| #2 |
Second highest in percentage of jobs in
industries with high projected growth. |
| #2 |
Second lowest in percentage
of personal income from transfer payments. Only 9.6 percent of Virginian's personal income
is derived from retirement benefits, government assistance or other sources of transfer
payments. |
| #4 |
Fourth lowest unemployment rate of 2.8
percent. |
| #7 |
Seventh lowest poverty
rate. Only 8.4 percent of Virginia's population lives in poverty. |
| #7 |
Seventh highest percentage of employment in
professional occupations: 23.3 percent. |
| #10 |
Tenth highest average
household income : $43,354 |
| #10 |
Tenth lowest rate of motor vehicle deaths per
100 million vehicle miles. |
| #16 |
Sixteenth highest number of
doctors (233) per 100,000 population. |
| #16 |
Sixteenth lowest rate of violent crimes (314)
per 100,000 population. |
| #19 |
Nineteenth lowest rate of
births to teenage mothers. |
| #20 |
Twentieth lowest number of federal and state
prisoners (421) per 100,000 population. |
