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1924 to Today
A century of foreign wars expanded the presence of both the federal government in northern Virginia and the military in the Hampton Roads area. Growth in those regions helped transform the state from a rural to a primarily urban one, from a poor to a relatively affluent one, and from a state with few non-natives to one with many. Only painstakingly, however, have minorities won equality. Since 1960, the population has doubled. The largest employer now is the government, next is agriculture, which added billions of dollars to the state's economy. |