Northern Virginia (NoVA) is a region in the U.S. state of Virginia consisting of Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. Together with Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland and West Virginia, it makes up the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country.

The Northern Virginia area forms part of the Virginia portion of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA, a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Northern Virginia as a whole is very diverse and wealthy and is the richest area in Virginia.

Demographics

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2 million people (about 1/4th of Virginia's total population) live in Northern Virginia.

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Democratic Disgrace
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Obiter Dicta
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