| Rank |
County or city |
Total car-tax cut, 1999-2002 |
Households |
Tax-cut per household |
| 1 |
Loudoun County |
$103,177,497 |
59,900 |
$1,722 |
| 2 |
Fauquier County |
$31,193,650 |
19,842 |
$1,572 |
| 3 |
Fairfax County |
$546,383,846 |
350,714 |
$1,558 |
| 4 |
Frederick County |
$28,617,672 |
22,097 |
$1,295 |
| 5 |
Clarke County |
$6,070,875 |
4,942 |
$1,228 |
| 6 |
James City County |
$22,982,761 |
19,003 |
$1,209 |
| 7 |
Albemarle County |
$37,630,378 |
31,876 |
$1,181 |
| 8 |
Prince William County |
$111,518,675 |
94,570 |
$1,179 |
| 9 |
Chesterfield County |
$106,779,023 |
93,772 |
$1,139 |
| 10 |
Hanover County |
$35,304,787 |
31,121 |
$1,134 |
| 11 |
Poquoson |
$4,566,553 |
4,166 |
$1,096 |
| 12 |
Fairfax |
$8,414,349 |
8,035 |
$1,047 |
| 13 |
York County |
$20,684,832 |
20,000 |
$1,034 |
| 14 |
Spotsylvania County |
$31,964,774 |
31,308 |
$1,021 |
| 15 |
Alexandria |
$62,341,050 |
61,889 |
$1,007 |
| 16 |
Greene County |
$5,569,325 |
5,574 |
$999 |
| 17 |
Roanoke County |
$34,322,433 |
34,686 |
$990 |
| 18 |
Dinwiddie County |
$8,911,343 |
9,107 |
$979 |
| 19 |
Chesapeake |
$68,136,658 |
69,900 |
$975 |
| 20 |
Powhatan County |
$7,064,670 |
7,258 |
$973 |
| 21 |
Arlington County |
$83,790,333 |
86,352 |
$970 |
| 22 |
Fluvanna County |
$6,995,568 |
7,387 |
$947 |
| 23 |
Manassas Park |
$3,040,251 |
3,254 |
$934 |
| 24 |
Prince George County |
$9,460,594 |
10,159 |
$931 |
| 25 |
Suffolk |
$21,563,747 |
23,283 |
$926 |
| 26 |
Southampton County |
$5,407,358 |
6,279 |
$861 |
| 27 |
Henrico County |
$91,707,496 |
108,121 |
$848 |
| 28 |
Rappahannock County |
$2,360,783 |
2,788 |
$847 |
| 29 |
Manassas |
$9,916,290 |
11,757 |
$843 |
| 30 |
Falls Church |
$3,770,456 |
4,471 |
$843 |
| 31 |
Virginia Beach |
$126,235,577 |
154,455 |
$817 |
| 32 |
Goochland County |
$4,861,024 |
6,158 |
$789 |
| 33 |
Sussex County |
$3,180,310 |
4,126 |
$771 |
| 34 |
Stafford County |
$22,636,782 |
30,187 |
$750 |
| 35 |
King William County |
$3,605,326 |
4,846 |
$744 |
| 36 |
Isle of Wight County |
$8,370,785 |
11,319 |
$740 |
| 37 |
Salem |
$7,328,027 |
9,95 |
$736 |
| 38 |
Botetourt County |
$8,549,155 |
11,700 |
$731 |
| 39 |
Emporia |
$1,597,567 |
2,226 |
$718 |
| 40 |
Rockbridge County |
$6,076,644 |
8,486 |
$716 |
| 41 |
Franklin |
$2,422,208 |
3,384 |
$716 |
| 42 |
Caroline County |
$5,740,185 |
8,021 |
$716 |
| 43 |
Hampton |
$37,887,954 |
53,887 |
$703 |
| 44 |
King George County |
$4,274,189 |
6,091 |
$702 |
| 45 |
Essex County |
$2,803,103 |
3,995 |
$702 |
| 46 |
New Kent County |
$3,426,871 |
4,925 |
$696 |
| 47 |
Alleghany County |
$3,562,668 |
5,149 |
$692 |
| 48 |
Lexington |
$1,536,712 |
2,232 |
$688 |
| 49 |
Mathews County |
$2,649,173 |
3,932 |
$674 |
| 50 |
Newport News |
$46,904,846 |
69,686 |
$673 |
| 51 |
Portsmouth |
$25,338,179 |
38,170 |
$664 |
| 52 |
Bedford County |
$15,692,037 |
23,838 |
$658 |
| 53 |
Orange County |
$6,590,059 |
10,150 |
$649 |
| 54 |
Shenandoah County |
$9,014,665 |
14,296 |
$631 |
| 55 |
Cumberland County |
$2,214,939 |
3,528 |
$628 |
| 56 |
Rockingham County |
$15,880,035 |
25,355 |
$626 |
| 57 |
Lunenburg County |
$3,107,617 |
4,998 |
$622 |
| 58 |
Greensville County |
$2,089,551 |
3,375 |
$619 |
| 59 |
Buena Vista |
$1,564,531 |
2,547 |
$614 |
| 60 |
Buckingham County |
$3,260,909 |
5,324 |
$612 |
| 61 |
Warren County |
$7,335,810 |
12,087 |
$607 |
| 62 |
Brunswick County |
$3,741,833 |
6,277 |
$596 |
| 63 |
Lynchburg |
$15,016,529 |
25,477 |
$589 |
| 64 |
Petersburg |
$8,087,221 |
13,799 |
$586 |
| 65 |
Richmond |
$49,408,388 |
84,549 |
$584 |
| 66 |
Amelia County |
$2,466,918 |
4,240 |
$582 |
| 67 |
Roanoke |
$23,807,697 |
42,003 |
$567 |
| 68 |
