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collecting $85 per person in taxes. $118 less than the national average.
Average personal income for Virginians in 1979 was $8,587, which was 98 percent of the national average and 24th for the nation. State and local taxes were 9.5 percent of personal income, making Virginia 40th in the U.S. with only 11 states lower.
+ + + + A skeptic is not one who doubts. but one who examines.
—Sainte-Beuve
85.5%