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To: Ish who wrote (974)	2/9/2001 3:11:28 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25073

Some good things about Fairfax: Percentage of people with a high school diploma - over 92%. Percentage of high school graduates who go to secondary school - 93%. Percentage of people under the poverty line - less than 5%. Percentage without health insurance - 8%. Percentage of households with a personal computer - 70%. Unemployment rate - 1.6%. From the county website: Fairfax County is the largest County in Virginia; its 1999 population was 946,371 -- making the population larger than that of seven states (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming). Fairfax County, which covers 399 square miles, has 344,563 households with a median family income of $84,000 as of 1997. The 1999 median market value of a single-family home in Fairfax County is $238,185. Fairfax County's public school system is the largest in Virginia and the 12th largest in the nation. School Board members are elected for four-year terms by Fairfax County voters. Because the School Board doesn't have the power to tax or incur debt, the local operating costs of the school system are provided from federal and state government funds and by transfers from the County Budget to the schools. Approximately 51 cents of each County tax dollar goes to schools. Out of approximately 25,000 counties and cities in the United States, Fairfax County is one of only 24 with three Triple A bond credit ratings--the highest credit ratings possible. This means that the County's bonds always sell at lower interest rates, saving millions of dollars each time bonds are sold. Fairfax County is one of the safest counties of its size in the nation and has fewer police officers per 1,000 residents than any other suburban area. Yet it has one of the highest levels of police service at one of the lowest per capita costs in the D.C. area. As of the 1990 Census, Fairfax County ranks number one in the nation in terms of the percentage of workers in executive, administrative and managerial positions and ranks sixth in the United States in its percentage of residents with a college degree. Fairfax County has more than 18,000 acres of public parkland and more than 350 parks. The County is the home of Wolf Trap Farm Park, the only national park for the performing arts. Tysons Corner, located within the County, contains one of the largest concentrations of retail shopping on the East Coast outside of New York City. Fairfax County's public library is the largest in the southeast United States and one of the busiest in the nation for its size, with 19 branches and a collection of over 2 million items.