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Fairfax Population by Race and Ethnicity

Fairfax Population by Race Graph

2010 Population by Race and Ethnicity Fairfax, VA Virginia United States
Population by Race
White 17,737 71.09% 5,421,678 68.39% 221,809,059 71.91%
Black or African American 1,384 5.55% 1,565,199 19.74% 37,036,996 12.01%
American Indian and Alaska Native 161 0.65% 35,640 0.45% 3,026,418 0.98%
Asian 4,205 16.85% 408,948 5.16% 13,906,406 4.51%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 47 0.19% 7,128 0.09% 662,031 0.21%
Other 1,417 5.68% 489,158 6.17% 32,014,224 10.38%
Population by Ethnicity
Population Hispanic 3,540 14.19% 561,491 7.08% 49,511,501 16.05%
Population Non Hispanic 21,411 85.81% 7,366,260 92.92% 258,943,633 83.95%

The data for Fairfax, VA may also contain data for the following areas: Fairfax

Race versus Ethnicity: According to the Census, race and ethnicity are considered two separate and distinct identities. Hispanic or Latino origin is asked as a separate question and categorized under ethnicity. In addition to their race and/or races, all respondents are categorized by one of two ethnicities, which are "Hispanic" and "Non Hispanic."

Hispanic Ethnicity: According to the Census, people of Hispanic origin, were those who indicated that their origin was Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or some other Hispanic origin. It should be noted that people of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

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