Prince William County, Virginia
Total Area (land & water): 347.33 sq. miles
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| County Boundaries & Water Features: Eastern border: Potomac River, NE border: Occoquan River/Reservoir & Occoquan Bay, N-NW border: Bull Run, SE border: Chopawamsic Creek |
| Bordering Counties and Cities Clockwise from the North: Fairfax County (N,NE), Manassas Park City (N), Manassas City (Central), Charles County, MD (E), Stafford County (S), Fauquier County (W-SW), Loudoun County (N-NW) |
Combined Statistical Area (CSA): Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA (548) Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA): Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA (47900) Metropolitan Division: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (47894) |
| Comparative Stats | Prince William County | D.C. Metro* | Virginia | United States |
| Value | % | Value | % | Value | % | Value | % |
| PWC Population Estimate 2019
Q4 | 469,236 | | | | | | | |
| Total population (U.S. Census
Bureau) | 461,423 | (X) | 6,196,585 | (X) | 8,454,463 | (X) | 324,697,795 | (X) |
| Male | 230,487 | 50.0 | 3,028,975 | 48.9 | 4,159,173 | 49.2 | 159,886,919 | 49.2 |
| Female | 230,936 | 50.0 | 3,167,610 | 51.1 | 4,295,290 | 50.8 | 164,810,876 | 50.8 |
| Median age (years) | 35.2 | (X) | 37.0 | (X) | 38.2 | (X) | 38.1 | (X) |
| Under 5 years | 34,118 | 7.4 | 402,604 | 6.5 | 508,399 | 6.0 | 19,767,670 | 6.1 |
| Under 18 years | 125,851 | 27.3 | 1,427,108 | 23.0 | 1,865,699 | 22.1 | 73,429,392 | 22.6 |
| 25 to 34 years | 62,840 | 13.6 | 930,535 | 15.0 | 1,174,091 | 13.9 | 45,030,415 | 13.9 |
| 65 years and over | 44,009 | 9.5 | 786,028 | 12.7 | 1,271,946 | 15.0 | 50,783,796 | 15.6 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | | | | | | | | |
| White alone | 198,161 | 42.9 | 2,819,732 | 45.5 | 5,227,569 | 61.8 | 197,100,373 | 60.7 |
| Black or African American
alone | 93,876 | 20.3 | 1,535,282 | 24.8 | 1,588,726 | 18.8 | 39,977,554 | 12.3 |
| American Indian and Alaska
Native alone | 1,324 | 0.3 | 12,753 | 0.2 | 18,092 | 0.2 | 2,160,378 | 0.7 |
| Asian alone | 38,166 | 8.3 | 619,508 | 10.0 | 536,076 | 6.3 | 17,708,954 | 5.5 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone | 394 | 0.1 | 3,430 | 0.1 | 5,146 | 0.1 | 540,511 | 0.2 |
| Some other race alone | 1,429 | 0.3 | 23,353 | 0.4 | 21,750 | 0.3 | 789,047 | 0.2 |
| Two or more races | 19,665 | 4.3 | 205,861 | 3.3 | 265,103 | 3.1 | 7,941,608 | 2.4 |
| Hispanic or Latino (of any
race) | 108,408 | 23.5 | 976,666 | 15.8 | 792,001 | 9.4 | 58,479,370 | 18.0 |
| Place of Birth | | | | | | | | |
| Born in United States | 334,487 | 72.5 | 4,646,753 | 75.0 | 7,239,455 | 85.6 | 275,537,270 | 84.9 |
| State of residence | 164,860 | 35.7 | 1,976,473 | 31.9 | 4,167,762 | 49.3 | 189,033,094 | 58.2 |
| Different state | 169,627 | 36.8 | 2,670,280 | 43.1 | 3,071,693 | 36.3 | 86,504,176 | 26.6 |
| Foreign born | 112,955 | 24.5 | 1,412,074 | 22.8 | 1,051,559 | 12.4 | 44,011,870 | 13.6 |
| Language Spoken at Home | | | | | | | | |
| Language other than English at
Home | 144,209 | 33.7 | 1,679,060 | 29.0 | 1,296,959 | 16.3 | 65,947,773 | 21.6 |
| Speak English less than
"very well" | 59,204 | 13.9 | 624,410 | 10.8 | 471,645 | 5.9 | 25,615,365 | 8.4 |
| Households | | | | | | | | |
| Married-couple family | 86,483 | 60.9 | 1,102,650 | 49.7 | 1,586,494 | 50.3 | 58,198,771 | 48.2 |
| With own
children of the householder under 18 years | 44,802 | 31.6 | 501,600 | 22.6 | 636,104 | 20.2 | 22,736,641 | 18.8 |
| Average household size | 3.22 | (X) | 2.75 | (X) | 2.61 | (X) | 2.62 | (X) |
