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Arlington is an urban county of about 26 square miles located directly across the Potomac River from Washington DC.
Arlington’s central location in the Washington DC metropolitan area, its ease of access by car and public transportation, and its highly skilled labor force have attracted an increasingly varied residential and commercial mix. |
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Fast Facts about Arlington, VA
- Established March 13, 1847 as Alexandria County, the name was changed to Arlington on March 16, 1920. The county is named for the estate where George Washington Parke Custis lived before he built the house currently known as Arlington House in Arlington National Cemetery. The estate had been named to honor the Earl of Arlington.
- The Arlington County Planning Division estimates that Arlington's population as of January 1, 2009 was 209,300.
- In 2000, Arlington was the 13th most densely-population jurisdiction in the U.S. (7,287 persons per square mile.) As of January 1, 2009, the population density was 8,112 per square mile.
- Arlington County has the highest percentage of people with bachelor's or graduate/professional degrees in the Washington DC area (after the City of Falls Church).
- About 90.1% of all graduating high school seniors in Arlington County go on to attend college.
- Almost one-fifth of Arlington County's population is Hispanic or Latino - the highest percentage in the Washington metropolitan area.
- Over one-third of Arlington County residents speak a language other than English at home.
- The land area of Arlington County is 25.8 square miles and the highest point in the County is 461 feet above sea level.
- Eleven of the thirty-three stations for D.C.'s Metro Subway system are located in Arlington. The Rosslyn Metro Station features the third longest continuous escalator in the world (194 feet, 8 inches). It takes 140 seconds to ride from top to bottom.
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