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Adopted FY 2024 Budget Addresses Community Needs Across Arlington. Published on April 22, 2023. The Arlington County Board voted unanimously to adopt a $1.55 billion balanced Budget for FY 2024, with focuses on community needs, including affordable housing, while also providing foundational services, such as public safety, environmental services, transportation, and schools.

Established as Bellehaven (later Alexandria) county, it was ceded to the Federal Government in 1789 and became part of the District of Columbia. The county was returned to Virginia in 1846 and was renamed Arlington in 1920 for the former estate of the Custis-Lee families. Arlington has developed from a number of small villages (including ...

Arlington’s form of government, the County Manager plan, was implemented in 1932. Arlington was the first county in the United States to choose this form of government. Arlington had an estimated population of 211,700 as of January 1, 2012. The County is almost fully developed; there are no farms and little remaining vacant land.

QuickFacts Arlington County, Virginia. QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.

Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes. The map in this article, taken from the official United States Census Bureau site, includes Clifton Forge and Bedford as independent cities.