Overview-Indicators Point to a Post-1990 Revival in Rural Areas with Some Cautions; Population-Nonmetro Population Continues Post-1990 Rebound; Migration-Rural-Urban Migration Patterns Shift; Employment and Unemployment-Rural Employment Growth Quickened in 1994, as Unemployment Continued to Fall; Wages-Rural Earnings Holding Steady in the Early 1990's; Employment Benefits-Fewer Rural than Urban Workers Receive Employment Fringe Benefits; Household Income-Nonmetro Income Declining; Poverty-Rural Poverty Rate Increases; Transfer Payments-Rural Dependence on Government Transfer Payments Increases; Farm Household Income-Farm Operator Household Income Compares Favorably with All U.S. Households; Farm Labor-Hired Farmworkers Continue to Have Low Earnings and Educational Levels; Appendix: Data Sources and Definitions; Appendix Tables
