Loudoun County, Virginia

"Loudoun County" redirects here. For the county in Tennessee, see Loudon County, Tennessee.

County in Virginia, United States

County in Virginia

Loudoun County

County

Loudoun County
Loudoun County Courthouse and Confederate monument at Leesburg, 2010

Loudoun County Courthouse and Confederate monument at Leesburg, 2010

Flag of Loudoun County

Flag

Official seal of Loudoun County

Seal

Motto:

"I Byde My Time"[1]

Location within the U.S. state of Virginia

Location within the U.S. state of Virginia

Virginia's location within the U.S.

Virginia's location within the U.S.

Country|  United States
State| File:Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia
Founded| 1757
Named for| John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun[2]
Seat| Leesburg
Largest town| Leesburg
Area

• Total| 522 sq mi (1,350 km2)
• Land| 516 sq mi (1,340 km2)
• Water| 6 sq mi (20 km2)  1.1%
Population

(2020)

• Total| 420,959
• Density| 810/sq mi (310/km2)
Time zone| UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district| 10th
Website| www.loudoun.gov

Loudoun County (/ˈlaʊdən/) is in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. In 2020, the census found a population of 420,959,[3] making it Virginia's third-most populous county. Loudoun County's seat is Leesburg.[4] Loudoun County is part of the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2020, Loudoun County had a median household income of $147,111.[5] Since 2008, the county has been ranked first in the U.S. in median household income among jurisdictions with a population of 65,000 or more.[6]

Between 1952 and 2008, Loudoun was a Republican-leaning county. However, this has changed significantly in recent years. Today, Loudoun is overwhelming supportive of the Democratic Party, reflective of an ongoing realignment of affluent and college-educated voters towards the party.[7]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Government and politics
* 2.1 County Board of Supervisors
* 3 Geography
* 3.1 Adjacent counties
* 3.2 National protected area
* 4 Economy
* 4.1 Top employers
* 5 Demographics
* 5.1 2020 census
* 5.2 2010 Census
* 6 Government and infrastructure
* 7 Transportation
* 7.1 Airports
* 7.2 Bus
* 7.3 Rail
* 7.4 Major highways
* 8 Education
* 9 Communities
* 9.1 Towns
* 9.2 Census-designated places
* 9.3 Other unincorporated communities
* 9.4 Population ranking
* 10 Notable people
* 11 See also
* 12 Explanatory notes
* 13 References
* 14 External links

## History[edit | edit source]

Loudoun County was established in 1757 from Fairfax County. The county is named for John Campbell, Fourth Earl of Loudoun and governor general of Virginia from 1756 to 1759.[2] Western settlement began in the 1720s and 1730s with Quakers, Scots-Irish, Germans and others moving south from Pennsylvania and Maryland, and also by English and enslaved Africans moving upriver from Tidewater.[8]

File:William and Sarah Nettle House Waterford Loudoun County Virginia.jpg

William and Sarah Nettle House, Waterford, Loudoun County

By the time of the American Revolution, it was Virginia's most populous county. It was also rich in agriculture, and the county's contributions of grain to George Washington's Continental Army earned it the nickname "Breadbasket of the Revolution."[9]

During the War of 1812, important Federal documents and government archives were evacuated from Washington and stored at Leesburg.[10] Local tradition holds that these documents were stored at Rokeby House.[11]

U.S. president James Monroe treated Oak Hill Plantation as a primary residence from 1823 until his death on July 4, 1831.[12] The Loudoun County coat of arms and flag, granted by the English College of Arms, memorialize the special relationship between Britain and the United States that developed through his Monroe Doctrine.[13]

Early in the American Civil War, the Battle of Balls Bluff took place near Leesburg on October 21, 1861. Future jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was critically wounded in that battle along the Potomac River. During the Gettysburg Campaign in June 1863, Confederate major general J.E.B. Stuart and Union cavalry clashed in the battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville. Confederate partisan John S. Mosby based his operations in Loudoun and adjoining Fauquier County (for a more in-depth account of the history of Loudoun County during the Civil War, see Loudoun County in the American Civil War).[14]

During World War I, Loudoun County was a major Breadbasket for supplying provisions to soldiers in Europe. Loudoun farmers implemented new agricultural innovations such as vaccination of livestock, seed inoculations and ensilage. The county experienced a boom in agricultural output, outputting an annual wheat output of 1.04 million bushels in 1917, the largest of any county in Virginia that year. 1.2 million units of home produce were produced at home, much of which went to training sites across the state such as Camp Lee. The Smith–Lever Act of 1914 established increased agricultural education in Virginia counties, increasing agricultural yields. After the war, a plaque was dedicated to the "30 glorious dead" from the county who died in the Great War. Five of the thirty died on the front, while the other twenty five died while in training or in other locations inside the United States.[15]

In 1962, Washington Dulles International Airport was built in southeastern Loudoun County in Sterling. Since then, Loudoun County has experienced a high-tech boom and rapid growth. Accordingly, many have moved to eastern Loudoun and become residents of planned communities such as Sterling Park, Sugarland Run, Cascades, Ashburn Village, and Ashburn Farm, making that section a veritable part of the Washington suburbs. Others have moved to the county seat or to the small towns and rural communities of the Loudoun Valley.[9]

## Government and politics[edit | edit source]

File:Backroads in Loudoun County.jpg

The scenic byways of Loudoun County are spotted with historical structures predating the American Civil War.

