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Virginia Population
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People QuickFacts |
Virginia |
| Population, 2005 estimate
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7,567,465 |
| Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
6.9% |
| Population, 2000
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7,078,515 |
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
14.4% |
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2004 |
6.7% |
| Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2004 |
24.2% |
| Persons 65 years old and over,
percent, 2004 |
11.4% |
| Female persons, percent, 2004
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50.8% |
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| White persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
73.8% |
| Black persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
19.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.3% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
4.4% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting two or more
races, percent, 2004 |
1.5% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2004 (b) |
5.7% |
| White persons, not Hispanic,
percent, 2004 |
68.7% |
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| Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
52.2% |
| Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000 |
8.1% |
| Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
11.1% |
| High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
81.5% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
29.5% |
| Persons with a disability,
age 5+, 2000 |
1,155,083 |
| Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
27.0 |
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| Housing units, 2004
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3,116,827 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000
|
68.1% |
| Housing units in multi-unit
structures, percent, 2000 |
21.5% |
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$125,400 |
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| Households, 2000
|
2,699,173 |
| Persons per household, 2000
|
2.54 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
|
$23,975 |
| Median household income, 2003
|
$50,028 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 2003 |
9.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Virginia |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 2003 |
183,4681 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
2003 |
2,932,8221 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
percent change 2000-2003 |
1.0%1 |
| Nonemployer establishments,
2003 |
426,247 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002
($1000) |
83,952,547 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
|
80,509,062 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002
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$11,069 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
14.9% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
27.5% |
| Housing units authorized by
building permits, 2004 |
63,220 |
| Federal spending, 2004
($1000) |
90,637,9461 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
Virginia |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
|
39,594 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
|
178.8 |
| FIPS Code
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51 |
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