State

Virginia

Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 76 out of 100 (high), ranking #13 of 51 US states. It ranks best on math scores (high), drug overdose deaths (low) and hospital quality rating (high). It ranks worst on average commute time (high), drought exposure (high) and mental health care shortage (high).

76High

Quality-of-life score: #13 of 51 states
Population: 8,880,107 (2025)
Land area: 39,481 mi²
Density: 224.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 51

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety74#14/51
Economy94#4/51
Housing42#30/51
Health52#25/51
Healthcare50#26/51
Environment90#6/49
Education90#6/51
Infrastructure60#21/51
Community66#18/51
Leisure & amenities34#34/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Math scores · high3.27
96/100United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drug overdose deaths · low12.0 /100k
92/100United States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Hospital quality rating · high3.7
90/100United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Reading scores · high3.16
89/100United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Food environment index · high8.9
87/100United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Violent crime rate · low206 /100k
86/100United States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high27.3 min
18/100United States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Drought exposure · high70%
22/100United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Mental health care shortage · high14.8
22/100United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAggregated from counties
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low4.6 /10k
26/100United States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Public libraries · low0.4 /10k
28/100United States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Restaurants and bars · low8.4 /10k
30/100United States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
7% (2021) → 70% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+64 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
29.0 /100k (2021) → 12.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−59%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
23.8% (Dec 2021) → 33.7% (Aug 2026)
+9.8 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
High ozone daysWorsening
0 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
+48%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Homicide rateImproving
7.0 /100k (2021) → 4.3 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−39%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Mental health providersImproving
207 /100k (2021) → 284 /100k (2025)
+37%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Virginia improved on 18 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 4 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved18

Commute−1.3 min28.7 min → 27.3 min
Students / teacher−1.5×14.9× → 13.4×
Restaurants+7.4%7.8 /10k → 8.4 /10k
Overdose deaths−51%24.6 /100k → 12.0 /100k
Gyms+18%1.3 /10k → 1.6 /10k

Declined5

Transit use−2.1 points4.4% → 2.3%
Traffic deaths+13%9.5 /100k → 10.7 /100k
Pharmacies−9%1.9 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Price / income+0.4×3.7× → 4.1×
Rent burden+0.7 points47.8% → 48.5%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.8 /10k2020	4.6 /10k2025	+20%	Improved	72%
Average commute time	28.7 min2015-2019	27.3 min2020-2024	−1.3 min	Improved	91%
Average weekly wage	$1,2532020	$1,5402025	+23%	Improved	46%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%2015-2019	42.2%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Improved	54%
Broadband subscriptions	83.9%2015-2019	91.0%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Improved	26%
Child poverty rate	13.3%2019	11.8%2024	−1.5 points	Improved	63%
Distance to an airport	32 mi2020	32 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	24.6 /100k2020	12.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−51%	Improved	93%
Effective property tax rate	0.87%2015-2019	0.78%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	34%
Firearm deaths	13.6 /100k2020	12.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−8.8%	Improved	58%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+5.8%	Within the margin of error	87%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+18%	Improved	77%
High school diploma or higher	89.7%2015-2019	91.6%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Improved	68%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	62%
Homicide rate	6.1 /100k2020	4.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−30%	Improved	36%
Income adjusted for local prices	$58,3312019	$76,5062024	+31%	Improved	38%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4692015-2019	0.4722020-2024	+0.003	Little change	38%
Median household income	$76,4712019	$92,1162024	+20%	Improved	17%
New business applications	12.4 /1k2020	15.6 /1k2025	+26%	Improved	34%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−9%	Declined	40%
Poverty rate	9.9%2019	9.8%2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−1.2%	Within the margin of error	75%
Public transit commuters	4.4%2015-2019	2.3%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Declined	21%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	29.4%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Little change	71%
Rent-burdened households	47.8%2015-2019	48.5%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Declined	62%
Restaurants and bars	7.8 /10k2020	8.4 /10k2025	+7.4%	Improved	75%
Students per teacher	14.9×2019	13.4×2024	−1.5×	Improved	89%
Suicide rate	13.9 /100k2020	13.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−5%	Within the margin of error	89%
Traffic deaths	9.5 /100k2015-2019	10.7 /100k2020-2024	+13%	Declined	21%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2020	3.4%2025	−3.1 points	Improved	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.2%2019	8.1%2024	−1.1 points	Improved	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Virginia itself moved +4.4 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

8,705,170 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,365,732 households (±7,402)

Virginia
United States share

Under $25k12%410,091
$25k–50k15%488,699
$50k–75k14%482,882

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,365,732 households (±7,402)

Virginia
United States share

Own67%2,266,609
Rent33%1,099,123

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.1 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

4,327,663 workers (±10,062)

