	1.12	15,581	0.72	111,484	1.57
Noninstitutionalized population	462	0.36	13,340	0.62	119,914	1.69
HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
Total households	61,889	100.00	805,642	100.00	2,699,173	100.00
Family households (families)	27,749	44.84	547,940	68.01	1,847,796	68.46
With own children under 18 years	11,487	18.56	281,294	34.92	881,893	32.67
Married-couple family	19,905	32.16	446,649	55.44	1,426,044	52.83
With own children under 18 years	7,666	12.39	226,222	28.08	645,504	23.91
Female householder,no husband present	5,700	9.21	72,372	8.98	320,290	11.87
With own children under 18 years	3,100	5.01	42,053	5.22	186,591	6.91
Nonfamily households	34,140	55.16	257,702	31.99	851,377	31.54
Householder living alone	26,890	43.45	194,850	24.19	676,907	25.08
Householder 65 years and over	4,217	6.81	41,647	5.17	216,588	8.02
Households with individuals under 18 years	12,673	20.48	300,975	37.36	968,736	35.89
Households with individuals 65 years and over	8,553	13.82	121,654	15.10	565,204	20.94
Average household size	2.04		2.65		2.54
Average family size	2.87		3.19		3.04
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	64,251	100.00	835,754	100.00	2,904,192	100.00
Occupied housing units	61,889	96.32	805,642	96.40	2,699,173	92.94
Vacant housing units	2,362	3.68	30,112	3.60	205,019	7.06
For seasonal, recreational,or occasional use	523	0.81	7,017	0.84	54,696	1.88
Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1		1		2
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	2.40		2.90		5.20
HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	61,889	96.32	805,642	96.40	2,699,173	92.94
Owner-occupied housing units	24,745	38.51	538,975	64.49	1,837,939	63.29
Renter-occupied housing units	37,144	57.81	266,667	31.91	861,234	29.65
Average household size of owner-occupied units	2.03		2.78		2.62
Average household size of renter-occupied units	2.05		2.41		2.36

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Social Characteristics Comparative Analysis Profile

Census 2000 Summary File 3 data; developed using Proximity software -- http://proximityone.com/dp.htm

Area 1: Alexandria city, Virginia

Area 2: Washington, DC--MD--VA--WV PMSA (VA part)

