Nonmetro Businesses Get Federal Credit Assistance, in Some Areas More than Others

Nonmetro counties received 17 percent of Federal loans and loan guarantees during 1983-89, a slightly larger share than the nonmetro, population's share of the national population (23.5 percent) and a much larger share than nonmetro income's share of national income (18.2 percent). The credit assistance was not evenly distributed among nonmetro counties, however. Poverty counties received less than other counties, and southern counties received less than counties elsewhere.