Charlottesville |
$9,484,929 |
16,851 |
$563 |
| 69 |
Fredericksburg |
$4,548,923 |
8,102 |
$561 |
| 70 |
Nelson County |
$3,223,111 |
5,887 |
$547 |
| 71 |
Covington |
$1,538,516 |
2,835 |
$543 |
| 72 |
Gloucester County |
$7,075,943 |
13,127 |
$539 |
| 73 |
King and Queen County |
$1,431,110 |
2,673 |
$535 |
| 74 |
Madison County |
$2,520,081 |
4,739 |
$532 |
| 75 |
Giles County |
$3,710,442 |
6,994 |
$531 |
| 76 |
Accomack County |
$8,023,301 |
15,299 |
$524 |
| 77 |
Westmoreland County |
$3,574,356 |
6,846 |
$522 |
| 78 |
Danville |
$10,692,261 |
20,607 |
$519 |
| 79 |
Prince Edward County |
$3,401,117 |
6,561 |
$518 |
| 80 |
Richmond County |
$1,486,428 |
2,937 |
$506 |
| 81 |
Williamsburg |
$1,830,149 |
3,619 |
$506 |
| 82 |
Norfolk |
$43,496,013 |
86,210 |
$505 |
| 83 |
Amherst County |
$5,902,914 |
11,941 |
$494 |
| 84 |
Appomattox County |
$2,550,692 |
5,322 |
$479 |
| 85 |
Colonial Heights |
$3,351,409 |
7,027 |
$477 |
| 86 |
Northampton County |
$2,534,104 |
5,321 |
$47 |
| 87 |
Winchester |
$4,656,256 |
10,001 |
$466 |
| 88 |
Page County |
$4,325,181 |
9,305 |
$465 |
| 89 |
Charles City County |
$1,212,670 |
2,670 |
$454 |
| 90 |
Augusta County |
$11,225,019 |
24,818 |
$452 |
| 91 |
Hopewell |
$3,891,136 |
9,055 |
$430 |
| 92 |
Middlesex County |
$1,824,630 |
4,253 |
$429 |
| 93 |
Staunton |
$4,132,735 |
9,676 |
$427 |
| 94 |
Floyd County |
$2,423,737 |
5,791 |
$419 |
| 95 |
Pittsylvania County |
$10,306,921 |
24,684 |
$418 |
| 96 |
Waynesboro |
$3,467,443 |
8,332 |
$416 |
| 97 |
Culpeper County |
$4,997,967 |
12,141 |
$412 |
| 98 |
Tazewell County |
$7,492,856 |
18,277 |
$410 |
| 99 |
Louisa County |
$4,026,891 |
9,945 |
$405 |
| 100 |
Montgomery County |
$12,367,944 |
30,997 |
$399 |
| 101 |
Nottoway County |
$2,156,332 |
5,664 |
$381 |
| 102 |
Wythe County |
$4,372,504 |
11,511 |
$380 |
| 103 |
Craig County |
$778,145 |
2,060 |
$378 |
| 104 |
Northumberland County |
$2,033,166 |
5,470 |
$372 |
| 105 |
Bland County |
$940,686 |
2,568 |
$366 |
| 106 |
Smyth County |
$4,568,010 |
13,493 |
$339 |
| 107 |
Campbell County |
$6,912,361 |
20,639 |
$335 |
| 108 |
Halifax County |
$4,988,438 |
15,018 |
$332 |
| 109 |
Washington County |
$6,989,853 |
21,056 |
$332 |
| 110 |
Bedford |
$822,411 |
2,519 |
$326 |
| 111 |
Norton |
$561,173 |
1,730 |
$324 |
| 112 |
Lancaster County |
$1,596,765 |
5,004 |
$319 |
| 113 |
Surry County |
$775,415 |
2,619 |
$296 |
| 114 |
Charlotte County |
$1,440,094 |
4,951 |
$291 |
| 115 |
Martinsville |
$1,882,407 |
6,498 |
$290 |
| 116 |
Highland County |
$316,533 |
1,131 |
$280 |
| 117 |
Buchanan County |
$2,876,835 |
10,464 |
$275 |
| 118 |
Dickenson County |
$1,764,696 |
6,732 |
$262 |
| 119 |
Bristol |
$2,000,779 |
7,678 |
$261 |
| 120 |
Russell County |
$3,008,475 |
11,789 |
$255 |
| 121 |
Radford |
$1,477,699 |
5,809 |
$254 |
| 122 |
Pulaski County |
$3,707,816 |
14,643 |
$253 |
| 123 |
Wise County |
$4,005,563 |
16,013 |
$250 |
| 124 |
Franklin County |
$4,741,211 |
18,963 |
$250 |
| 125 |
Mecklenburg County |
$3,211,143 |
12,951 |
$248 |
| 126 |
Patrick County |
$1,906,358 |
8,141 |
$234 |
| 127 |
Harrisonburg |
$2,787,949 |
13,133 |
$212 |
| 128 |
Scott County |
$1,702,451 |
9,795 |
$174 |
| 129 |
Carroll County |
$2,102,153 |
12,186 |
$173 |
| 130 |
Galax |
$501,872 |
2,950 |
$170 |
| 131 |
Lee County |
$1,431,956 |
9,706 |
$148 |
| 132 |
Henry County |
$3,500,881 |
23,910 |
$146 |
| 133 |
Grayson County |
$1,028,885 |
7,259 |
$142 |
| 134 |
Bath County |
$116,938 |
2,053 |
$57 |
| |
Statewide |
$2,297,649,190 |
2,697,332 |
$852 |
Source: Computer analysis using tax data from the Virginia Department of Taxation and population data from the U.S. Census Bureau |