U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
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2015
Full Details
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Title
Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America
Description
The Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America provides statistics by broad categories of socioeconomic factors: People: Demographic data from the American Community Survey (ACS), including age, race and ethnicity, migration and immigration, education, household size, and family composition.; Jobs: Economic data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other sources, including information on employment trends, unemployment, and industrial composition of employment from the ACS.; County classifications: Categorical variables including the rural-urban continuum codes, economic dependence codes, persistent poverty, persistent child poverty, population loss, onshore oil/natural gas counties, and other ERS county typology codes.; Income: Data on median household income, per capita income, and poverty (including child poverty).; Veterans: Data on veterans, including service period, education, unemployment, income, and other demographic characteristics.
Creator
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Publisher
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture (2021). Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america/ (website)