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Return to Virginia Business - February 2001

Growth in High-Tech Employment -
Number of Jobs

Metropolitan Area

Total 1999

Change
1997
-99

% Change

Charlottesville

5,906

429

7.8

Danville

591

129

28

Lynchburg

6,933

360

5.5

Norfolk, Virginia Beach,
Newport News

35,651

3,318

10.3

Northern Virginia

172,266

28,808

20.1

Richmond/Petersburg

32,674

3,458

11.8

Roanoke

8,537

-444

-4.9

Statewide

297.937

37,368

14.3


Source: Chmura Economics & Analytics

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