I could have told the Census Bureau that a long time ago. Still, the Bureau was actually talking about population, not culture, or voting patterns, or anything else. To hear the head counters tell it, growth in northern Virginia is starting to slow down. Check out the graph in the Washington Post: Fairfax and Arlington almost lost population this year. In fact, all the growth numbers were down.
Still, move beyond Fairfax and growth didn’t exactly stop. Loudoun, PW, Stafford, and Spotsylvania still have strong growth. In fact, if I have the numbers right (and trends hold), Spotsy will probably pass Stafford n population next year (which probably matters only to us Fredericksburg area folks).