| Average family size | 3.66 | (X) | 3.37 | (X) | 3.17 | (X) | 3.23 | (X) |
| Educational
Attainment (population 25+) and Veteran Status | | | | | | | | |
| Bachelor's degree | 71,859 | 24.3 | 1,092,393 | 25.8 | 1,272,608 | 22.0 | 43,646,104 | 19.8 |
| Graduate or professional
degree | 49,457 | 16.8 | 1,060,992 | 25.1 | 967,752 | 16.8 | 27,274,058 | 12.4 |
| High school graduate or higher | 261,110 | 88.5 | 3,843,596 | 90.9 | 5,181,538 | 89.7 | 194,149,815 | 88.0 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 121,316 | 41.1 | 2,153,385 | 50.9 | 2,240,360 | 38.8 | 70,920,162 | 32.1 |
| Civilian
veterans (civilian noninstitutionalized population) | 42,139 | 12.8 | 386,018 | 8.2 | 677,533 | 10.5 | 18,230,322 | 7.3 |
| Housing | | | | |
| Total housing units | 158,015 | (X) | 2,361,267 | (X) | 3,514,032 | (X) | 137,428,986 | (X) |
| 1-unit, detached | 85,924 | 54.4 | 1,092,930 | 46.3 | 2,166,186 | 61.6 | 84,770,309 | 61.7 |
| 1-unit, attached | 40,587 | 25.7 | 460,057 | 19.5 | 385,139 | 11.0 | 8,048,562 | 5.9 |
| 2 or more units | 31,504 | 19.9 | 792,876 | 33.6 | 783,195 | 22.3 | 36,114,707 | 26.3 |
| Owner-occupied households | 104,061 | 73.3 | 1,409,325 | 63.6 | 2,087,711 | 66.3 | 77,274,381 | 64.0 |
| Renter-occupied households | 37,939 | 26.7 | 807,672 | 36.4 | 1,063,334 | 33.7 | 43,481,667 | 36.0 |
| Median rooms | 7.0 | (X) | 6.1 | (X) | 6.0 | (X) | 5.5 | (X) |
| Median value (dollars) | $382,400 | (X) | $424,000 | (X) | $273,100 | (X) | $217,500 | (X) |
| Commuting | | | | | | | | |
| Car, truck, or van -- drove
alone | 179,801 | 75.3 | 2,175,181 | 65.8 | 3,230,271 | 77.0 | 116,584,507 | 76.3 |
| Car, truck, or van --
carpooled | 27,454 | 11.5 | 306,489 | 9.3 | 384,172 | 9.2 | 13,763,532 | 9.0 |
| Public transportation
(excluding taxicab) | 11,803 | 4.9 | 442,169 | 13.4 | 184,534 | 4.4 | 7,641,160 | 5.0 |
| Mean travel time to work
(minutes) | 40.0 | (X) | 35.0 | (X) | 28.7 | (X) | 26.9 | (X) |
| Poverty & Income | | | | | | | | |
| All people | (X) | 6.6 | (X) | 7.8 | (X) | 10.6 | (X) | 13.4 |
| Under 18 years | (X) | 9.0 | (X) | 9.9 | (X) | 13.9 | (X) | 18.5 |
| Median household income
(dollars) | $107,132 | (X) | $103,751 | (X) | $74,222 | (X) | $62,843 | (X) |
| Economic
Data from Bureau of Labor Statistics (as of Oct. 2020 and
2020 Quarter 2) | | | | | | | | |
| Labor Force | 239,946 | (X) | 3,372,052 | (X) | 4,267,127 | (X) | 161,053,000 | (X) |
| Employment | 226,974 | (X) | 3,151,020 | (X) | 4,053,828 | (X) | 150,433,000 | (X) |
| Unemployment rate | 5.4 | (X) | 6.6 | (X) | 5.0 | (X) | 6.6 | (X) |
| Establishments of Employment | 9,671 | (X) | 196,476 | (X) | 283,318 | (X) | 10,450,970 | (X) |
| Average Weekly Wage | $1,048 | (X) | $1,614 | (X) | $1,218 | (X) | $1,188 | (X) |
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*"D.C. Metro" = Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which includes numerous counties and independent cities in the region surrounding the District of Columbia.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2015-2019 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates; Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages (QCEW) and Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
- Current estimates (2020 Quarter 4) from the PWC Department of Information Technology's Geospatial Technology Services are italicized. Census values do not add up to the county's Q4 estimates and percentages are from Census Bureau data.
Data retrieved from Data.census.gov and bls.gov/data
See Prince William County's Standard Data Dictionary for the county's official, detailed demographic database.
