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Measuring Rurality: 2004 County Typology Codes

Low-employment counties, 2000. Click to go to the data download page to get the codes.

 

See methods for classification definitions.
Go to the data download page.

 

Economic types Other policy types
  Farming-dependent
Mining-dependent
Manufacturing-dependent
Federal/State government-dependent
Services-dependent
Nonspecialized 		  Housing stress
Low-education
Persistent poverty
Population loss
Nonmetro recreation
Retirement destination
For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: August 26, 2004