Area 3: Virginia

	Area 1		Area 2		Area 3
Subject matter item	Value	Pct	Value	Pct	Value	Pct
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	26,509	100.00	582,195	100.00	1,868,101	100.00
Nursery school, preschool	2,078	7.84	45,235	7.77	125,701	6.73
Kindergarten	1,297	4.89	32,971	5.66	101,127	5.41
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	8,594	32.42	250,447	43.02	806,445	43.17
High school (grades 9-12)	4,244	16.01	117,522	20.19	384,028	20.56
College or graduate school	10,296	38.84	136,020	23.36	450,800	24.13
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	95,730	100.00	1,442,772	100.00	4,666,574	100.00
Less than 9th grade	6,282	6.56	69,272	4.80	338,184	7.25
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,315	6.60	93,935	6.51	526,426	11.28
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,115	12.66	261,059	18.09	1,212,463	25.98
Some college, no degree	14,823	15.48	267,719	18.56	951,700	20.39
Associate degree	4,213	4.40	78,519	5.44	262,813	5.63
Bachelor's degree	28,272	29.53	384,309	26.64	835,011	17.89
Graduate or professional degree	23,710	24.77	287,959	19.96	539,977	11.57
Percent high school graduate or higher	86.80		88.70		81.50
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	54.30		46.60		29.50
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	109,660	100.00	1,699,313	100.00	5,623,628	100.00
Never married	42,714	38.95	470,077	27.66	1,473,063	26.19
Now married, except separated	47,239	43.08	981,084	57.73	3,132,259	55.70
Separated	3,109	2.84	39,935	2.35	163,486	2.91
Widowed	5,031	4.59	68,852	4.05	350,451	6.23
Female	4,174	3.81	56,358	3.32	286,985	5.10
Divorced	11,567	10.55	139,365	8.20	504,369	8.97
Female	6,855	5.34	82,972	3.83	290,268	4.10
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household w/one or more own grandchildren under 18 yrs	1,573	1.23	37,615	1.74	140,015	1.98
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	622	0.48	12,468	0.58	59,464	0.84
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	104,890	81.76	1,582,974	73.02	5,211,916	73.63
Civilian veterans	11,828	9.22	225,180	10.39	786,359	11.11
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	16,234	12.65	460,410	21.24	1,549,749	21.89
With a disability	1,405	1.10	32,176	1.48	125,668	1.78
Population 21 to 64 years	90,216	70.33	1,345,031	62.05	4,073,957	57.55
With a disability	12,084	9.42	172,620	7.96	712,330	10.06
Percent employed	65.90		69.20		58.50
No disability	78,132	60.91	1,172,411	54.08	3,361,627	47.49
Percent employed	83		82		80
Population 65 years and over	10,486	8.17	158,576	7.32	753,882	10.65
With a disability	4,070	3.17	56,132	2.59	317,085	4.48
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	120,272	100.00	2,011,246	100.00	6,619,266	100.00
Same house in 1995	44,100	36.67	944,694	46.97	3,453,486	52.17
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	64,796	53.87	939,511	46.71	2,960,329	44.72
Same county	18,747	15.59	345,111	17.16	1,196,930	18.08
Different county	46,049	38.29	594,400	29.55	1,763,399	26.64
Same state	19,941	16.58	276,444	13.74	941,661	14.23
Different state	26,108	21.71	317,956	15.81	821,738	12.41
Elsewhere in 1995	11,376	9.46	127,041	6.32	205,451	3.10