Virginia
United States share

Drive alone68%2,924,214
Carpool8.0%347,329
Public transit2.3%101,220

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Virginia employ 830,250 people. 3 pay a median above the US median and 7 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Virginia by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers104,460 jobs	104,460	$30,110US $31,200	−3%	1.03×
General and Operations Managers103,590 jobs	103,590	$122,080US $105,770	+15%	1.12×
Retail Salespersons100,290 jobs	100,290	$34,240US $35,410	−3%	0.97×
Software Developers88,280 jobs	88,280	$136,460US $135,980	0%	1.98×
Cashiers83,890 jobs	83,890	$30,580US $32,880	−7%	1.03×
Registered Nurses77,490 jobs	77,490	$93,600US $97,550	−4%	0.87×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides70,070 jobs	70,070	$30,300US $35,800	−15%	0.62×
Stockers and Order Fillers69,660 jobs	69,660	$36,380US $37,330	−3%	0.93×
Office Clerks, General66,550 jobs	66,550	$46,410US $45,010	+3%	1.02×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners65,970 jobs	65,970	$35,170US $36,840	−5%	1.13×

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Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Virginia.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Virginia has 210,842 employer establishments, 241 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248), with 3,581,650 paid employees at an average annual pay of $70,069. The Census Bureau also counts 767,222 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 210,842; 767,222 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 241; US 248
Paid employees: 3,581,650
Average annual pay: $70,069; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Virginia by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	17,305	19.8	0.95×About typical	218,788	$74,438	32,774
Restaurants and other eating places	15,936	18.3	0.99×About typical	299,357	$23,224	3,878
Specialty trade contractors	13,057	15	0.97×About typical	133,313	$67,425	46,327
Lessors of real estate	10,362	11.9	0.96×About typical	49,110	$73,018	73,945
Computer systems design and related services	9,439	10.8	2.50×More than typical	204,399	$118,876	11,497
Full-service restaurants	7,154	8.2	1.07×About typical	142,779	$26,574	1,722
Limited-service restaurants	7,145	8.2	1.02×About typical	134,359	$20,229	1,477
Management, scientific and technical consulting	7,106	8.1	1.21×About typical	109,940	$112,926	35,787
Construction of buildings	6,882	7.9	1.04×About typical	44,549	$80,905	23,390
Services to buildings and dwellings	6,243	7.1	1.06×About typical	72,585	$36,965	42,919
Religious organizations	6,213	7.1	1.28×More than typical	46,429	$28,666	—
Offices of physicians	5,133	5.9	0.91×About typical	74,587	$109,700	5,521

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,732,034 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $105.7B on contracts performed in Virginia: $11,904 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $105.7B; −12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $11,904; US $1,994
Sole-source: 15%; US 30%
Single offer: 10%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$34.8B33%
Department of the Navy$14.9B14%
Federal Acquisition Service$6.1B5.8%
Defense Logistics Agency$5.6B5.3%
Department of the Air Force$5.3B5.0%
Department of the Army$5.1B4.8%
Office of Procurement Operations$2.6B2.5%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$2.4B2.3%

Top recipients

OPTUM PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTIONS, INC.$19.9B19%
TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP$10.7B10%
ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$3.9B3.6%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$3.2B3.0%
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INC$3B2.9%

Spending by fiscal year

53BFY2017
58.5BFY2018
61.5BFY2019
68.6BFY2020
77.9BFY2021
89.4BFY2022
106.2BFY2023
109.9B

Top industries (NAICS)

Insurance carriers · 5241$30.6B29%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$23.7B22%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$6.9B6.5%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$5.7B5.4%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$4.8B4.5%

Largest awards

CVN 80 ENGINEERING EFFORTS AND STEEL$13.4B
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INC· Newport News city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 12, 2016 – Jun 12, 2026· N0002416C2116
CY24 AVSC SUPPLY SUPPORT$7.7B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Arlington County, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 27, 2024 – May 28, 2026· N0001924C0039
CVN 78 SHIP CONSTRUCTION$6.7B
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INC· Newport News city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 6, 2016 – May 14, 2026· N0002408C2110
THIS MODIFICATION IS TO AWARD THE PERIODIC RELEASE MODIFICATION FOR THE PERIOD OF 1 JAN 2025 THROUGH 30 JUN 2025 IN SUPPORT OF CVN 77.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $83.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Virginia: $9,420 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $83.7B; −11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,420; US $12,955
Loan face value: $8B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$32.5B39%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$15.9B19%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$9B11%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$3.7B4.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$2.6B3.1%
93.767 · Children's Health Insurance Program$1.5B1.8%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1.4B1.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1.3B1.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

VA DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICE$17.6B21%
RICHMOND, VA
SOCIAL SERVICES, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF$2.3B2.7%
GLEN ALLEN, VA
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION$1.8B2.1%
RICHMOND, VA
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.6B1.9%
RICHMOND, VA
STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$40.1B48%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$20.1B24%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$10.4B12%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$2.4B2.8%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

