Fairfax County’s minority population has increased significantly over the past 10 years — and new data released from the Census Bureau last week show that the area is especially attractive to residents from India, Korea and El Salvador.

Fairfax residents with an Indian background nearly doubled between 2000 and 2010, from 24,955 to 43,956, according to census data, and residents of Korean ethnicity increased from 27,684 to 41,356. Residents with an Asian background now make up about 10 percent of Fairfax’s population.

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