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	128,283	100.00	2,167,757	100.00	7,078,515	100.00
Native	95,683	74.59	1,767,835	81.55	6,508,236	91.94
Born in United States	93,128	72.60	1,720,157	79.35	6,402,682	90.45
State of residence	27,840	21.70	651,905	30.07	3,676,255	51.94
Different state	65,288	50.89	1,068,252	49.28	2,726,427	38.52
Born outside United States	2,555	1.99	47,678	2.20	105,554	1.49
Foreign born	32,600	25.41	399,922	18.45	570,279	8.06
Entered 1990 to March 2000	18,932	14.76	195,938	9.04	269,121	3.80
Naturalized citizen	9,248	7.21	154,458	7.13	232,767	3.29
Not a citizen	23,352	18.20	245,464	11.32	337,512	4.77
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	32,600	100.00	399,914	100.00	570,271	100.00
Europe	2,790	8.56	44,330	11.08	86,612	15.19
Asia	8,059	24.72	168,861	42.22	235,374	41.27
Africa	7,665	23.51	35,092	8.77	42,509	7.45
Oceania	62	0.19	1,582	0.40	2,807	0.49
Latin America	13,557	41.59	143,971	36.00	189,809	33.28
Northern America	467	1.43	6,078	1.52	13,160	2.31
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	120,272	100.00	2,011,246	100.00	6,619,266	100.00
English only	84,234	70.04	1,545,654	76.85	5,884,075	88.89
Language other than English	36,038	29.96	465,592	23.15	735,191	11.11
Speak English less than "very well"	17,163	14.27	205,798	10.23	303,729	4.59
Spanish	17,368	14.44	196,992	9.79	316,274	4.78
Speak English less than "very well"	10,313	8.57	105,205	5.23	151,938	2.30
Other Indo-European languages	7,523	6.25	112,978	5.62	195,846	2.96
Speak English less than "very well"	2,322	1.93	30,582	1.52	53,125	0.80
Asian and Pacific Island languages	4,092	3.40	114,151	5.68	170,136	2.57
Speak English less than "very well"	2,010	1.67	56,611	2.81	82,167	1.24
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	128,283	100.00	2,167,757	100.00	7,078,515	100.00
Total ancestries reported	139,758	108.95	2,377,749	109.69	6,770,807	95.65
Arab	1,979	1.54	28,683	1.32	41,663	0.59
Czech	813	0.63	12,040	0.56	25,126	0.35
Danish	514	0.40	8,508	0.39	17,083	0.24
Dutch	1,327	1.03	26,330	1.21	80,104	1.13
English	13,465	10.50	256,178	11.82	788,849	11.14
French (except Basque)	2,762	2.15	54,068	2.49	143,414	2.03
French Canadian	688	0.54	15,926	0.73	38,400	0.54
German	14,355	11.19	313,909	14.48	828,664	11.71
Greek	629	0.49	12,733	0.59	25,846	0.37
Hungarian	729	0.57	12,558	0.58	25,783	0.36
Irish	14,638	11.41	278,302	12.84	696,315	9.84
Italian	5,885	4.59	115,317	5.32	257,129	3.63
Lithuanian	453	0.35	7,259	0.33	12,837	0.18
Norwegian	1,256	0.98	21,262	0.98	46,877	0.66
Polish	3,048	2.38	60,157	2.78	124,647	1.76
Portuguese	292	0.23	5,874	0.27	12,031	0.17
Russian	1,665	1.30	25,736	1.19	45,076	0.64
Scotch-Irish	2,581	2.01	47,276	2.18	158,639	2.24
Scottish	3,255	2.54	56,226	2.59	153,447	2.17
Slovak	479	0.37	7,512	0.35	13,199	0.19
Subsaharan African	8,500	6.63	37,918	1.75	69,775	0.99
Swedish	1,323	1.03	23,632	1.09	50,873	0.72
Swiss	462	0.36	7,890	0.36	18,257	0.26
Ukrainian	405	0.32	7,775	0.36	15,056	0.21
United States or American	3,904	3.04	142,446	6.57	808,386	11.42
Welsh	967	0.75	20,376	0.94	48,646	0.69
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	729	0.57	8,602	0.40	23,149	0.33
Other ancestries	52,655	41.05	763,256	35.21	2,201,536	31.10

