2022 population: 163,380 ( 34,419 from 2010 , 6,443 from 2020)
Land area: 269.2 square miles
Population density: 606.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	88,851	54.38%	1.6%
Black:	33,502	20.51%	57.6%
Indian:	556	0.34%	22.5%
Asian:	6,778	4.15%	83.5%
2+ races:	7,112	4.35%	80.0%
Hispanic:	26,581	16.27%	123.8%

Total non-White:	74,529	45.62%	79.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,045	12.9
Deaths:	2,080	6.6
Net Migration:	3,943	12.6
Net Immigration:	589	1.9

Change in White population:	1,417	1.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	33,002	25.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
128,961
87,434	67.80%
21,259	16.48%
454	0.35%
3,694	2.86%
3,952	3.06%
11,875	9.21%
41,527	32.20%

2000
92,446
74,027	80.08%
11,013	11.91%
387	0.42%
1,583	1.71%
1,918	2.07%
3,342	3.62%
18,419	19.92%

1990
61,236
54,807	89.50%
4,154	6.78%
262	0.43%
737	1.20%
n/a
1,276	2.08%
6,429	10.50%

1980
40,470
36,726	90.75%
2,888	7.14%
112	0.28%
169	0.42%
n/a
550	1.36%
3,744	9.25%

1970
24,587
22,000	89.48%
2,340	9.52%
17	0.07%
31	0.13%
n/a
184	0.75%
2,587	10.52%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
14,842	16.1
4,625	5.0
21,421	23.2
262	0.3

13,407	14.5
23,108	25.0

Number	Rate
1990's
11,255	18.4
3,353	5.5
25,456	41.6
533	0.9

19,220	31.4
11,990	19.6

Number	Rate
1980's
7,126	17.6
2,406	5.9
16,469	40.7
n/a

18,081	44.7
2,685	6.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
12,067	49.1
n/a

14,726	59.9
1,157	4.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Stafford County, VA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
36.4
41,082	25.1%
122,298	74.9%
17,275	10.6%

50,313
3.06

39,295	78.1%
32,086	81.7%
3,022	7.7%
11,018	21.9%

2010
Number	Percent
34.6
37,197	28.8%
91,764	71.2%
9,464	7.3%

41,769
3.00

33,311	79.8%
26,742	80.3%
2,991	9.0%
8,458	20.2%

2000
Number	Percent
32.9
29,163	31.5%
63,283	68.5%
5,379	5.8%

30,136
3.02

24,492	81.3%
20,836	85.1%
1,710	7.0%
5,644	18.7%

1990
Number	Percent
30.1
18,004	29.4%
43,232	70.6%
3,613	5.9%

19,443
3.05

16,311	83.9%
14,424	88.4%
807	4.9%
3,132	16.1%

1980
Number	Percent
27.7
13,400	33.1%
27,070	66.9%
2,236	5.5%

12,239
3.17

10,662	87.1%
9,512	89.2%
509	4.8%
1,577	12.9%

2022 Housing Data for Stafford County, VA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,073	2.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	418	0.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	695	1.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	465	0.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	648	1.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	842	1.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,126	2.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	773	1.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,142	2.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	2,483	4.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	4,009	8.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,277	10.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	5,377	10.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,577	11.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,314	16.5%
$200,000 or more	12,094	24.0%

Median Household Income	128,036
Per Capita Income	48,971

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	114
Compared to U.S.	113

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,340	2.7%
Public Assistance	400	0.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	2,385	4.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	62,452	70.6%
Unemployed	2,618	3.0%
In Armed Forces	3,507	4.0%

Total Labor Force	68,577	77.5%
Not in Labor Force	19,855	22.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	23,558	18,784	55.6%
Non-Profit	1,450	2,812	34.0%
Self-Employed	2,893	2,977	49.3%

Local Government	2,680	4,060	39.8%
State Government	578	1,172	33.0%
Federal Government	9,994	5,446	64.7%

Total Private + Self	26,451	21,761	54.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	14,702	13,490	52.1%
Total	41,153	35,251	53.9%

Pct. Govt.	31.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	14,967	19.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	13,882	18.1%
Professional, Technical	22,562	29.5%
Service Occupations	12,835	16.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	117	0.2%
All others	12,308	16.1%

White Collar		67.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Public administration	14,926	19.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	9,607	12.5%
Health care and social assistance	8,800	11.5%
Retail trade	7,701	10.1%
Educational services	6,706	8.8%
Construction	5,731	7.5%
Accommodation and food services	4,799	6.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,257	4.3%
Other services	3,017	3.9%
Transportation and warehousing	2,973	3.9%
Finance and insurance	1,996	2.6%
Manufacturing	1,919	2.5%
Information	1,484	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	979	1.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	902	1.2%
Wholesale trade	864	1.1%
Utilities	542	0.7%
Management	174	0.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	155	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	22	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	6,752	4.28%
Puerto Rican	3,346	2.12%
Cuban	501	0.32%
Dominican	580	0.37%

