Rural U.S.A.: Persistence and ChangeThomas R. Ford |
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Page 45
... growth was somewhat faster than total U.S. growth of 13.3 percent . Thus , far from dying , rural towns as a group were acquiring population faster than the nation as a whole , despite the large proportion of losers among the very small ...
... growth was somewhat faster than total U.S. growth of 13.3 percent . Thus , far from dying , rural towns as a group were acquiring population faster than the nation as a whole , despite the large proportion of losers among the very small ...
Page 46
... growth or outmigration as children came of age . The factors inducing migration led much of this potential growth to be channeled into outmovement to the cities . However , the comparatively large number of children per rural family did ...
... growth or outmigration as children came of age . The factors inducing migration led much of this potential growth to be channeled into outmovement to the cities . However , the comparatively large number of children per rural family did ...
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... growth of people and a small amount of net inmovement , but was distinctly below the growth of non- metro counties as a whole ( 5.6 percent ) . The new pattern of population change is not a trivial one and however long it may last , it ...
... growth of people and a small amount of net inmovement , but was distinctly below the growth of non- metro counties as a whole ( 5.6 percent ) . The new pattern of population change is not a trivial one and however long it may last , it ...
Contents
Quality and Conflicts in Land | 19 |
People on the Land | 37 |
The Changing Character of the Nonmetropolitan | 55 |
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