Rural America, Volume 16, Issue 4

Doug Bowers, Editor

Rural America No. (RA-164) March 2002

About this magazine

Rural America is a quarterly publication of the Economic Research Service that features articles covering a wide range of topics related to rural development as well as updates of rural social and economic trends.

In this report ...

Articles are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Contents, 58 kb
• Foreword, 59 kb

  Feature Articles

• Transportation in Rural America: Issues for the 21st Century, 649kb
• The Nation's Inland Waterway System and Rural America, 287kb
• Residence and Farm Experience Influence Perception of Agriculture:A Survey of North Central Residents, 156kb
• Rural Community Response to Closure or Downsizing of a Major Employer, 159kb

  Rural Updates

• Rural Poverty Rate Stayed Under 15 Percent in 1999, 194kb
• Rates of Food Insecurity and Hunger Unchaged in Rural Households, 99kb
• Nonfarm Jobs and Earnings Grew Faster in Metro than Nonmetro Areas in 1999, 1,327kb
• Rural Reliance on Transfers Income Remained Steady During the 1990's, 171kb

• Entire report 2,768 kb

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Updated date: March 2002