Between 1952 and 2008, Loudoun was a Republican-leaning county. However, this has changed significantly in recent years. Today, Loudoun is overwhelming supportive of the Democratic Party, reflective of an ongoing realignment of affluent and college-educated voters towards the party.[7]

The county's official motto, I Byde My Time, is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Earl of Loudoun.[1][16] In the mid to late 20th century, as northerners gradually migrated to Southern suburbs, Loudoun County increasingly shifted to the Republican Party in supporting presidential candidates, and more local ones. Before the 2008 election of Barack Obama, county voters had not supported a Democratic president since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

In recent years, the county's rapid growth in its eastern portion, settled by educated professionals working in or near Washington, D.C., has changed the demographics of the county, and the Democratic Party has become increasingly competitive. After giving Senator Barack Obama nearly 54% of its presidential vote in 2008, the county supported Republican Bob McDonnell in 2009, who received 61% of the gubernatorial vote. Voters also replaced two incumbent Democratic delegates, making Loudoun's state House delegation all Republican. In 2012 county voters again supported Obama, who took 51.5% of the vote, with Republican challenger Mitt Romney garnering 47%.[17]

Democrats carried the county again in the 2016 presidential election, when Loudoun swung heavily towards Hillary Clinton, giving her 55.1% to Donald Trump's 38.2%. In 2020, Joe Biden won over 60 percent of the vote.[18] A year later, in the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election, Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe won the county with 55% of the vote.[19] Loudoun County was one of less than 20 counties that was won by McAuliffe.[20]

United States presidential election results for Loudoun County, Virginia[21] Year  | Republican | Democratic | Third party

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No. | % | No. | % | No. | %
2020 | 82,088  | 36.51%  | 138,372  | 61.54% | 4,402  | 1.96%
2016 | 69,949  | 38.21%  | 100,795  | 55.06% | 12,306  | 6.72%
2012 | 75,292  | 47.04%  | 82,479  | 51.53% | 2,289  | 1.43%
2008 | 63,336  | 45.42%  | 74,845  | 53.67% | 1,278  | 0.92%
2004 | 60,382  | 55.69% | 47,271  | 43.60%  | 777  | 0.72%
2000 | 42,453  | 56.12% | 30,938  | 40.89%  | 2,262  | 2.99%
1996 | 25,715  | 52.13% | 19,942  | 40.43%  | 3,673  | 7.45%
1992 | 19,290  | 46.40% | 14,462  | 34.79%  | 7,822  | 18.81%
1988 | 20,448  | 66.26% | 10,101  | 32.73%  | 313  | 1.01%
1984 | 17,765  | 67.99% | 8,227  | 31.49%  | 136  | 0.52%
1980 | 12,076  | 58.93% | 6,694  | 32.67%  | 1,722  | 8.40%
1976 | 9,192  | 51.79% | 7,995  | 45.05%  | 561  | 3.16%
1972 | 9,417  | 69.46% | 3,941  | 29.07%  | 199  | 1.47%
1968 | 4,577  | 45.91% | 3,262  | 32.72%  | 2,131  | 21.37%
1964 | 2,594  | 37.72%  | 4,278  | 62.21% | 5  | 0.07%
1960 | 2,526  | 50.99% | 2,399  | 48.43%  | 29  | 0.59%
1956 | 2,489  | 53.41% | 1,960  | 42.06%  | 211  | 4.53%
1952 | 2,540  | 54.86% | 2,075  | 44.82%  | 15  | 0.32%
1948 | 1,430  | 44.07%  | 1,545  | 47.61% | 270  | 8.32%
1944 | 1,485  | 45.08%  | 1,802  | 54.71% | 7  | 0.21%
1940 | 1,061  | 32.84%  | 2,156  | 66.73% | 14  | 0.43%
1936 | 867  | 27.42%  | 2,287  | 72.33% | 8  | 0.25%
1932 | 600  | 19.54%  | 2,440  | 79.45% | 31  | 1.01%
1928 | 1,325  | 40.84%  | 1,915  | 59.03% | 4  | 0.12%
1924 | 152  | 7.48%  | 1,794  | 88.33% | 85  | 4.19%
1920 | 757  | 30.21%  | 1,720  | 68.64% | 29  | 1.16%
1916 | 404  | 21.02%  | 1,490  | 77.52% | 28  | 1.46%
1912 | 256  | 14.48%  | 1,386  | 78.39% | 126  | 7.13%
1908 | 447  | 21.37%  | 1,570  | 75.05% | 75  | 3.59%
1904 | 442  | 21.33%  | 1,558  | 75.19% | 72  | 3.47%
1900 | 1,684  | 37.43%  | 2,690  | 59.79% | 125  | 2.78%
1896 | 1,991  | 41.16%  | 2,741  | 56.67% | 105  | 2.17%
1892 | 1,738  | 37.32%  | 2,719  | 58.39% | 200  | 4.29%
1888 | 2,190  | 43.03%  | 2,842  | 55.83% | 58  | 1.14%
1884 | 1,978  | 41.22%  | 2,795  | 58.24% | 26  | 0.54%
1880 | 1,792  | 39.20%  | 2,780  | 60.80% | 0  | 0.00%

