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(Fredericksburg) region which experienced an increase of 17.3 per cent; the Charlottesville region which increased 10.8 per cent and the Middle Peninsula which increased at a rate of 10.3 per cent.
By comparison the State of Virginia’s rate of growth over this period was 5.5 per cent which was
85.0%