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- From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
- To: Homestead <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Homestead] The definition of "rural"
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:26:54 -0500
I have written on how the Census Bureau has made it virtually impossible to count ruralites versus urbanites. Here are sidebar notes from an article on the subject:
• The share of the U.S. population considered rural ranges from 17 to 49 percent depending on the definition used.
• Rural definitions can be based on administrative, land-use, or economic concepts, exhibiting considerable variation in socio-economic characteristics and well-being of the measured population.
• For research projects and economic development programs alike, the appropriate definition of rural will be that which meets the goals of the endeavor.
I wonder how many of us might consider ourselves rural whom officialdom deems urban.
From:
Defining the “Rural” in Rural America
The use of different definitions of rural by Federal agencies reflects the multidimensional qualities of rural America.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/June08/Features/RuralAmerica.htm
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[Homestead] The definition of "rural",
Gene GeRue, 07/11/2008
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Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural",
eureka, 07/11/2008
- Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural", bob ford, 07/11/2008
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Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural",
Gene GeRue, 07/11/2008
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Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural",
eureka, 07/11/2008
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Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural",
bob ford, 07/11/2008
- Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural", eureka, 07/11/2008
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Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural",
eureka, 07/11/2008
- Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural", Don Bowen, 07/11/2008
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Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural",
bob ford, 07/11/2008
- Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural", Lynn Wigglesworth, 07/11/2008
- Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural", Lynda, 07/11/2008
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Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural",
eureka, 07/11/2008
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Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural",
eureka, 07/11/2008
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