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Economic Characteristics Comparative Analysis Profile

Census 2000 Summary File 3 data; developed using Proximity software -- http://proximityone.com/dp.htm

Area 1: Alexandria city, Virginia

Area 2: Washington, DC--MD--VA--WV PMSA (VA part)

Area 3: Virginia

	Area 1		Area 2		Area 3
Subject matter item	Value	Pct	Value	Pct	Value	Pct
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	108,764	100.00	1,671,174	100.00	5,529,980	100.00
In labor force	80,949	74.43	1,233,774	73.83	3,694,663	66.81
Civilian labor force	79,088	72.72	1,202,264	71.94	3,563,772	64.44
Employed	76,584	70.41	1,168,573	69.93	3,412,647	61.71
Unemployed	2,504	2.30	33,691	2.02	151,125	2.73
Percent of civilian labor force	3.20		2.80		4.20
Armed Forces	1,861	1.71	31,510	1.89	130,891	2.37
Not in labor force	27,815	25.57	437,400	26.17	1,835,317	33.19
Females 16 years and over	56,660	52.09	851,158	50.93	2,854,288	51.61
In labor force	39,411	36.24	569,298	34.07	1,730,072	31.29
Civilian labor force	38,959	35.82	564,478	33.78	1,709,933	30.92
Employed	37,655	34.62	547,272	32.75	1,633,989	29.55
Own children under 6 years	8,857	8.14	181,585	10.87	531,130	9.60
All parents in family in labor force	4,992	4.59	107,101	6.41	329,968	5.97
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	77,190	100.00	1,182,673	100.00	3,481,820	100.00
Car, truck, or van - drove alone	48,487	62.82	849,422	71.82	2,685,914	77.14
Car, truck, or van - carpooled	10,158	13.16	163,187	13.80	441,093	12.67
Public transportation (including taxicab)	12,637	16.37	89,831	7.60	124,166	3.57
Walked	2,289	2.97	24,259	2.05	80,487	2.31
Other means	927	1.20	10,892	0.92	40,093	1.15
Worked at home	2,692	3.49	45,082	3.81	110,067	3.16
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	29.70		32.00		27.00
OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	76,584	100.00	1,168,573	100.00	3,412,647	100.00
Management, professional, and related occupations	43,053	56.22	594,746	50.90	1,304,906	38.24
Service occupations	9,132	11.92	140,766	12.05	468,179	13.72
Sales and office occupations	16,253	21.22	274,946	23.53	868,527	25.45
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	49	0.06	1,990	0.17	16,336	0.48
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	4,135	5.40	86,489	7.40	327,733	9.60
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	3,962	5.17	69,636	5.96	426,966	12.51
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	119	0.16	5,596	0.48	43,425	1.27
Construction	3,840	5.01	80,306	6.87	250,155	7.33
Manufacturing	2,188	2.86	49,477	4.23	387,104	11.34
Wholesale trade	1,214	1.59	22,761	1.95	93,477	2.74
Retail trade	5,469	7.14	111,245	9.52	389,437	11.41
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	3,115	4.07	49,565	4.24	158,477	4.64
Information	5,312	6.94	75,339	6.45	130,592	3.83
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	5,423	7.08	80,684	6.90	226,222	6.63
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management	16,862	22.02	222,140	19.01	395,681	11.59
Educational, health and social services	9,882	12.90	171,280	14.66	626,156	18.35
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	5,640	7.36	79,950	6.84	245,967	7.21
Other services (except public administration)	6,617	8.64	73,695	6.31	183,695	5.38
Public administration	10,903	14.24	146,535	12.54	282,259	8.27
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	55,782	72.84	850,388	72.77	2,547,990	74.66
Government workers	16,726	21.84	254,233	21.76	668,575	19.59
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	3,947	5.15	61,750	5.28	188,035	5.51
Unpaid family workers	129	0.17	2,202	0.19	8,047	0.24
INCOME IN 1999
Households	61,968	100.00	806,515	100.00	2,700,335	100.00
Less than $10,000	3,408	5.50	27,519	3.41	214,076	7.93
$10,000 to $14,999	1,949	3.15	18,031	2.24	141,948	5.26
$15,000 to $24,999	4,754	7.67	45,443	5.63	308,532	11.43
$25,000 to $34,999	6,625	10.69	62,264	7.72	326,821	12.10