82.2BFY2021
72.9BFY2022
77.6BFY2023
79.2BFY2024
93.6BFY2025
83.7BFY2026

County aggregates

63%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Virginia, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Virginia
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Virginia	United States
FY2017	$6,252	$1,436
FY2018	$6,878	$1,552
FY2019	$7,185	$1,654
FY2020	$7,941	$1,880
FY2021	$8,998	$1,810
FY2022	$10,297	$1,917
FY2023	$12,167	$2,079
FY2024	$12,462	$2,047
FY2025	$13,578	$2,165
FY2026	$11,904 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Virginia	United States
FY2017	$249	$93.28
FY2018	$310	$105
FY2019	$240	$128
FY2020	$257	$145
FY2021	$279	$117
FY2022	$307

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Virginia	United States
FY2021	$11,966	$5,748
FY2022	$12,939	$5,221
FY2023	$15,000	$5,364
FY2024	$15,506	$5,501
FY2025	$16,757	$5,732
FY2026	$14,906

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Virginia	United States
FY2021	$204	$298
FY2022	$251	$357
FY2023	$237	$301
FY2024	$222	$319
FY2025	$261	$360
FY2026	$262 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Virginia	United States
FY2021	$148	$239
FY2022	$133	$185
FY2023	$152	$229
FY2024	$154	$229
FY2025	$164	$249
FY2026	$133 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Virginia	United States
FY2021	$1,798	$2,304
FY2022	$1,719	$2,197
FY2023	$2,021	$2,274
FY2024	$1,978	$2,267
FY2025	$2,223	$2,397
FY2026	$2,267 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Virginia	United States
FY2021	$930	$1,186
FY2022	$373	$465
FY2023	$50.15	$76.52
FY2024	$82.60	$120
FY2025	$104	$148
FY2026	$68.15 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Virginia
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Virginia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Virginia	United States
2014	0.4%	2.0%
2015	2.2%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Virginia whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Radford city, VAFederal contracts · FY2024$60,905 (3.2×)
Radford city, VAContracts and grants · FY2024$60,936 (2.3×)
Northampton County, VAFederal contracts · FY2024$4,080 (22×)
Buchanan County, VAContracts and grants · FY2024$3,783 (2.9×)
Nottoway County, VAContracts and grants · FY2024$2,890 (2.4×)
Mecklenburg County, VA

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/51

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Virginia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Virginia

All 133 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Virginia

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Virginia, largest first.

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Virginia	United States
2014	−3.5%	−4.2%
2015	−1.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+3.3%
2018	+6.2%	+6.8%
2019	+9.8%	+10.5%
2020	+18.8%	+19.4%
2021	+23.9%	+26.1%
2022	+29.7%	+30.6%
2023	+35.4%	+35.0%
2024	+41.6%	+41.0%
2025	+46.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Virginia	United States
2014	−5.5%	−5.5%
2015	−2.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+4.1%
2018	+6.6%	+8.9%
2019	+10.8%	+13.5%
2020	+16.7%	+20.8%
2021	+27.7%	+32.1%
2022	+32.1%	+35.4%
2023	+40.3%	+42.9%
2024	+46.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Virginia	United States
2014	3.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.8/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.7/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Virginia	United States
2014	−4.7%	−6.9%
2015	−2.7%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.0%	+4.7%
2018	+6.6%	+7.5%
2019	+12.2%	+14.0%
2020	+16.2%	+16.9%
2021	+18.8%	+21.0%
2022	+26.0%	+29.7%
2023	+31.9%	+34.9%
2024	+35.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Virginia	United States
2014	−5.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.3% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+22.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+35.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+45.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+53.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+60.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+62.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Virginia	United States
2014	5.1%	6.2%
2015	4.4%	5.3%
2016	4.0%	4.9%
2017	3.6%	4.4%
2018	3.0%	3.9%
2019	2.8%	3.7%
2020	6.5%	8.1%
2021	3.9%	5.4%
2022	2.7%	3.7%
2023	2.7%	3.6%
2024	2.9%	4.0%
2025	3.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Virginia	United States
2014	11.8%	15.5%
2015	11.2%	14.7%
2016	11.0%	14.0%
2017	10.7%	13.4%
2018	10.7%	13.1%
2019	9.9%	12.3%
2020	9.2%	11.9%
2021	10.3%	12.8%
2022	10.6%	12.6%
2023	10.2%	12.5%
2024	9.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Virginia	United States
2014	12.4%	13.5%
2015	10.4%	10.9%
2016	9.9%	10.0%
2017	10.2%	10.2%
2018	10.1%	10.4%
2019	9.2%	10.8%
2020	8.6%	10.4%
2021	8.0%	10.2%
2022	7.5%	9.5%
2023	7.5%	9.5%
2024	8.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Virginia	United States
2014	8.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	10.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	10.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	12.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	15.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	14.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	15.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	14.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	15.6/1k	16.6/1k

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