Poverty dropped slightly in Virginia, but wage gap is widening among some demographics: Report
“For Black workers in Virginia, it’s improved, but it’s only improved by two cents since 1979,” said Borja. “Black women in Virginia are just paid 59-cents for every dollar paid to a white man and Latina women are paid just 52-cents for every dollar paid to a white man. That is probably the most shocking part of the report, for sure.”