$35,000 to $49,999	10,248	16.54	106,390	13.19	444,682	16.47
$50,000 to $74,999	13,244	21.37	174,905	21.69	549,412	20.35
$75,000 to $99,999	8,091	13.06	133,006	16.49	307,107	11.37
$100,000 to $149,999	7,585	12.24	142,993	17.73	254,948	9.44
$150,000 to $199,999	2,825	4.56	52,649	6.53	80,046	2.96
$200,000 or more	3,239	5.23	43,315	5.37	72,763	2.69
Median household income (dollars)	56,054	...	70,206	...	46,677	...
With earnings	55,114	88.94	729,396	90.44	2,252,777	83.43
Mean earnings (dollars)	73,284	...	82,197	...	59,822	...
With Social Security income	8,035	12.97	117,870	14.61	631,530	23.39
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,378	...	10,930	...	10,868	...
With Supplemental Security Income	1,049	1.69	14,070	1.74	95,716	3.54
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,914	...	6,108	...	5,770	...
With public assistance income	886	1.43	11,107	1.38	66,492	2.46
Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,770	...	2,565	...	2,242	...
With retirement income	8,343	13.46	139,890	17.34	507,879	18.81
Mean retirement income (dollars)	29,394	...	28,492	...	20,920	...
Families	28,153	100.00	552,747	100.00	1,859,983	100.00
Less than $10,000	1,213	4.31	11,644	2.11	84,736	4.56
$10,000 to $14,999	866	3.08	8,601	1.56	66,086	3.55
$15,000 to $24,999	2,114	7.51	25,017	4.53	177,583	9.55
$25,000 to $34,999	2,739	9.73	35,701	6.46	207,152	11.14
$35,000 to $49,999	3,536	12.56	60,379	10.92	308,169	16.57
$50,000 to $74,999	4,972	17.66	113,465	20.53	419,782	22.57
$75,000 to $99,999	3,700	13.14	98,909	17.89	249,758	13.43
$100,000 to $149,999	4,547	16.15	116,884	21.15	215,044	11.56
$150,000 to $199,999	1,998	7.10	45,026	8.15	69,414	3.73
$200,000 or more	2,468	8.77	37,121	6.72	62,259	3.35
Median family income (dollars)	67,023	...	80,036	...	54,169	...
Per capita income (dollars)	37,645	...	32,811	...	23,975	...
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	47,514	...	51,609	...	37,764	...
Female full-time, year-round workers	41,254	...	38,192	...	28,035	...
NUMBER BELOW POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families	1,921	100.00	19,134	100.00	129,890	100.00
With related children under 18 years	1,445	75.22	14,654	76.59	98,963	76.19
With related children under 5 years	765	39.82	7,112	37.17	45,898	35.34
Families with female householder, no husband present	968	50.39	8,290	43.33	71,397	54.97
With related children under 18 years	845	43.99	7,282	38.06	63,280	48.72
With related children under 5 years	341	17.75	3,050	15.94	28,548	21.98
Individuals	11,279	100.00	110,506	100.00	656,641	100.00
18 years and over	8,252	73.16	77,137	69.80	447,109	68.09
65 years and over	939	8.33	8,614	7.80	71,545	10.90
Related children under 18 years	2,907	25.77	31,464	28.47	202,174	30.79
Related children 5 to 17 years	1,870	16.58	22,027	19.93	142,391	21.68
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	4,838	42.89	43,796	39.63	235,697	35.89
NUMBER FOR WHOM POVERTY STATUS IS DETERMINED POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families	28,153	100.00	552,747	100.00	1,859,983	100.00
With related children under 18 years	12,952	46.01	301,669	54.58	967,829	52.03
With related children under 5 years	6,552	23.27	124,710	22.56	372,086	20.00
Families with female householder, no husband present	5,372	19.08	69,731	12.62	310,716	16.71
With related children under 18 years	3,471	12.33	45,910	8.31	212,640	11.43
With related children under 5 years	1,145	4.07	13,518	2.45	70,200	3.77
Individuals	126,409	100.00	2,135,426	100.00	6,844,372	100.00
18 years and over	105,288	83.29	1,589,570	74.44	5,136,463	75.05
65 years and over	10,486	8.30	158,576	7.43	753,875	11.01
Related children under 18 years	20,946	16.57	543,540	25.45	1,699,177	24.83
Related children 5 to 17 years	13,103	10.37	389,334	18.23	1,246,510	18.21
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	45,747	36.19	377,441	17.68	1,186,998	17.34

