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Rural Labor and Education: Recommended Data

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State and County Education Data—State- and county-level education data from the 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Censuses of Population. Compare and rank States or counties in a State on any one of four levels of educational attainment. The data can be downloaded in Excel spreadsheets.

County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income—State- and county-level unemployment rates for the latest 6 years, and the latest median household income figures for States and counties. Sort and rank States, and the counties within a State on these indicators; view a county's income as a percentage of the State's income. Data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Farm and Farm-Related Employment—Estimates of farm and farm-related employment by State, farm production region, and farm resource region provide valuable information about the importance of agriculture in various geographic areas of the country. Farm and farm-related industries, such as farm production, processing and marketing of agricultural goods, and agricultural wholesale and retail trade, are generally identified as industries having 50 percent or more of their national workforce employed in providing goods and services necessary to satisfy the final demand for agricultural products.

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Updated date: April 22, 2009