### County Board of Supervisors[edit | edit source]

Like many counties in Virginia, Loudoun is locally governed by a board of supervisors, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. The chairman of the board is elected by county voters at-large while the remaining supervisors are elected from eight single-member districts roughly equal in population. All nine members serve concurrent terms of four years. The board handles policy and land use issues and sets the budget; it appoints a county administrator to handle the county government's day-to-day operations.[22] As of the 2019 elections, the chairman of the board and five district supervisors are Democrats; the remaining three supervisors are Republican.

In November 2019, Democrats took over the Board of Supervisors. Voters elected Juli E. Briskman (D) in Algonkian District, with 6,763 votes (54.09%) replacing incumbent Suzanne M. Volpe (R) who polled 5,719 votes (45.74%). Juli Briskman had been fired from her job as a marketing analyst for a United States government and military subcontractor, after an AFP photo of her flipping off the motorcade of Donald Trump went viral on social media in 2017.[23]

Loudoun County Board of Supervisors (January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2023)
(Elected on November 5, 2019)[24] Position  | Name  | Party  | First Elected  | District

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| Chair  | Phyllis Randall | Democratic | 2015  | At-Large
| Vice-Chair  | Koran Saines  | Democratic  | 2015  | Sterling
| Supervisor  | Juli Briskman | Democratic  | 2019  | Algonkian
| Supervisor  | Michael Turner  | Democratic  | 2019  | Ashburn
| Supervisor  | Tony Buffington  | Republican | 2015  | Blue Ridge
| Supervisor  | Sylvia Glass  | Democratic  | 2019  | Broad Run
| Supervisor  | Caleb Kershner  | Republican  | 2019  | Catoctin
| Supervisor  | Matthew Letourneau  | Republican  | 2011  | Dulles
| Supervisor  | Kristen Umstattd  | Democratic  | 2015  | Leesburg
Constitutional Officers (January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2023)
(Elected on November 5, 2019)[24] Position  | Name  | Party  | First Election

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| Clerk of the Circuit Court | Gary Clemens  | Republican | 1999
| Commissioner of the Revenue | Robert Wertz  | Republican  | 2003
| Commonwealth's Attorney | Buta Biberaj  | Democratic | 2019
| Sheriff | Michael Chapman | Republican  | 2011
| Treasurer | Roger Zurn  | Republican  | 1995
Loudoun County School Board (January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2023)
(Elected on November 5, 2019)[25][26][27][28] Position  | Name  | Party  | First Elected  | District

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| Chair  | Jeffrey Morse  | Nonpartisan | 2011  | Dulles
| Vice-Chair  | Ian Serotkin  | Nonpartisan  | 2019  | Blue Ridge
| Member  | Denise Corbo  | Nonpartisan  | 2019  | At-Large
| Member  | Atoosa Reaser  | Nonpartisan  | 2019  | Algonkian
| Member  | Harris Mahedavi  | Nonpartisan  | 2019  | Ashburn
| Member  | Leslee King (Died)  | Nonpartisan  | 2019  | Broad Run
| Interim Member  | Andrew Hoyler  | Appointed 2021
| Member  | John Beatty  | Nonpartisan  | 2019  | Catoctin
| Member  | Elizabeth Barts (Resigned)  | Nonpartisan  | 2019  | Leesburg
| Interim Member  | Tom Marshall  | 2007[a]
| Member  | Brenda Sheridan  | Nonpartisan  | 2011  | Sterling
Virginia General Assembly Senators
(Elected on November 5, 2019)[24] Position  | Name  | Party  | First Elected  | District

