State	No. of Most Admired Cos.
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Alabama	1
Alaska	0
Arizona	2
Arkansas	2
California	39
Colorado	3
Connecticut	7
Delaware	1
District of Columbia	1
Florida	10
Georgia	9
Hawaii	0
Idaho	0
Illinois	19
Indiana	5
Iowa	1
Kansas	1
Kentucky	2
Louisiana	0
Maine	0
Maryland	6
Massachusetts	7
Michigan	10
Minnesota	10
Mississippi	0
Missouri	6
Montana	0
Nebraska	3
Nevada	3
New Hampshire	2
New Jersey	9
New Mexico	0
New York	37
North Carolina	7
North Dakota	0
Ohio	12
Oklahoma	3
Oregon	2
Pennsylvania	6
Rhode Island	1
South Carolina	2
South Dakota	0
Tennessee	5
Texas	34
Utah	0
Vermont	0
Virginia	6
Washington	9
West Virginia	0
Wisconsin	5
Wyoming	0

	Population
Best Places to Live in Virginia
Chesapeake	219,000
Reston	60,000
Virginia Beach	438,400
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Company	City	Industry rank
Most Admired
General Dynamics	Falls Church	6
Norfolk Southern	Norfolk	2
Performance Food Group	Richmond	3
CarMax	Richmond	2
LandAmerica Financial Group	Richmond	1
Smithfield Foods	Smithfield	3
Contenders
CACI International	Arlington	6
MeadWestvaco	Glen Allen	8
Capital One Financial	McLean	7
Gannett	McLean	8
Freddie Mac	McLean	9
Owens & Minor	Mechanicsville	7
NVR	Reston	6
Sprint Nextel	Reston	8
Genworth Financial	Richmond	9
Circuit City Stores	Richmond	8
Brink's	Richmond	8
Dominion Resources	Richmond	7
Amerigroup	Virginia Beach	9

Industry champions

Company	Industry
Nike	Apparel
Whole Foods	Food and Drug Stores
Cisco	Network Communications
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Most admired for people management

Company	Industry rank
FedEx	1
Procter & Gamble	1
Google	2
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Most admired for innovation

Company	Industry rank
Apple	2
Google	2
FedEx	1
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How we pick the Most Admired companies

The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Our survey partners at Hay Group started with the FORTUNE 1,000... (more)