Prince George's County vs. Fairfax County

	Prince George's County (MD)	Fairfax County (VA)
Population estimates, July 1, 2019, (V2019)	909,327	1,150,795
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2019, (V2019)	5.2%	6.4%
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2019)	864,029	1,081,667
Persons under 5 years, percent	6.5%	6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent	22.1%	23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	13.9%	13.5%
Female persons, percent	51.9%	50.4%
White alone, percent	27.1%	64.8%
Black or African American alone, percent	64.4%	10.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent	1.2%	0.6%
Asian alone, percent	4.4%	20.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent	0.2%	0.1%
Two or More Races, percent	2.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent	19.5%	16.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	12.3%	50.3%
Veterans, 2014-2018	55,843	74,376
Foreign born persons, percent, 2014-2018	22.4%	31.2%
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2014-2018	62.0%	68.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018	$287,800	$550,000
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018	$2,033	$2,659
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2014-2018	$663	$844
Median gross rent, 2014-2018	$1,434	$1,851
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013	32.5%	27.9%
Households, 2014-2018	308,849	394,447
Persons per household, 2014-2018	2.87	2.88
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2014-2018	85.3%	85.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2014-2018	25.6%	38.9%
Households with a computer, percent, 2014-2018	93.5%	96.7%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2014-2018	85.5%	93.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	86.5%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	32.7%	61.1%
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2014-2018	6.4%	4.4%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	11.1%	9.0%
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	71.2%	70.7%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	67.5%	64.9%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)	1,685,461	2,795,360
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)	3,126,368	6,870,151
Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000)	2,216,764	1,408,820
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)	7,639,806	25,177,210
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)	9,358,060	14,589,534
Total retail sales per capita, 2012	$10,620	$13,043
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2014-2018	37.0	32.2
Median household income (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$81,969	$121,133
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$35,869	$54,725
Persons in poverty, percent	8.3%	6.1%
All firms, 2012	77,204	115,917
Men-owned firms, 2012	37,899	62,967
Women-owned firms, 2012	34,395	41,905
Minority-owned firms, 2012	59,172	47,911
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012	16,219	64,164
Veteran-owned firms, 2012	7,644	12,378
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012	67,290	98,963
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007	54.5%	7.0%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.9%	0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007	6.2%	17.3%
Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007	8.8%	8.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007	37.8%	31.3%

Source: United States Census Bureau

About this page: Side-by-side comparison between Prince George's county (MD) and Fairfax county (VA) using the main population, demographic, and social indicators from the United States Census Bureau.