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Indicators Virginia Arlington County Fairfax County Norfolk Virginia Beach  Populations Total population 7,712,091[1] 204,568[2] 1,010,241[3] 235,747[4] 434,743[5] Families 906,249[6] 17,726[7] 120,126[8] 24,638[9] 55,337[10] Children 2,189,672[11] 41,912[12] 303,025[13] 69,867[14] 130,760[15]  Households Average family size 3.11[16] 3.09[17] 3.28[18] 3.22[19] 3.12[20]  Family Composition One parent (female) 23.15%[21] 21.94%[22] 13.68%[23] 40.93%[24] 23.12%[25] One parent (male) 6.54%[26] 4.69%[27] 4.47%[28] 10.20%[29] 8.29%[30] Two-parent 70.30%[31] 73.37%[32] 81.85%[33] 48.87%[34] 68.59%[35]  Income Median family income $70,894[36] $127,179[37] $122,027[38] $47,504[39] $70,173[40] Mean family income $92,331[41] $154,450[42] $148,782[43] $65,176[44] $86,185[45] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $941[46] $1,324[47] $1,324[48] $904[49] $904[50] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $37,635[51] $52,960[52] $52,960[53] $36,160[54] $36,160[55]  Employment Unemployed 4.84%[56] 2.53%[57] 2.97%[58] 8.12%[59] 3.69%[60]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 10.99%[61] n/a 5.02%[62] 23.12%[63] 6.69%[64] Children under 5 14.38%[65] n/a 6.82%[66] 25.33%[67] 11.08%[68] Children 5-17 12.02%[69] n/a 6.11%[70] 22.71%[71] 8.40%[72]  Education No high school diploma 14.14%[73] 10.01%[74] 7.18%[75] 15.15%[76] 7.76%[77] High school and above 85.86%[78] 89.99%[79] 92.82%[80] 84.85%[81] 92.24%[82] Bachelor’s degree and above 33.56%[83] 67.81%[84] 59.01%[85] 22.31%[86] 32.40%[87] High school dropout rate 2.50%[88] n/a n/a n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 8.52%[89] 2.73%[90] 3.96%[91] 13.05%[92] 7.24%[93] Birth rate ranking 14[94] 10[95] 22[96] 452[97] 140[98]