At this rate of growth, Fairfax County is accounting for roughly one-half of Northern Virginia's new jobs and one-third of all new jobs added in the Washington, D.C. region. See:

Fairfax gained jobs in 2005
More growth expected
By Michael Zwelling
Published: Sunday, February 19, 2006

Meanwhile, area incomes are among nation's highest.

According to this report, the County's population population grew by 5.4 percent, or 52,400 residents, in the last five years.

With a total population of 1,022,100 residents, Fairfax County ranked third in overall population growth in Virginia, following Loudoun County's 48.8 percent growth, or 82,700 new residents, and Prince William County's 26.5 percent change, or 74,500 new residents.

Northern Virginia — which grew by 13.7 percent — led Virginia's population growth during the first half of the decade, making the commonwealth the seventh-fastest growing state in the United States.   See: