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1 Freddie Mac 54 43,104.0 McLean
2 Altria Group 61 38,051.0 Richmond
3 General Dynamics 87 27,294.0 Falls Church
4 Capital One Financial 130 18,965.5 McLean
5 Dominion Resources 161 15,790.0 Richmond
6 Computer Sciences 170 14,856.6 Falls Church
7 AES 183 13,896.0 Arlington
8 Circuit City Stores 215 12,429.8 Richmond
9 Smithfield Foods 222 11,932.6 Smithfield
10 Genworth Financial 233 11,443.0 Richmond
11 Norfolk Southern 276 9,432.0 Norfolk
12 SLM 286 9,171.1 Reston
13 Gannett 332 7,480.5 McLean
14 CarMax 333 7,465.7 Richmond
15 MeadWestvaco 356 6,906.0 Glen Allen
16 Owens & Minor 360 6,800.5 Mechanicsville
17 Performance Food Group 384 6,304.9 Richmond
18 NVR 464 5,156.4 Reston
19 Advance Auto Parts 476 4,844.4 Roanoke
20 Dollar Tree 533 4,242.6 Chesapeake
21 Amerigroup 555 3,945.5 Virginia Beach
22 LandAmerica Financial Group 582 3,705.8 Glen Allen
23 BearingPoint 604 3,455.6 McLean
24 NII Holdings 624 3,296.3 Reston
25 Brink's 636 3,247.9 Richmond
26 Universal 683 2,937.1 Richmond
27 Markel 780 2,483.3 Glen Allen
28 Massey Energy 791 2,413.5 Richmond
29 Albemarle 806 2,336.2 Richmond
30 DynCorp International 874 2,082.3 Falls Church
31 CACI International 908 1,938.0 Arlington
32 Alpha Natural Resources 923 1,877.6 Abingdon
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