Statistic: Rural Economy & Population
September 01, 2006

Research Areas

Markets and Trade

U.S. textile and apparel imports, by source
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Diet and Health

Added fats and oils provide more calories per day for the average American than any other food group
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Rural America

Textile and apparel jobs have declined more than all manufacturing jobs
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A much larger share of textile and apparel displaced workers lived in nonmetro areas, compared with all displaced workers, 1997-2003
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Resources and Environment

Shifts to and from cultivated cropland, 1982-97
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