Arlington County, Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 136,939 58.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 37,572 15.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 21,913 9.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 24,753 10.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 13,081 5.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 268 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 82 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,646 0.7%

• Under 18 42,601 18.0%
• 18–24 19,713 8.3%
• 25–44 91,642 38.8%
• 45–64 54,175 22.9%
• 65 and over 28,123 11.9%

Median household income

$133,394

90% interval $127,923–$138,865

+$41,278 vs VA · 5th of 133

Below poverty line

8.0%

90% interval 6.8%–9.2%

−1.8 pp vs VA · 105th of 133

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.54 pp vs. state

County GDP

$49.1B

6.44% of state

Avg. annual pay

$131,075

Establishments

9,516

• Professional & business services 63,427 35.1%
• Public administration 25,926 14.3%
• Education & health services 23,035 12.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 22,343 12.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 18,689 10.3%
• Other services 10,642 5.9%
• Financial activities 7,302 4.0%
• Construction 2,233 1.2%
• Information 324 0.2%
• Manufacturing 6 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 96.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

41.3%

−26.0 pp vs VA · 129th of 133

Median gross rent

$2,322

+$743 vs VA · 2nd of 133

Owner-occupied

46,221

Renter-occupied

65,806

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $173,627/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $38,604/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Democratic 100,446 78.3%
• Republican 25,223 19.6%
• Other / third-party 2,693 2.1%

• Spanish 28,118 12.5%
• Chinese 4,511 2.0%
• Arabic 3,462 1.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3,045 1.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2,343 1.0%
• Korean 1,529 0.7%
• Vietnamese 1,114 0.5%
• Tagalog 933 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 931 0.4%

Households

112,027

Family households

49,498

44.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

17,770

35.9% of families

Single-mother families

2,740

5.5% of families

Veterans

12,018

6.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 37,351 15.7%
• Mainline Protestant 15,443 6.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 13,521 5.7%
• Black Protestant 7,910 3.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,373 3.1%
• Orthodox 1,450 0.6%

Health insured

94.7%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

5.3%

±0.5 pp

92nd of 133

With a disability

6.7%

±0.4 pp

133rd of 133

Bachelor's or higher

77.1%

±1.5 pp

+34.9 pp vs VA · 2nd of 133

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.5%

90% interval 5.0%–6.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

17th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

4 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)

Court seats

Arlington, Falls Church

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

1.03 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2