Arlington County

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Arlington County Courthouse Complex
Arlington County Courthouse Complex
administration
US state : Virginia
Administrative headquarters : Arlington
Foundation : July 9, 1846
Post Code 22201 - 22246
22211 (Fort Myer)
22209 (Rosslyn)
Demographics
Residents : 207,627  (2010)
Population density : 3,066.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 67.7 km²
Water surface : 0 km²
map
Map of Arlington County within Virginia
Website : www.arlingtonva.us

Arlington County is one of 95 counties in the state of Virginia in the United States . Arlington County is on the Virginia state border on the Potomac River , directly across from Washington DC , the capital of the United States . Administrative center ( the county seat ) of the Arlington County in Arlington, one from the US Census Bureau defined for statistical purposes place ( census-designated place , extending) over the entire Arlington County. A city called Arlington, however, does not exist.

In 2010 the (estimated) population was 207,627 in an area of ​​67.7 square kilometers.

history

At the time of the American Declaration of Independence in 1776, what is now Arlington County was part of the British Crown Colony of Virginia. In 1791, three years after the American Constitution came into effect , the hundred square miles of the US federal district on the Potomac River was created and the new capital of the United States was to emerge in the years to come. This federal district originally corresponded to exactly one square and at that time also included those lands on the western side of the Potomac that are now again part of Arlington County and Alexandria (Virginia) and thus to Virginia. The latter areas were still known as Alexandria County of the District of Columbia at that time . The name Arlington County did not exist at the time.

Alexandria was an important port and hub for the slave trade . After 1830, the anti-slavery movement grew in Virginia, as in other parts of the United States . The advocates of slavery in Virginia then backed a referendum in the important slave marketplace of Alexandria to get a petition to the American Congress. The aim of the action was to add an additional pro-slavery county in Virginia. On July 9, 1846, this goal was achieved. Since then, Alexandria County , d. H. also what is now Arlington County back to Virginia.

In 1852, the city of Alexandria was separated from the rest of the county and has been a county since then. This gave rise to recurring confusion between the rest of County Alexandria and Alexandria City. For this reason, the former county was renamed Arlington County in 1920 , after the Arlington House , which is located on the also named Arlington Cemetery .

Arlington National Cemetery

The Pentagon seen from the southwest along with the Potomac River and the Washington Monument in the background.

Arlington National Cemetery is an American military cemetery that was established during the American Civil War (1861–1865) on the country estate of Southern General Robert E. Lee , Arlington House . It is directly across from Washington, DC on the Potomac River, next to the Pentagon. With more than 260,000 graves, Arlington National Cemetery is the second largest cemetery in the United States.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located on a hill overlooking downtown Washington DC . Another popular site is the grave of President John F. Kennedy . Kennedy is buried here with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and some of their children. An eternal flame burns on his grave . His brother, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, is also here. Another US President and Chief Justice of the United States, William Howard Taft , is the only other US President to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Pentagon

Arlington is also home to the Pentagon , the headquarters of the US Department of Defense . It was inaugurated on January 15, 1943 and is the largest office building in the world. Although it is in Arlington, it has an address belonging to Washington DC.

The building is pentagonal in shape and has five floors. Each floor has five circumferential corridors. It houses approximately 26,000 military and civilian employees.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1800 5949 -
1810 8552 43.8%
1820 9703 13.5%
1830 9573 -1.3%
1840 9967 4.1%
1850 10,008 0.4%
1860 12,652 26.4%
1870 16,755 32.4%
1880 17,546 4.7%
1890 18,597 6%
1900 6430 -65.4%
1910 10,231 59.1%
1920 16,040 56.8%
1930 26,615 65.9%
1940 57.040 114.3%
1950 135,449 137.5%
1960 163,401 20.6%
1970 174.284 6.7%
1980 152,599 -12.4%
1990 170.936 12%
2000 189,453 10.8%
2010 207,627 9.6%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

Arlington County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Arlington County had 189,453 people in 86,352 households and 39,290 families. The population density was 2828 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 68.94 percent white, 9.35 percent African American , 0.35 percent Native American, 8.62 percent Asian, 0.08 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 8.33 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 4.34 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.62 percent of the population.

Of the 86,352 households, 19.3 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 35.3 percent were married couples living together, 7.0 percent were single mothers, 54.5 percent were non-families, 40.8 percent were single households and 7.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.96 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 16.5 percent of residents under the age of 18, 10.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 42.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 21.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 9.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 101.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 100.7 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 63,001 , and the median income for a family is $ 78,877. Males had a median income of $ 51,011 versus $ 41,552 for females. The per capita income was $ 37,706. 7.8 percent of the population and 5.0 percent of families are below the poverty line. 9.1 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 7.0 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Personalities

Town twinning

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arlington County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  2. {{Web archive | text = archive link | url = http: //www.citymuseumdc.org/gettoknow/faq.asp | wayback = 20070206000000 | archiv-bot = 2018-03-30 12:16:20 InternetArchiveBot}} (Link not available)
  3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011.
  4. Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011.
  5. Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011.
  6. ^ Arlington County, Virginia , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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Coordinates: 38 ° 53 ′  N , 77 ° 6 ′  W