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| Senator  | John Bell | Democratic | 2019  | 13
| Senator  | Jill Vogel | Republican | 2007  | 27
| Senator  | Barbara Favola | Democratic  | 2011  | 31
| Senator  | Jennifer Boysko | Democratic  | 2019  | 33
Virginia General Assembly Delegates
(Elected on November 2, 2021)[29] Position  | Name  | Party  | First Elected  | District

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| Delegate  | Wendy Gooditis | Democratic | 2017  | 10
| Delegate  | David Reid | Democratic  | 2017  | 32
| Delegate  | Dave LaRock | Republican | 2013  | 33
| Delegate  | Kathleen Murphy | Democratic  | 2015  | 34
| Delegate  | Karrie Delaney | Democratic  | 2017  | 67
| Delegate  | Irene Shin | Democratic  | 2021  | 86
| Delegate  | Suhas Subramanyam | Democratic  | 2019  | 87

## Geography[edit | edit source]

Loudoun County, Virginia is located in Massies Corner to Mount Airy

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Montgomery

Arlington

Fairfax

Fairfax

Washington

Frederick

Jefferson

Clarke

Fauquier

Fairfax County

Loudoun

Manassas

Manassas

Manassas Park

Manassas Park

Prince William

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Loudoun County has a total area of 521 square miles (1,350 km2), of which 516 square miles (1,340 km2) is land and 6 square miles (16 km2) (1.1%) is water.[30] It is bounded on the north by the Potomac River; across the river are Frederick, Washington and Montgomery counties in Maryland; it is bounded on the south by Prince William and Fauquier counties, on the west by watershed of the Blue Ridge Mountain across which are Jefferson County, West Virginia and Clarke County, and on the east by Fairfax County. The Bull Run Mountains and Catoctin Mountain bisect the county. To the west of the range is the Loudoun Valley. Bisecting the Loudoun Valley from Hillsboro to the Potomac River is Short Hill Mountain.

### Adjacent counties[edit | edit source]

* Fairfax County (east)
* Prince William County (southeast)
* Fauquier County (south)
* Jefferson County, West Virginia (west)

* Clarke County (west)
* Washington County, Maryland (northwest)
* Frederick County, Maryland (north)
* Montgomery County, Maryland (east)

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### National protected area[edit | edit source]

* Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

## Economy[edit | edit source]

Traditionally a rural county, Loudoun's population has grown dramatically since the 1980s. Having undergone heavy suburbanization since 1990, Loudoun has a full-fledged service economy. It is home to world headquarters for several Internet-related and high tech companies, including Verizon Business, Telos Corporation, Orbital Sciences Corporation, and Paxfire. Like Fairfax County's Dulles Corridor, Loudoun County has economically benefited from the existence of Washington Dulles International Airport, the majority of which is in the county along its border with Fairfax.[31][32][citation needed]

Loudoun County retains a strong rural economy. The equine industry has an estimated revenue of $78 million. It is home to the Morven Park International Equestrian Center which hosts national horse trials. In addition, a growing wine industry has produced several internationally recognized wines. Loudoun County now has 40 wineries[33] and over 25 active farms. Loudoun has rich soil and was in the mid-19th century a top wheat-producing county in the fourth largest wheat-producing state.[34]

MCI, Inc. (formerly WorldCom), a subsidiary of Verizon Communications, is headquartered in Ashburn, Loudoun County. It announced it would move its headquarters to Ashburn in 2003.[35][36] AOL had its headquarters at 22000 AOL Way in Dulles in unincorporated Loudoun County.[37] In 2007 AOL announced it would move its headquarters from Loudoun County to New York City; it would continue to operate its Virginia offices.[38] Orbital Sciences Corporation has its headquarters in Dulles.[39]

Loudoun County houses over 60 massive data centers, many of which corresponding to Amazon Web Services’s (AWS) us-east-1 region.[40][41] These data centers are estimated to carry 70 percent of global web traffic.[42]

Before its dissolution, Independence Air (originally Atlantic Coast Airlines) was headquartered in Dulles.[43][44] At one time Atlantic Coast Airlines had its headquarters in Sterling.[45] Before its dissolution, MAXjet Airways was headquartered on the grounds of Washington-Dulles International Airport.[46]

### Top employers[edit | edit source]

According to the county's comprehensive annual financial reports, the top employers in the county are:

#  | Employer  | # of employees (2020)[47] | # of employees (2011)[48]

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1  | Loudoun County Public Schools | 11,995  | 10,098
2  | County of Loudoun  | 4,125  | 3,303
3  | Verizon Business (formerly MCI Worldcom)  | 2,500-5,000  | 1,000-5,000
4  | United Airlines | 1,000-5,000  | 1,000-5,000
5  | U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 1,000–5,000  | 1,000–5,000
6  | Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (formerly Orbital ATK)  | 1,000–5,000  | 1,000–5,000
7  | Raytheon Technologies | 1,000–5,000  | 1,000–5,000
8  | Inova Health System (Loudoun Hospital Center)  | 1,000–5,000  | 1,000–5,000
9  | Amazon | 1,000–2,500  | --
10  | Swissport USA, Inc. | 1,000–2,500  | --
-- | America Online | -- | 1,000–5,000
-- | United States Postal Service | -- | 1,000–5,000
-- | M.C. Dean, Inc. | 1,000–5,000  | 1,000–5,000

