Rural U.S.A.: Persistence and ChangeThomas R. Ford |
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... rural population as a percentage of the total population - from 95 percent at the first census in 1790 to 26.5 percent in the 1970 census - has helped create the illusion that the rural population was also declining in absolute numbers ...
... rural population as a percentage of the total population - from 95 percent at the first census in 1790 to 26.5 percent in the 1970 census - has helped create the illusion that the rural population was also declining in absolute numbers ...
Page 41
... population ( 4.4 million ) was black , and the blacks were almost entirely tenants on cotton and tobacco farms , or , if owners , had places too small to support a family ... rural population , and the number of rural People on the Land 41.
... population ( 4.4 million ) was black , and the blacks were almost entirely tenants on cotton and tobacco farms , or , if owners , had places too small to support a family ... rural population , and the number of rural People on the Land 41.
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... rural population grew by about a fifth here from 1940 to 1970 , despite the reclassification of much population as urban and a drastic cutback in farming . The fastest growth of rural population has come in the Florida Peninsula . The ...
... rural population grew by about a fifth here from 1940 to 1970 , despite the reclassification of much population as urban and a drastic cutback in farming . The fastest growth of rural population has come in the Florida Peninsula . The ...
Contents
Quality and Conflicts in Land | 19 |
People on the Land | 37 |
The Changing Character of the Nonmetropolitan | 55 |
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American behavior black population Calvin L centers cities community development costs cultural decades decline Department of Agriculture differences employment energy environmental farm policy farm population farmers federal fertility future groups growth increased Indian Indian-Americans individual inmigrants Iowa State Univ Iowa State University labor force land living major metropolitan areas metropolitan counties Metropolitan Statistical Areas Mexican-Americans migration million National Geographic Society needs nonfarm nonmetro nonmetropolitan areas nonmetropolitan counties North Carolina occupational organization outmigration pattern percent percentage persons problems production programs proportion regional Report role rural America rural and urban rural areas rural communities Rural Development Rural Development Act Rural Industrialization rural local rural population rural poverty rural society Rural Sociology rural women rural-nonfarm rural-urban small towns social status Table traditional trends U.S. Bureau U.S. Department United urban areas USGPO Washington workers York