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Housing Characteristics Comparative Analysis Profile

Census 2000 Summary File 3 data; developed using Proximity software -- http://proximityone.com/dp.htm

Area 1: Alexandria city, Virginia

Area 2: Washington, DC--MD--VA--WV PMSA (VA part)

Area 3: Virginia

	Area 1		Area 2		Area 3
Subject matter item	Value	Pct	Value	Pct	Value	Pct
UNITS IN STRUCTURE
Total housing units	64,251	100.00	835,754	100.00	2,904,192	100.00
1 unit, detached	9,533	14.84	423,062	50.62	1,810,353	62.34
1 unit, attached	13,571	21.12	165,643	19.82	279,789	9.63
2 units	754	1.17	6,164	0.74	59,766	2.06
3 or 4 units	1,939	3.02	15,997	1.91	94,496	3.25
5 to 9 units	6,461	10.06	42,286	5.06	146,458	5.04
10 to 19 units	8,455	13.16	70,559	8.44	152,821	5.26
20 or more units	23,405	36.43	100,935	12.08	171,881	5.92
Mobile home	109	0.17	10,824	1.30	185,282	6.38
Boat, RV, van, etc.	24	0.04	284	0.03	3,346	0.12
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT
1999 to March 2000	1,213	1.89	27,385	3.28	73,440	2.53
1995 to 1998	3,311	5.15	80,085	9.58	234,463	8.07
1990 to 1994	2,554	3.98	85,542	10.24	271,818	9.36
1980 to 1989	7,651	11.91	188,003	22.50	570,178	19.63
1970 to 1979	14,141	22.01	169,033	20.23	570,065	19.63
1960 to 1969	11,988	18.66	116,530	13.94	404,533	13.93
1940 to 1959	16,727	26.03	129,871	15.54	515,153	17.74
1939 or earlier	6,666	10.37	39,305	4.70	264,542	9.11
ROOMS
1 room	4,935	7.68	18,117	2.17	34,056	1.17
2 rooms	6,815	10.61	40,089	4.80	93,344	3.21
3 rooms	11,306	17.60	75,613	9.05	205,183	7.07
4 rooms	12,499	19.45	89,377	10.69	409,747	14.11
5 rooms	10,037	15.62	104,131	12.46	558,559	19.23
6 rooms	6,817	10.61	108,855	13.02	514,410	17.71
7 rooms	4,919	7.66	110,437	13.21	396,746	13.66
8 rooms	3,517	5.47	114,181	13.66	326,153	11.23
9 or more rooms	3,406	5.30	174,954	20.93	365,994	12.60
Median (rooms)	4.20	...	6.30	...	5.80	...
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
Occupied housing units	61,889	100.00	805,642	100.00	2,699,173	100.00
1999 to March 2000	19,595	31.66	185,110	22.98	548,950	20.34
1995 to 1998	21,361	34.52	259,529	32.21	782,914	29.01
1990 to 1994	7,759	12.54	132,219	16.41	430,473	15.95
1980 to 1989	6,946	11.22	131,194	16.28	435,640	16.14
1970 to 1979	3,764	6.08	57,491	7.14	250,105	9.27
1969 or earlier	2,464	3.98	40,099	4.98	251,091	9.30
VEHICLES AVAILABLE
None	6,953	11.23	43,689	5.42	206,604	7.65
1	32,436	52.41	255,377	31.70	853,080	31.61
2	18,163	29.35	340,865	42.31	1,068,102	39.57
3 or more	4,337	7.01	165,711	20.57	571,387	21.17
HOUSE HEATING FUEL
Utility gas	33,640	54.36	407,154	50.54	918,956	34.05
Bottled, tank, or LP gas	668	1.08	24,702	3.07	138,595	5.13
Electricity	24,550	39.67	310,953	38.60	1,178,739	43.67
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.	2,469	3.99	51,788	6.43	362,618	13.43
Coal or coke	18	0.03	170	0.02	5,592	0.21
Wood	21	0.03	7,393	0.92	78,994	2.93
Solar energy	6	0.01	75	0.01	791	0.03
Other fuel	233	0.38	1,823	0.23	7,872	0.29
No fuel used	284	0.46	1,584	0.20	7,016	0.26
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS
Lacking complete plumbing facilities	295	0.48	3,411	0.42	19,550	0.72
