Northern Virginia has some of the richest counties in the country, but among the rich are pockets of poverty with a disproportionate effect on minority residents, says new report. Notable features of the region include the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the many companies that serve them and the rest of the U.S. UU. Area tourist attractions include several memorials, museums and sites from the Civil and Colonial War era, such as Arlington National Cemetery, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Manassas Battlefield National Park, Mount Vernon Estate, National Corps Museum Marines, the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum, United States Marine Corps War Memorial.
Other attractions include parts of Appalachian Trail, Great Falls Park, Loudoun Wine Country, Old Town Alexandria, Prince William Forest Park, and parts of Shenandoah National Park. More narrowly defined, Northern Virginia consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford counties, as well as the independent cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park and Fredericksburg, after the United States War of Independence, when the thirteen colonies formed the United States of America, the war hero and Virginian George Washington was the choice to become its first president. Washington had been a surveyor and developer of transport channels in the early 18th century. He was also a strong supporter of the bustling port city of Alexandria, which was located on the Potomac River below the fall line, not far from his plantation in Mount Vernon, Fairfax County.
With his guidance, a new federal city (now known as the District of Columbia) was established on both sides of the Potomac River on a square of territory that was ceded to the federal government by the new states of Maryland and Virginia. Alexandria was located on the eastern edge, south of the river. On the outskirts, on the north side of the river, was another port city, Georgetown. These population counts include all counties within Virginia that are part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area, DC-VA-MD-WV or the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington Combined Statistical Area, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA as defined by the U.S.
Office of Management and Budget within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The National Capital Area Council operates in Area D, C. Serves locations in the Washington D.C., C metropolitan area. In Northern Virginia, it has chapters and divisions serving Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, Arlington, Alexandria, and Fairfax Counties.
It also serves Caroline County, the City of Fredericksburg, and Spotsylvania County. The National Capital Soccer League serves soccer leagues and associations in the Washington DC, C metropolitan area. Includes Northern Virginia football associations in Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, Stafford County, Arlington County, City of Fredericksburg, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, and a soccer association in Culpeper County, Winchester and Warrenton. But it's worth noting that when we compare counties, we're comparing very different denominators.
Some of the richest zip codes in the country often belong to large counties that also contain some poorer areas. Meanwhile, district-wide poverty shortage makes Virginia and Maryland look richer in county comparisons. In the 2004 presidential election, 53 percent of North Virginia voters voted for John Kerry, the Democratic candidate, and 46 percent voted for George W. In the 21st century, Northern Virginia is becoming increasingly known for favoring Democratic Party candidates at both the state and national levels.
As in many other rankings of this type, Northern Virginia did well, filling three of the top four and four of the top seven. Although Northern Virginia contains a large part of the state's population, there are only a handful of colleges and universities in the region. Fairfax County, which includes the independent cities of Fairfax City and Falls Church, remains one of the richest counties in the U. In fact, incomes are so high in relative terms that even after factoring in its high cost of living, Los Alamos remains one of the richest counties in the U.
Northern Virginia is home to people of diverse backgrounds, with significant numbers of Korean-Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Bangladeshi Americans, Chinese Americans, Filipinos, Russian Americans, Arab Americans, Palestinian Americans, Uzbek Americans, Afghan Americans, Ethiopian Americans, Indian Americans, Iranian Americans, Thai Americans, and Pakistani Americans. Now known as the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, the area includes Berkeley County and Jefferson County, West Virginia. The communities in the region form the Virginia part of the Washington metropolitan area and the larger Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area. A quarter of the county's population was foreign-born (twice the rate in Virginia) and more than a third speak a language other than English at home.
It is home to the Northern Virginia Swim League, which comprises 102 community pools, and NVSL-Dive, which is comprised of 47 teams in Fairfax and Arlington counties. In addition, the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech maintain a center in Falls Church, and George Washington University has a campus in Loudoun County. The largest and best known is George Mason University in Fairfax, the largest public university in Virginia. Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems has a satellite campus in Fairfax in the INOVA health system.
The early development of northern Virginia was in the easternmost area of that early land grant, which encompasses modern Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond and Westmoreland counties. At some point, these eastern counties were separately renamed simply Northern Neck, and, for the remaining area west of them, the term was no longer used. . .
