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Fairfax County in VA has the smallest drop in unemployment rate over the last 4 years (-1.2%) among the 180 counties with at least 376,353 in population in 2015 (Fairfax County in VA is at 1,142,234). That -1.2% compares to an average of -3.7% across those 180 counties. Also, that -1.2% represents a drop from 4.8% to 3.6%.
Fairfax County in VA has these related standings among those 180 counties:
Fairfax County in VA has these related standings among those 180 counties:
- change in unemployment rate over the last 4 years = -1.2% (the highest)
- unemployment rate = 3.6% (14th-lowest, tied)
exceeded Montgomery County in MD (-1.3%), Bernalillo County in NM (-1.3%), Jefferson Parish in LA (-1.5%), Oklahoma County in OK (-1.5%), and Douglas County in NE (-1.6%), and 174 others, ending with San Joaquin County in CA (-7.3%).
- population in 2015. Population estimate in county as of July 1st. Source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america.aspx.
- change in unemployment rate over the last 4 years. Lower values are better. Change in unemployment rate from 2011 to 2015. Source data: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america.aspx.
Fairfax County in VA is in Virginia, is in the Southern states, in the East Coast states, high in creative professions, contains a high-density urban area, improved or maxed out on all the obesity and diabetes change metrics (4 of these; each county needs at least 3 with actual values to qualify), is economically non-specialized, saw little change in onshore oil production, saw little change in natural-gas production, is better than the nationwide averages in each of overall obesity, male obesity, female obesity, change over 4 years in overall obesity, change over 4 years in male obesity, and change over 4 years in female obesity, is better than the nationwide income averages in each of median household income, per-capita income, poverty rate, poverty rate for children age 0-17, deep-poverty rate, and deep-poverty rate for children age 0-17, and is better than the nationwide averages in adults of age 25+ with each of a bachelors degree or higher, less than a bachelors degree, less than an associate degree, no college credits, and no high school diploma or ged.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($110,507)
- per-capita income ($51,137)
- median rent for a 3-bedroom unit ($2,300)
- median rent for a 1-bedroom unit ($1,513)
- median rent for a 0-bedroom (studio/efficiency) unit ($1,440)
- proportion of veterans who are male (85.9%)
- owner-occupied housing (68.2%)
- residents employed in services (66.6%)
- adults of age 25+ with a bachelors degree or higher (59.2%)
- white non-Hispanic population (54.6%)
- change, relative to its home state, in per-capita income (+50.6%)
- religious adherents (45.00%)
- change in median rent for a 0-bedroom (studio/efficiency) unit over the last decade (+45.0%)
- adults of age 25+ with less than a bachelors degree (40.8%)
- change in median rent for a 3-bedroom unit over the last decade (+39.0%)
- adults of age 25+ with less than an associate degree (35.4%)
- change in median rent for a 1-bedroom unit over the last decade (+33.0%)
- foreign-born population (29.8%)
- adults of age 25+ with no college credits (21.3%)
- female obesity (20.3%)
- obesity (20.1%)
- male obesity (19.9%)
- Asian population (17.4%)
- Catholics (17.00%)
- Hispanic population (15.6%)
- proportion of veterans who are female (14.1%)
- residents employed in government (12.6%)
- non-English speaking households (11.3%)
- population age 65 or older (9.8%)
- residents who are veterans (9.8%)
- Evangelical Protestants (9.60%)
- female-headed family households (9.3%)
- Mainline Protestants (9.30%)
- Caribbean-born population (9.1%)
- black non-Hispanic population (8.9%)
- poverty rate for children age 0-17 (8.7%)
- adults of age 25+ with no high school diploma or GED (8.1%)
- poverty rate (6.7%)
- adults of age 65+ living alone (6.5%)
- enrollment frequency in a health plan through HealthCare.gov (6.40%)
- residents who have diabetes (6.2%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 (+5.6%)
- Mexican-born population (5.3%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 due to net international immigration (+4.9%)
- United Methodists (4.90%)
- multi-racial population (4.1%)
- farmland (3.7%)
- unemployment rate (3.6%)
- deep-poverty rate for children age 0-17 (3.3%)
- Southern Baptists (3.10%)
- unemployment rate for veterans (3.0%)
- residents employed in manufacturing (2.9%)
- deep-poverty rate (2.7%)
- European-born population (2.3%)
- Mormons (1.50%)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 8 years (+1.4%)
- Evangelical Lutherans (1.10%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 due to net inbound migration (+0.5%)
- difference in obesity prevalence among women over men (0.4%)
- Native American non-Hispanic population (0.2%)
- residents employed in agriculture or other resource-based industries (0.2%)
- Central or South American-born population (0.0%)
- African-born population (0.0%)
- Asian-born population (0.0%)
- difference in obesity prevalence among men over women (-0.4%)
- change over 9 years in the prevalence of diabetes (-0.4%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of male obesity (-0.5%)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 4 years (-1.2%)
- change, relative to its home state, in the net inbound migration rate (-1.4%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of obesity (-1.4%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of female obesity (-2.2%)
- change, relative to its home state, in the poverty rate (-5.1%)
- average household size (2.8)
- enrollees in a health plan through HealthCare.gov (73,091)
- land area (391.0 sq miles)
- population in 2015 (1,142,234)
- total domestic water use (81.10 Mgal/day)
- total domestic water use per capita (71.00 gallons/day)
- total water usage for all purposes (14.90 Mgal/day)
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