U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
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2015
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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