FFX County Growth Analysis Wrote:
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> Fairfax County's growth fueled by Asians,
> Hispanics
> Aubrey Whelan
> Examiner Staff Writer
> Sat, 2012-03-31 20:00
>
http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/virginia/2012/
> 03/fairfax-countys-growth-fueled-asians-hispanics/
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> Fairfax County's minority population has increased
> significantly over the past 10 years -- and new
> data released from the Census Bureau last week
> show that the area is especially attractive to
> residents from India, Korea and El Salvador.
>
> Fairfax residents with an Indian background nearly
> doubled between 2000 and 2010, from 24,955 to
> 43,956, according to census data, and residents of
> Korean ethnicity increased from 27,684 to 41,356.
> Residents with an Asian background now make up
> about 10 percent of Fairfax's population.
>
> Though the majority of Asians currently living in
> Fairfax are foreign-born, many didn't come
> straight to Northern Virginia after leaving their
> home country, said Stephen Fuller, the director of
> George Mason University's Center for Regional
> Analysis.
>
> "They come from Berkeley or Stanford -- they're
> not right off the airplane. They have Ph.Ds.," he
> said. "They're going to where the jobs are, and a
> lot of them are coming here on work visas."
>
> Fairfax County's robust business climate -- one
> that created nearly 10,000 jobs last year -- and
> its strong government presence, with defense
> giants like Northrop Grumman calling the county
> home, attract residents with skills in information
> technology, math and science, Fuller said. And
> well over half of Fairfax's employed Asian
> population -- 59.6 percent -- works in management,
> business, science or the arts.
>
> The area is also attracting a increasing number of
> Hispanic residents, especially those with a
> Salvadoran background. That community increased by
> more than 22,000 over the past decade. Fairfax's
> relative wealth -- its median income is $103,000
> -- has created a number of jobs in the service
> industry, Fuller said, and 36 percent of employed
> Hispanic residents have jobs there.
> Twenty-two-point-seven percent work in management,
> business, science or the arts.
>
> Fuller said residents with a Salvadoran background
> have a long history in the area.
>
> "They came here originally as political refugees
> in the 1980s. may have started the movement and
> been followed by others," he said. Now, the region
> has a large Salvadoran community, he said.
>
> Fairfax officials say they're proud of the
> county's diversity and job offerings.
>
> "I can tell, just in my own neighborhood, how
> diverse our community is becoming," said Sharon
> Bulova, chairwoman of Fairfax's Board of
> Supervisors. "As far as jobs go, Fairfax has been
> fortunate during these recession years, having
> pretty good continued growth in jobs. While other
> parts of the region and other parts of the country
> have struggled with unemployment, we've held our
> own."
While all the rich young white folk are moving to DC Arlington and Alexandria....The burbs are the new ghettos.