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Virginia state QuickFacts

	Virginia	United States
Total population	7,078,515	281,421,906
State	Virginia

Virginia state Population

	Virginia	%, Virginia	United States
Male	3,471,895	49.05%	49.06%
Female	3,606,620	50.95%	50.94%
Median age (years)	35.7		35.3

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	Virginia	%, Virginia	United States
18 years and over	5,340,253	75.44%	74.31%
21 years and over	5,039,883	71.2%	69.97%
62 years and over	948,784	13.4%	14.66%
65 years and over	792,333	11.19%	12.43%

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	Virginia	%, Virginia	United States
White	5,120,110	72.33%	75.14%
Black or African American	1,390,293	19.64%	12.32%
Asian	261,025	3.69%	3.64%
Some other race	164,018	2.32%	5.46%
Two or more races	143,069	2.02%	2.43%

Virginia state Housing

	Virginia	%, Virginia	United States
Total households	2,699,173		105,480,101
Family households (families)	1,847,796	68.46%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	851,377	31.54%	31.94%

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	Virginia	%, Virginia	United States
Total housing units	2,904,192		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	205,019	7.06%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	2,699,173	92.94%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	1,837,939	63.29%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	861,234	29.65%	30.77%

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	Virginia	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	91,881	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	462,870	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	373,288	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	233,999	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	209,613	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	107,093	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	28,041	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	4,013	0.57%
Median (dollars)	125,400	119,600

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	Virginia	%, Virginia	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	548,950	20.34%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	782,914	29.01%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	430,473	15.95%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	435,640	16.14%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	250,105	9.27%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	251,091	9.3%	9.65%

Virginia state Education

	Virginia	%, Virginia	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,868,101		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	125,701	6.73%	6.47%
Kindergarten	101,127	5.41%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	806,445	43.17%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	384,028	20.56%	21.38%
College or graduate school	450,800	24.13%	22.81%

Virginia state Economy

	Virginia	%, Virginia	United States
Population 16 years and over	5,529,980		217,168,077
In labor force	3,694,663	66.81%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	3,563,772	64.44%	63.39%
- - Employed	3,412,647	61.71%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	151,125	2.73%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	130,891	2.37%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,835,317	33.19%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	2,854,288	51.61%	51.66%
In labor force	1,730,072	31.29%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,709,933	30.92%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,633,989	29.55%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	531,130	9.6%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	329,968		12,787,501

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	Virginia	%, Virginia	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	2,700,335		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	214,076	7.93%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	141,948	5.26%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	308,532	11.43%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	326,821	12.1%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	444,682	16.47%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	549,412	20.35%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	307,107	11.37%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	254,948	9.44%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	80,046	2.96%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	72,763	2.69%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	46,677		41,994

	Virginia	%, Virginia	United States
With earnings	2,252,777	40.74%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	59,822		56,604
With Social Security income	631,530	11.42%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,868		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	95,716	1.73%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,770		6,320
With public assistance income	66,492	1.2%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,242		3,032
With retirement income	507,879	9.18%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	20,920		17,376

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