Floris is a

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(CDP) located within the Oak Hill area of Fairfax County,

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, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 8,341.

Geography

Floris is located in northwestern Fairfax County, south of Herndon, around the intersection of Centreville and West Ox roads. It is bordered by McNair to the north, Reston to the northeast, Franklin Farm to the south, and by Virginia State Route 28 to the west, separating the community from Washington Dulles International Airport. The center of Herndon is to the north, Fairfax is to the southeast, and

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, is to the east. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Floris CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.66%, is water.

Demographics

Floris was first listed as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census.

2020 census

At the 2020 census (some information from the 2022 American Community Survey) there were 8,341 people, 2,667 housing units and 2,434 households residing in the CDP. The

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was 3,022.1 inhabitants per square mile (1,164.9/km²). The average housing unit density was 966.3 per square mile (372.5/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 47.24%

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, 4.30%

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, 0.12% Native American, 39.47% Asian, 0.06%

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, 1.82% from other races, and 6.99% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race was 4.77% of the population. Of the households, 75.4% were married couple families, 8.2% were a male family householder with no spouse, and 14.5% were a female family householder with no spouse. The average family household had 3.34 people. The median age was 43.6, 24.9% of people were under the age of 18, and 13.3% were 65 years of age or older. The largest ancestry is the 11.8% who had Irish ancestry, 33.9% spoke a language other than English at home, and 30.9% were born outside the United States, 76.8% of whom were naturalized citizens. The median income for a household in the CDP was $231,161, and the median income for a family was $231,161. 6.2% of the population were military veterans, and 76.2% had a

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or higher. In the CDP 2.2% of the population was below the

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, including 3.1% of those under the age of 18 and 0.9% of those aged 65 or over, with 2.7% of the population without

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2010 census

The population at the 2010 census was 8,375.

Education

Floris is within Fairfax County Public Schools. Rachel Carson Middle School is in Floris. Private schools: * King Abdullah Academy * Nysmith School (PK-8)Contact Us
" Nysmith School. Retrieved on July 25, 2016. "13625 EDS Drive Herndon,VA 20171"

References

External links

Virginia Trend Report 2: State and Complete Places (Sub-state 2010 Census Data)
* Unincorporated communities in Virginia Census-designated places in Fairfax County, Virginia Washington metropolitan area Census-designated places in Virginia {{FairfaxCountyVA-geo-stub