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Arlington County, VA Demographics

Arlington County, VA is the 8th most populous of 133 counties in Virginia, with 238,643 residents across 26 square miles. That is about 9,179 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 238,643
Land area 26 sq mi
Density 9,179 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

How Arlington County compares to the US

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Central Location: Arlington County, VA

Measured from the county's main population center using 2020 census blocks.

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Census tracts in Arlington County, VA

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Census Tract 1022 7,880 0.3 23,597
Census Tract 1013 6,940 1.0 7,208
Census Tract 1002 6,660 1.2 5,377
Census Tract 1031 6,207 0.7 8,414
Census Tract 1003 6,199 1.7 3,628
Census Tract 1011 5,948 0.8 7,117
Census Tract 1007 5,827 0.6 9,732
Census Tract 1032 5,520 0.4 14,314
Census Tract 1017.01 5,507 0.1 58,838
Census Tract 1028.04 5,339 0.2 22,984
Census Tract 1025 5,291 0.4 12,392
Census Tract 1001 5,125 0.8 6,041
Census Tract 1035.03 5,102 0.1 65,782
Census Tract 1005 5,029 0.8 6,085
Census Tract 1038 4,964 0.4 13,874
Census Tract 1020.03 4,820 0.2 20,467
Census Tract 1018.03 4,722 0.4 12,823
Census Tract 1023.02 4,668 0.5 10,209
Census Tract 1016.03 4,482 0.2 25,130
Census Tract 1009 4,406 0.6 6,965
Census Tract 1017.05 4,175 0.1 38,269
Census Tract 1012 3,897 0.6 6,318
Census Tract 1034.05 3,874 0.1 26,043
Census Tract 1035.05 3,813 0.2 18,326
Census Tract 1014.07 3,812 0.0 96,758
Census Tract 1004 3,780 1.5 2,566
Census Tract 1018.05 3,760 0.1 48,704
Census Tract 1026 3,688 0.3 13,461
Census Tract 1014.06 3,641 0.1 39,631
Census Tract 1024 3,617 0.4 9,707
Census Tract 1027.01 3,579 0.2 19,914
Census Tract 1035.01 3,535 0.1 25,359
Census Tract 1018.01 3,399 0.1 31,245
Census Tract 1030 3,390 0.3 11,412
Census Tract 1010 3,319 0.4 8,008
Census Tract 1006 3,285 0.4 8,405
Census Tract 1015.02 3,284 0.2 13,374
Census Tract 1019 3,183 0.4 7,430
Census Tract 1015.01 3,136 0.1 29,077
Census Tract 1029.04 3,125 0.2 20,546
Census Tract 1029.01 2,904 0.3 10,862
Census Tract 1014.02 2,878 0.2 16,252
Census Tract 1020.01 2,802 0.1 34,523
Census Tract 1028.03 2,748 0.2 15,536
Census Tract 1037 2,626 0.6 4,651
Census Tract 1036.01 2,612 0.3 9,221
Census Tract 1035.04 2,571 0.0 51,660
Census Tract 1033 2,492 0.2 14,701
Census Tract 1017.03 2,352 0.1 24,324
Census Tract 1021 2,325 0.4 5,265
Census Tract 1018.04 2,215 0.1 29,355
Census Tract 1014.05 2,176 0.0 72,487
Census Tract 1014.09 2,120 0.0 51,735
Census Tract 1017.04 1,990 0.0 51,588
Census Tract 1014.01 1,938 0.1 15,022
Census Tract 1027.02 1,912 0.1 17,377
Census Tract 1015.03 1,793 0.3 5,703
Census Tract 1023.01 1,734 0.3 5,316
Census Tract 1016.02 1,654 0.1 20,683
Census Tract 1029.03 1,625 0.1 11,680
Census Tract 1008 1,596 0.2 9,424
Census Tract 1034.04 1,438 0.2 7,577
Census Tract 1016.01 1,362 0.3 5,093
Census Tract 1034.03 1,328 0.1 11,399
Census Tract 1028.02 1,317 0.3 4,669
Census Tract 1020.02 1,243 0.1 19,816
Census Tract 1036.02 1,241 0.1 18,394
Census Tract 1034.01 923 0.5 1,931
Census Tract 1014.08 788 0.0 19,269
Census Tract 9801 12 1.9 6
Census Tract 9802 0 1.4 0

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