REGION FIVE SNAPSHOT
Population: 1,325,886
Average Annual Wage: $64,411
Targeted Industries:
Advanced Manufacturing and Advanced Materials
Information technology
Logistics
Bioscience
Region Five includes the counties of Accomack, Isle of Wight, James City, Northampton, Southampton, and York, and the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg.
