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'''Jefferson, Virginia''' may refer to:
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{{See also|West Falls Church – VT/UVA (WMATA station)}}
'''West Falls Church''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]], [[Virginia]], [[United States]]. The population was 29,207 at the 2010 census.
Before 2010, West Falls Church was officially named Jefferson. Outside of the Jefferson Village neighborhood, "Jefferson" generally is not used locally to refer to the area bounding [[Falls Church, Virginia|Falls Church city]] to the southwest that comprises the CDP. The bulk of it is made of subdivisions built in the 1940s and early 1950s, including Jefferson Village, Westlawn, Hillwood, Sleepy Hollow, Woodley and Broyhill Park. Homes and businesses have Falls Church mailing addresses (mainly [[ZIP Code]] 22042).

==Geography==
West Falls Church is located at {{coord|38|51|56|N|77|11|16|W|city}} (38.8655595, -77.1876993){{GR|1}}.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 5.03&nbsp;square miles (13.0&nbsp;km²), of which, 4.99&nbsp;square miles (12.9&nbsp;km²) of it is land and 0.04&nbsp;square miles (0.1&nbsp;km²) of it (0.77%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{USCensusPop
| 1970=25432
| 1980=24342
| 1990=25782
| 2000=27422
| 2010=29207
| footnote=source:<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/index.html
|title=CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING (1790-2010)
|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]
|accessdate=2011-06-09}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 27,422 people, 10,016 households, and 6,470 families residing in the CDP. The [[population density]] was 5,424.6 people per square mile (2,092.4/km²). There were 10,227 housing units at an average density of 2,023.1/sq&nbsp;mi (780.4/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 61.35% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.54% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.34% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 19.16% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 10.56% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.03% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 23.16% of the population.

There were 10,016 households out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.30.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 38.2% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 100.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $66,445, and the median income for a family was $72,682 (these figures had risen to $80,924 and $91,196 respectively as of a 2007 estimate<ref>http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=16000US4920120&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US49%7C16000US4920120&_street=&_county=jefferson&_cityTown=jefferson&_state=04000US51&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=</ref>). Males had a median income of $42,776 versus $37,416 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $28,705. About 3.5% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
[[Fairfax County Public Schools]] operates public schools.

[[Falls Church High School]] is located in West Falls Church CDP.<ref name="JeffCDPmap">"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US5140584&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Jefferson CDP, Virginia]." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on October 21, 2009.</ref>

[[Fairfax County Public Library]] operates the Thomas Jefferson Library in the CDP.<ref name="JeffCDPmap"/><ref>"[http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/ Library Branches]." [[Fairfax County Public Library]]. Retrieved on October 21, 2009.</ref>

==References==
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{{Fairfax County, Virginia}}

[[Category:Populated places in Fairfax County, Virginia]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Virginia]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Virginia]]
[[Category:Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area]]

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