TY - RPRT AB - This report updates a 1979 classification system of nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) counties developed by the Economic Research Service that identified rural counties according to their economic and social structure. The update to 1986 provides a base for effectively planning rural development. The report reveals that between 1979 and 1986 the number of farming, manufacturing, and mining counties dropped steeply, while the number of specialized government counties and unclassified counties grew. AU - Hady, Thomas F. AU - Ross, Peggy J. DA - 1990-05 DA - 1990-05 DO - 10.22004/ag.econ.278329 DO - doi ID - 278329 KW - Community/Rural/Urban Development KW - Food Security and Poverty KW - Public Economics KW - Economic base KW - unclassified KW - farming KW - government KW - Federal lands KW - manufacturing KW - mining KW - rural development KW - structural diversity KW - poverty KW - retirement areas L1 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278329/files/ers-report-464.pdf L2 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278329/files/ers-report-464.pdf L4 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278329/files/ers-report-464.pdf LA - eng LA - English LK - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278329/files/ers-report-464.pdf N2 - This report updates a 1979 classification system of nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) counties developed by the Economic Research Service that identified rural counties according to their economic and social structure. The update to 1986 provides a base for effectively planning rural development. The report reveals that between 1979 and 1986 the number of farming, manufacturing, and mining counties dropped steeply, while the number of specialized government counties and unclassified counties grew. PY - 1990-05 PY - 1990-05 T1 - An Update: The Diverse Social and Economic Structure of Nonmetropolitan America TI - An Update: The Diverse Social and Economic Structure of Nonmetropolitan America UR - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278329/files/ers-report-464.pdf Y1 - 1990-05 T2 - AGES 9036 ER -