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Virginia is home to a thriving arms and defense manufacturing industry, with a long history of producing some of the world's most advanced military technology. The state's strategic location on the East Coast of the United States, its robust transportation infrastructure, and its highly skilled workforce make it an ideal location for defense ...
After the military, the 2nd largest and most important industry for Hampton Roads and Norfolk based on economic impact are the region's cargo ports. Headquartered in Norfolk, the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) is a Commonwealth of Virginia owned-entity that, in turn, owns and operates three major port facilities in Hampton Roads for break-bulk ...
Marriott International, the largest hotel chain in the world, is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. [37] [38] Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., which is an American real estate investment trust that invests in hotels, is also headquartered in Bethesda. Hilton Worldwide, also one of the world's largest hotel chains, is headquartered in Tysons ...
Though agriculture has declined significantly since 1960, when there were twice as many farms, it remains the largest industry in Virginia, providing for over 490,000 jobs. [270] Soybeans were the most profitable single crop in Virginia in 2022, [271] although the ongoing trade war with China has led many Virginia farmers to plant cotton ...
Tysons Corner has more Fortune 500 company headquarters than Washington, D.C. [1]. This is a list of notable companies headquartered in Northern Virginia.The majority of the following companies are located in Fairfax County and Loudoun County the most populous jurisdictions in Northern Virginia, Virginia state, and the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.
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The Constitutions of 1830 and 1850 expanded suffrage but did not equalize white male apportionment statewide. The population grew slowly from 700,000 in 1790, to 1 million in 1830, to 1.2 million in 1860. Virginia was the largest state population wise to join the Confederate States in 1861.
For all practical purposes, commercial gold production in Virginia ceased after 1948. At its peak, Virginia was the third largest gold producing state, [2] and the heart of the gold production area was at the junction of Spotsylvania, Culpeper, Greene near Wood Dr., and Orange counties near Wilderness.