Total Central American	8,083	5.13%
Costa Rican	51	0.03%
Guatemalan	745	0.47%
Honduran	781	0.50%
Nicaraguan	247	0.16%
Panamanian	535	0.34%
Salvadoran	5,606	3.56%
Other Central American	118	0.07%

Total South American	2,961	1.88%
Argentinean	81	0.05%
Bolivian	615	0.39%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	606	0.38%
Ecuadorian	122	0.08%
Paraguayan	65	0.04%
Peruvian	1,123	0.71%
Uruguayan	31	0.02%
Venezuelan	318	0.20%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,297	0.82%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	1,164	0.74%
Korean	1,129	0.72%
Indian	1,077	0.68%
Chinese	457	0.29%
Vietnamese	244	0.15%
Japanese	107	0.07%
Thai	100	0.06%
Laotian	76	0.05%
Cambodian	63	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	122,452	82.8%
Spanish	15,692	10.6%
Other Indo-European	2,801	1.9%
Other	1,765	1.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,232	0.8%
Korean	836	0.6%
Tagalog	716	0.5%
Other Asian	558	0.4%
Arabic	547	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	17,296	11.0%
English	15,084	9.6%
Irish	14,125	9.0%
American	10,697	6.8%
Italian	7,090	4.5%
European	4,186	2.7%
Polish	3,140	2.0%
Scottish	2,690	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	2,426	1.5%
French	2,303	1.5%
African	1,701	1.1%
Ghanaian	1,401	0.9%
Welsh	1,224	0.8%
British	1,157	0.7%
Dutch	1,135	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	148,983	94.5%
Not a citizen	8,623	5.5%

Native	137,912	87.5%
Foreign-born	19,694	12.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,152	3.1%	4,060	4.0%	22,375	22.0%	28,211	27.8%	26,284	25.9%	17,450	17.2%
Average years of education: 14.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,152	3.1%
9-12 Years	4,060	4.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	22,375	22.0%
Some College	28,211	27.8%
Bach. Degree	26,284	25.9%
Grad Degree	17,450	17.2%
Average years of education: 14.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	32,168	31,143	1,025	3.2%	4.4%
1991	34,423	32,736	1,687	4.9%	5.8%
1992	35,900	34,034	1,866	5.2%	6.2%
1993	37,307	36,064	1,243	3.3%	5.2%
1994	39,085	37,894	1,191	3.0%	4.8%
1995	40,593	39,359	1,234	3.0%	4.4%
1996	42,398	41,285	1,113	2.6%	4.3%
1997	43,446	42,574	872	2.0%	3.7%
1998	44,765	44,090	675	1.5%	2.8%
1999	46,907	46,220	687	1.5%	2.7%

2000	48,435	47,622	813	1.7%	2.3%
2001	50,879	49,728	1,151	2.3%	3.3%
2002	53,365	51,693	1,672	3.1%	4.4%
2003	55,593	53,774	1,819	3.3%	4.3%
2004	58,730	56,928	1,802	3.1%	4.1%
2005	61,669	59,854	1,815	2.9%	3.8%
2006	63,570	61,868	1,702	2.7%	3.3%
2007	64,522	62,697	1,825	2.8%	3.3%
2008	66,023	63,567	2,456	3.7%	4.3%
2009	65,781	62,102	3,679	5.6%	6.8%

2010	63,985	59,719	4,266	6.7%	7.3%
2011	65,045	61,043	4,002	6.2%	6.6%
2012	65,422	61,712	3,710	5.7%	5.9%
2013	66,106	62,452	3,654	5.5%	5.6%
2014	66,910	63,415	3,495	5.2%	5.1%
2015	66,918	63,975	2,943	4.4%	4.4%
2016	68,383	65,749	2,634	3.9%	4.0%
2017	69,784	67,288	2,496	3.6%	3.7%
2018	71,464	69,378	2,086	2.9%	2.9%
2019	74,084	72,123	1,961	2.6%	2.7%

2020	72,341	68,242	4,099	5.7%	6.2%
2021	73,479	70,794	2,685	3.7%	3.9%
2022	75,743	73,567	2,176	2.9%	2.9%
2023	77,864	75,580	2,284	2.9%	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	52,961
Median Value	$431,900

Occupied	50,313	95.0%
Vacant	2,648	5.0%

Owned	40,044	79.6%
Rented	10,269	20.4%
Median Rent	$1,828

Single-Family Units	46,789	88.3%
Detached	39,348	74.3%
Attached	7,441	14.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	4,423	8.4%
Mobile Homes	1,291	2.4%

Stafford County, VA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Stafford County, VA

2022 Housing Data for Stafford County, VA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Stafford County, VA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Stafford County, VA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Stafford County, VA

Historical Labor Force Data for Stafford County, VA