## Demographics[edit | edit source]

Historical population

Census | Pop. |  | %±
1790| 18,962| | —
1800| 20,523| | 8.2%
1810| 21,338| | 4.0%
1820| 22,702| | 6.4%
1830| 21,939| | −3.4%
1840| 20,431| | −6.9%
1850| 22,079| | 8.1%
1860| 21,774| | −1.4%
1870| 20,929| | −3.9%
1880| 23,634| | 12.9%
1890| 23,274| | −1.5%
1900| 21,948| | −5.7%
1910| 21,167| | −3.6%
1920| 20,577| | −2.8%
1930| 19,852| | −3.5%
1940| 20,291| | 2.2%
1950| 21,147| | 4.2%
1960| 24,549| | 16.1%
1970| 37,150| | 51.3%
1980| 57,427| | 54.6%
1990| 86,129| | 50.0%
2000| 169,599| | 96.9%
2010| 312,311| | 84.1%
2020| 420,959| | 34.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[49]
1790-1960[50] 1900-1990[51]
1990-2000[52] 2010[53] 2020[54]

From 1890 to 1940, the county had a decline in population as people moved to cities for more opportunities.[citation needed] The decline was likely highest among African Americans, who had worked in an agricultural economy that was becoming increasingly mechanized.[citation needed] During the first half of the 20th century, African Americans moved out of rural areas to cities in the Great Migration.[citation needed] As of the early 21st century, African Americans now have a much smaller population compared to their historical population in Loudoun County, with the Hispanic and Asian populations outnumbering them 2-1 and 3-1 respectively.

### 2020 census[edit | edit source]

Loudoun County, Virginia - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)  Race / Ethnicity  | Pop 2010[53] | Pop 2020[54] | % 2010  | % 2020

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White alone (NH)  | 194,845  | 216,865  | 62.39%  | 51.52%
Black or African American alone (NH)  | 21,934  | 29,725  | 7.02%  | 7.06%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)  | 520  | 536  | 0.17%  | 0.13%
Asian alone (NH)  | 45,795  | 89,372  | 14.66%  | 21.23%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)  | 143  | 227  | 0.05%  | 0.05%
Some Other Race alone (NH)  | 808  | 2,425  | 0.26%  | 0.58%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH)  | 9,690  | 22,065  | 3.10%  | 5.24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)  | 38,576  | 59,744  | 12.35%  | 14.19%
Total | 312,311 | 420,959 | 100.00% | 100.00%

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

### 2010 Census[edit | edit source]

As of the census of 2010,[55] there were 312,311 people, 104,583 households, and 80,494 families residing in the county. The population density was 606 people per square mile (234/km2). There were 109,442 housing units at an average density of 212 per square mile (82/km2). The racial makeup of the county was:

* 68.7% White
* 14.7% Asian (7.90% Indian, 1.74% Filipino, 1.61% Chinese, 1.34% Korean, 1.22% Vietnamese, 1.09% Pakistani)
* 7.3% African American
* 0.3% Native American
* 0.1% Pacific Islander
* 4.9% of some other race
* 4.0% of two or more races
* 12.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race (3.4% Salvadoran, 1.8% Mexican, 1.3% Peruvian, 0.9% Puerto Rican, 0.6% Honduran, 0.6% Bolivian, 0.5% Guatemalan, 0.5% Colombian)

According to the 2010 census, 10.5% of residents reported being of German ancestry, while 9.1% reported Irish, 7.7% English, 5.4% Italian and 5.2% American ancestry.

The most spoken languages other than English in Loudoun County as of 2018 were Spanish, spoken by 10.8% of the population, and Telugu, spoken by 2.8% of the population.[56] Almost 25% of Loudoun County residents were born outside of the United States, with the largest groups being from India, El Salvador, and Korea.[57]

As of 2000 there were 59,900 households, out of which 43.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.30% were married couples living together, 7.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.80% were non-families. 18.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 29.80% under the age of 18, 5.70% from 18 to 24, 38.90% from 25 to 44, 20.00% from 45 to 64, and 5.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.50 males.

