Overview: Rural Employment Growth Improves, Earnings Lag; Macroeconomics Trends: Transition in 1989, Sustainable Growth in 1990; Employment: Nonmetro Employment Growth Exceeds Metro; Unemployment: Nonmetro Unemployment Continues to Decline; Industry: Nonmetro Areas Lag Metro in Earnings per Job; Income: Nonmetro Income Growth Sluggish; Poverty: Poverty Severe in Nonmetro Areas; Population: Nonmetro Population Growth Improves, Nonmetro Areas with Urban Settings Remain Attractive in the 1980's; Appendix I: Data Sources; Appendix Tables
