Rural U.S.A.: Persistence and ChangeThomas R. Ford |
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... areas . Even in the completely rural counties that were not adjacent to a metropolitan area , 17 percent of the ... urban technology into rural areas and the consequent closer occupational similarity of rural and urban workers lends ...
... areas . Even in the completely rural counties that were not adjacent to a metropolitan area , 17 percent of the ... urban technology into rural areas and the consequent closer occupational similarity of rural and urban workers lends ...
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... areas falls far below that in urban areas for blacks as well as whites . Median family income in both 1960 and 1970 was lowest among rural - farm blacks and highest among urban blacks , while rural - nonfarm blacks ranked in between ...
... areas falls far below that in urban areas for blacks as well as whites . Median family income in both 1960 and 1970 was lowest among rural - farm blacks and highest among urban blacks , while rural - nonfarm blacks ranked in between ...
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... urban areas than in rural com- munities , and the difference is even more pronounced between urban and rural - farm areas . In the case of unrelated individuals the rural - nonfarm population fares a little better than the urban , and ...
... urban areas than in rural com- munities , and the difference is even more pronounced between urban and rural - farm areas . In the case of unrelated individuals the rural - nonfarm population fares a little better than the urban , and ...
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