In 2011, Census survey data concluded that Loudoun County had the highest median income in the country at $119,134.[6]

From 1980 to 2014, deaths from cancer in Loudoun County decreased by 46 percent, the largest such decrease of any county in the United States.[58]

From 2017 to 2018, Loudoun County saw an increase of 18.5% of households experiencing homelessness, a 21% increase for single adults, and a 36% increase for families. Homelessness for veterans in the county decreased by 16% from 2017 to 2018.[59]

## Government and infrastructure[edit | edit source]

The National Transportation Safety Board operates the Ashburn Aviation Field Office in Ashburn, an unincorporated area of Loudoun County.[60] The Federal Aviation Administration's Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center, the second-busiest facility of its kind in the nation, is located in Leesburg.[61]

Emergency services are provided by the Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Department with the Office of Emergency Management. LCFR is a combination system that utilizes some 500 volunteers and over 600 career firefighters, EMT/paramedics, dispatchers, and support staff. LCFR is one of the largest fire and rescue systems in Virginia.[62]

Law enforcement in Loudoun County is provided by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, which is Virginia's largest sheriff's office, as well as three town police departments: Leesburg Police, Purcellville Police, and Middleburg Police. The county's highways are also patrolled by Virginia State Police troopers. Dulles Airport and the Dulles Toll Road are patrolled by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department.[63][64][65][66]

The Loudoun County Public Library System has eleven[67] branches in the county. The library's Outreach Department of the Loudoun County Public Library is a resource for those who cannot easily access branch services. The public library system has won many awards, and came in 10th place for libraries serving a comparably sized population in 2006 Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR).[68]

Loudon County is one of the counties in Virginia that elects to cover their employees in the Virginia Mortgage Assistance Program (VMAP). The program is designed to make housing more affordable for civil service workers in Virginia. [69]

## Transportation[edit | edit source]

Main article: Loudoun County Transit

### Airports[edit | edit source]

Loudoun County has two airports: the Washington Dulles International and Leesburg Executive.

### Bus[edit | edit source]

Loudoun County operates its own bus public transit system, known as Loudoun County Commuter Bus.

### Rail[edit | edit source]

The Silver Line of the Washington Metro, will extend into Loudoun County. The on-going extension will include stations at the Dulles International Airport, and two stations in Ashburn, Virginia, Loudoun Gateway station, and Ashburn station.

### Major highways[edit | edit source]

File:2019-09-03 13 11 06 View north along U.S. Route 15 and east along Virginia State Route 7 (Leesburg Bypass) from the overpass for Sycolin Road Southeast in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia.jpg

View north along US 15 and east along SR 7 on the Leesburg Bypass

* File:US 15.svg U.S. Route 15
* File:US 50.svg U.S. Route 50
* File:US 340.svg U.S. Route 340
* File:Virginia 7.svg State Route 7
* File:Virginia 9.svg State Route 9

* File:Virginia 28.svg State Route 28
* File:Virginia 267.svg State Route 267 (Dulles Greenway)
* File:Circle sign 606.svg File:Circle sign 607.svg File:Circle sign 772.svg File:Circle sign 1950.svg Loudoun County Parkway

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## Education[edit | edit source]

The county is served by Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). LCPS serves over 70,000 students from Kindergarten through 12th grade and is Virginia's fifth largest school system.[70][71] Loudoun County schools recently ranked 11th in the United States in terms of educational achievement versus funds spent.[72] Loudoun County also sends students to its Loudoun Academy of Science, formerly housed within Dominion High School now within the Academies of Loudoun,[73] and is eligible to send students to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a STEM magnet school in Alexandria, Virginia.[74]

Loudoun County is home to ten private schools: Loudoun Country Day School, a Pre-K–8 independent school in Leesburg; Notre Dame Academy, an independent non-denominational day high school in Middleburg; the Foxcroft School, a boarding school for girls located in Middleburg; Dominion Academy, a Non-denominational Christian school, K–8 in Leesburg; Loudoun Classical School, a Protestant classical 7th-12th grade school in Purcellville;[75] Leesburg Christian School, a K–12 school in Leesburg; St. Theresa School, a K–8 Roman Catholic school in Ashburn; Village Montessori School at Bluemont, an accredited Pre-K through Elementary Montessori school in Bluemont; Christian Faith & Fellowship School, a PreK–12 non-denominational Christian school and Loudoun County's only private school accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International;[citation needed] and Loudoun School for Advanced Studies (formerly the Ideal Schools High School,) an independent non-denominational school in Ashburn.[citation needed]

In terms of post-secondary education, Loudoun County is home to a variety of colleges and universities, including: Patrick Henry College; a branch of Northern Virginia Community College in Sterling; George Washington University (satellite campus); George Mason University (satellite campus); Marymount University (satellite campus); Shenandoah University (satellite campus); and Strayer University (satellite campus).[76] Loudoun is also home to a satellite campus of the Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and the Janelia Farm Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[citation needed]

