Claim: Virginia ranked near the bottom of the nation 50 years ago in per capita income but is in the top 10 today. It had a "very low" rate of higher education attainment but is now above the national average.
Fact-check: Tim Kaine says Virginia's higher education, income records have dramatically improved in past 50 years
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Sean Gorman
Date published: 2011-05-12T00:00:00