Lacking complete kitchen facilities	268	0.43	2,979	0.37	15,070	0.56
No telephone service	551	0.89	5,928	0.74	57,656	2.14
OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
Occupied housing units	61,889	100.00	805,642	100.00	2,699,173	100.00
1.00 or less	56,765	91.72	764,400	94.88	2,612,441	96.79
1.01 to 1.50	1,950	3.15	20,062	2.49	52,573	1.95
1.51 or more	3,174	...	21,180	...	34,159	...
VALUE
Specified owner-occupied units	16,836	100.00	461,528	100.00	1,510,798	100.00
Less than $50,000	40	0.24	2,992	0.65	91,881	6.08
$50,000 to $99,999	500	2.97	33,018	7.15	462,870	30.64
$100,000 to $149,999	2,155	12.80	91,859	19.90	373,288	24.71
$150,000 to $199,999	2,752	16.35	106,665	23.11	233,999	15.49
$200,000 to $299,999	5,069	30.11	129,226	28.00	209,613	13.87
$300,000 to $499,999	4,684	27.82	75,700	16.40	107,093	7.09
$500,000 to $999,999	1,441	8.56	19,598	4.25	28,041	1.86
$1,000,000 or more	195	1.16	2,470	0.54	4,013	0.27
Median (dollars)	252,800	...	198,200	...	125,400	...
MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
With a mortgage	13,834	82.17	399,498	86.56	1,135,138	75.13
Less than $300	0	0.00	647	0.14	7,700	0.51
$300 to $499	110	0.65	3,596	0.78	53,357	3.53
$500 to $699	327	1.94	11,032	2.39	119,751	7.93
$700 to $999	1,055	6.27	43,618	9.45	271,257	17.95
$1,000 to $1,499	3,172	18.84	131,949	28.59	357,075	23.63
$1,500 to $1,999	4,043	24.01	110,892	24.03	188,573	12.48
$2,000 or more	5,127	30.45	97,764	21.18	137,425	9.10
Median (dollars)	1,639	...	1,535	...	1,144	...
Not mortgaged	3,002	17.83	62,030	13.44	375,660	24.87
Median (dollars)	433	...	380	...	263	...
SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Less than 15.0 percent	5,806	34.49	141,331	30.62	536,260	35.50
15.0 to 19.9 percent	3,230	19.19	93,635	20.29	278,247	18.42
20.0 to 24.9 percent	2,779	16.51	80,416	17.42	228,390	15.12
25.0 to 29.9 percent	1,666	9.90	51,690	11.20	151,378	10.02
30.0 to 34.9 percent	1,046	6.21	31,092	6.74	94,216	6.24
35.0 percent or more	2,240	13.30	62,140	13.46	213,042	14.10
Not computed	69	0.41	1,224	0.27	9,265	0.61
GROSS RENT
Specified renter-occupied units	37,141	100.00	263,809	100.00	843,433	100.00
Less than $200	1,069	2.88	5,306	2.01	41,617	4.93
$200 to $299	510	1.37	3,626	1.37	36,814	4.36
$300 to $499	909	2.45	9,902	3.75	159,610	18.92
$500 to $749	8,322	22.41	49,021	18.58	258,786	30.68
$750 to $999	14,940	40.23	91,348	34.63	170,908	20.26
$1,000 to $1,499	8,932	24.05	72,277	27.40	96,258	11.41
$1,500 or more	2,043	5.50	23,826	9.03	30,264	3.59
No cash rent	416	1.12	8,503	3.22	49,176	5.83
Median (dollars)	861	...	904	...	650	...
GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Less than 15.0 percent	6,821	18.37	48,719	18.47	153,292	18.17
15.0 to 19.9 percent	6,753	18.18	46,749	17.72	130,884	15.52
20.0 to 24.9 percent	6,404	17.24	42,215	16.00	116,516	13.81
25.0 to 29.9 percent	4,620	12.44	31,781	12.05	92,056	10.91
30.0 to 34.9 percent	2,977	8.02	20,591	7.81	63,960	7.58
35.0 percent or more	8,556	23.04	61,362	23.26	221,808	26.30
Not computed	1,010	2.72	12,392	4.70	64,917	7.70

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