## Communities[edit | edit source]

### Towns[edit | edit source]

* Hamilton
* Hillsboro
* Leesburg (county seat)
* Lovettsville
* Middleburg
* Purcellville
* Round Hill

### Census-designated places[edit | edit source]

* Aldie
* Arcola
* Ashburn
* Belmont
* Brambleton
* Broadlands
* Cascades
* Countryside
* Dulles Town Center
* Goose Creek Village
* Kincora
* Lansdowne
* Loudoun Valley Estates
* Lowes Island
* Moorefield
* Oak Grove
* One Loudoun
* South Riding
* Sterling
* Stone Ridge
* Sugarland Run
* University Center
* Waterford

### Other unincorporated communities[edit | edit source]

* Airmont
* Bloomfield
* Bluemont
* Britain
* Conklin
* Dover
* Dulles
* Elvan
* Eubanks
* Georges Mill
* Gilberts Corner
* Gleedsville
* Howardsville
* Leithtown
* Lenah
* Lincoln
* Loudoun Heights
* Lucketts
* Morrisonville
* Mount Gilead
* Neersville
* Paeonian Springs
* Paxson
* Philomont
* Potomac Falls
* Potomac Green
* Randolph Corner[citation needed]
* River Creek
* Ryan
* Saint Louis
* Scattersville
* Silcott Spring
* Stewartown
* Stumptown
* Taylorstown
* Telegraph Spring
* Trapp
* Unison
* Watson
* Waxpool
* Wheatland
* Willard
* Willisville
* Woodburn

### Population ranking[edit | edit source]

The population ranking of the following table is based on 2018 estimates by the United States Census Bureau.[77]

† county seat

Rank  | City/Town/etc.  | Municipal type  | Population (2018 est.)

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1  | † Leesburg | Town  | 52,125
2  | Ashburn | CDP  | 50,290
3  | South Riding | CDP  | 31,071
4  | Sterling | CDP  | 30,403
5  | Brambleton | CDP  | 20,081
6  | Broadlands | CDP  | 13,704
7  | Stone Ridge | CDP  | 12,990
8  | Landsowne | CDP  | 12,696
9  | Sugarland Run | CDP  | 12,576
10  | Cascades | CDP  | 11,670
11  | Lowes Island | CDP  | 11,111
12  | Countryside | CDP  | 10,042
13  | Purcellville | Town  | 9,709
14  | Belmont | CDP  | 6,629
15  | Dulles Town Center | CDP  | 5,023
16  | University Center | CDP  | 4,060
16  | Lovettsville | Town  | 2,544
17  | Oak Grove | CDP  | 2,468
18  | Moorefield Station | CDP  | 1,369
19  | Arcola | CDP  | 963
20  | Round Hill | Town  | 693
21  | Middleburg | Town  | 620
22  | Hamilton | Town  | 537
23  | Hillsboro | Town  | 175

## Notable people[edit | edit source]

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James Monroe constructed and resided at Oak Hill near Aldie after his presidency. American Civil War Brigadier General Robert H. Chilton (Chief of Staff under Robert E. Lee) was a native of Loudoun County. World War II general George C. Marshall resided at Dodona Manor in Leesburg. Essayist and journalist Russell Baker grew up in Morrisonville, Virginia and his book Growing Up highlights his childhood in rural Virginia. Entertainer Arthur Godfrey lived near historic Waterford, Virginia. Loudoun County is also the birthplace of Julia Neale Jackson, mother of Stonewall Jackson,[78] and Susan Catherine Koerner Wright, mother of the Wright Brothers.[79]

