• Spotsylvania County lies halfway between Washington, DC and Richmond, VA within 750 miles of 60% of the US population
  
  
• Virginia has seen a 5.4% population growth from 2000 to 2004 with a current population size of 7.5 million
  
  
• The civilian labor force in Virginia amounted to nearly 4 million in 2004 – 3.6 million in nonagricultural industries and 300,000 in manufacturing

(Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau)

Major State Industries Represented*

*Based on NAICS categories with sales, receipts or shipments more than $25 billion. (Source: 2002 Economic Census Summary Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau.)