Trump’s Chaos

Impact on Virginia and Gloucester County

· 15.1% of Virginia’s population is enrolled in Medicare.

o 22% of Gloucester’s population qualified for Medicare.

· 17% of Virginia’s population (1,872,300 people) were enrolled in

Medicaid or CHIP in 2024.

o 12.8% of Gloucester’s working class are enrolled in Medicaid.

o 4.95% of Gloucester’s population is uninsured.

· 15% of Gloucester’s working class purchased health insurance through the Affordable Health Care program.

· From 2022 to 2023, Virginia’s free clinics saw a 44% increase in the number of patients — from 75,000 to 108,000 people.

· Gloucester has 135 farms. 96 are family farms.

· Gloucester farmers received government funded

commodity subsidies worth $312,360 from 2021-2024

· Gloucester farmers sold $16,782,000 worth of products in 2022.

· Canada is the second biggest customer of Virginia poultry at $429

millions worth in 2023.

· Nearly 45% of Virginia's international visitors (381, 084) are from Canada.

· In 2023, Canadians spent $203 million in Virginia.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Gloucester serves over 700 students, age 2 - 21 identified as requiring special education services.

In Virginia, 26 million students from working class backgrounds rely on Title I funding that comes from the federal government.

9.8 million students in rural schools depend on federal support to bridge funding gaps in communities with more limited local tax bases.