* Madeleine Albright (1937–2022) – U.S. Secretary of State in Clinton Administration
* William H. Ash (1859–1908) – Former slave who was one of the first African-American politicians to be elected to the Virginia House of Delegates
* Russell Baker (1925–2019) – Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Growing Up (1983, Autobiography)[80]
* Geraldine Brooks (1955–) – Pulitzer Prize–winning author
* John Champe – Revolutionary War soldier and double agent
* Roger Preston Chew, (1843-1921) – Horse artillery commander in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, prominent West Virginia businessman, railroad executive and West Virginia legislator[81]
* John L. Dagg (1794–1884) – Baptist theologian, pastor, educator, and president of Mercer University, GA (1844–54)[82][83]
* Westmoreland Davis (1859–1942) – Governor of Virginia
* Richard Henry Dulany (1820–1906) – Colonel of the 7th Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War
* Michael Farris (born 1951) – Founder of Home School Legal Defense Association and Patrick Henry College in Purcellville; unsuccessful Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 1993
* Joe Gibbs (1940–) – Lived just west of Leesburg while coaching the Washington Redskins
* Arthur Godfrey (1903–1983) – Popular national radio and television personality
* Darrell Green (1960–) – Former Washington Redskin and inductee to the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame
* Pamela Harriman (1920–1997) – Daughter-in-law of Sir Winston Churchill and U.S. Ambassador to France
* Gina Haspel (1956–) – Director of the CIA, first female ever appointed to the position
* Annia Hatch (1978–) – Cuban American 2x Olympic silver medalist in gymnastics, currently lives in Ashburn
* Fred Hetzel (1942–) – Former professional basketball player
* Barbara Holland (1933–2010) – author
* Tony Horwitz (1958–2019) – Pulitzer Prize–winning author
* John Janney (1798–1872) – Member of the Virginia General Assembly and officer of the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861
* Sheila Johnson (1949–) – Entertainment and sports entrepreneur and philanthropist.
* Wilton Lackaye (1862-1932) – American stage and film actor, the original Broadway stage Svengali, 1895
* Lyndon LaRouche (1921–2019) – Controversial American politician, activist, and founder of the LaRouche movement
* Marc Leepson (1945–) – Journalist, historian, author
* Sandra Lerner (c. 1953–) – Entrepreneur and philanthropist
* Mark Levin (1957–) – Author and conservative talk radio host
* George C. Marshall (1880–1959) – General of the Army (5-star), U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and author of the "Marshall Plan"[84]
* Stevens T. Mason (1811–1843) – First governor of Michigan (Democrat, 1837–40)[85]
* Andrew McCabe (1968–) – Former Deputy Director of the FBI
* Charles F. Mercer (1788–1858) – Founded village of Aldie; U.S. Congressman from Virginia
* Billy Mitchell (1879–1936) – Controversial Army officer and military aviation pioneer
* James Monroe (1758–1831) – 5th President of the United States
* Oliver North (1943–) – Former USMC Officer and figure in the Iran–Contra scandal; commentator and host on the Fox network
* Patton Oswalt (1969–) – American stand-up comedian, writer and actor
* Vinton Liddell Pickens (1900–1993) – artist, chair of the first Loudoun County planning commission in 1941
* Wilson Pickett (1941–2006) – R&B and soul singer and songwriter
* Isaiah L. Potts (1784?–after 1843) – tavern keeper of the notorious Potts Tavern who, allegedly, ran a gang of highwaymen and murderers on the Illinois frontier
* Rachel Renee Russell (1959–) – #1 New York Times best-selling author of the children's book series, Dork Diaries
* Henry S. Taylor (1942–) – Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
* Joshua White (1812–1890) – businessman and Illinois state legislator
* Lucien Whiting Powell (1846–1930) – Renowned landscape artist
* William Wilson (1794–1857) – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois[86]

## See also[edit | edit source]

* Loudoun Water
* Loudoun v. Board of Trustees of the Loudoun County Library
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Loudoun County, Virginia
* List of wineries in Virginia

## Explanatory notes[edit | edit source]

1. ^ Marshall was first elected in 2007, although was appointed as a member in 2021 after deciding not to run in 2019.[citation needed]

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* Norton
* Petersburg
* Poquoson
* Portsmouth
* Radford
* Richmond
* Roanoke
* Salem
* Staunton
* Suffolk
* Virginia Beach
* Waynesboro
* Williamsburg
* Winchester

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Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV metropolitan area

Principal cities (and
city-like entities)|

| Maryland|

* Silver Spring
* Frederick
* Rockville
* Bethesda
* Gaithersburg

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Virginia|

* Arlington
* Alexandria
* Reston

District of Columbia|

* Washington

Counties (and
county equivalents)|

| Maryland|

* Calvert
* Charles
* Frederick
* Montgomery
* Prince George's

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Virginia|

* Arlington
* Alexandria, City of
* Clarke
* Culpeper
* Fairfax
* Fairfax, City of
* Falls Church, City of
* Fauquier
* Loudoun
* Prince William
* Manassas, City of
* Manassas Park, City of
* Rappahannock
* Spotsylvania
* Fredericksburg, City of
* Stafford
* Warren

District of Columbia|

* Washington, D.C. itself

Other Outlying Areas|

* Jefferson County, West Virginia

See Also|

* Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area (CSA)
* Northeast megalopolis

The District of Columbia itself, and Virginia's incorporated cities, are county equivalents. Virginia's incorporated cities are listed under their surrounding county. The incorporated cities bordering more than one county (Alexandria, Falls Church and Fredericksburg) are listed under the county they were part of before incorporation as a city. Some unincorporated areas and census-designated places like Silver Spring and Bethesda in Maryland, Reston in Virginia, as well as the County of Arlington in Virginia are also treated as city-like entities (or principal cities) even though they have not been legally incorporated as such.

Coordinates: 39°05′N 77°38′W﻿ / ﻿39.09°N 77.64°W﻿ / 39.09; -77.64
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