Rural Conditions and Trends

1999

Journal Article

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/329327

English

Rural Conditions and Trends

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Overview: Recent Indicators Send Mixed Signals About Rural Economic Performance; Race and Ethnicity in Rural Areas: Minorities Represent Growing Share of Tomorrow's Work Force, Minority Counties Are Geographically Clustered; Population and Migration: Nonmetro Population Rebound: Still Real but Diminishing, Rural Areas Attract Young Families and College Graduates, Socioeconomic Circumstances of Minority Elderly Differ from Those of White Elderly; Employment and Labor Force: Nonmetro Employment Growth Slows, but Unemployment Continues to Fall, Manufacturing Sector in Black Counties Weakens in Era of New Technology, Rural Nonfarm Earnings Growth Lags Urban; Earnings and Income: Rural Earnings Continue a Slow, Steady Rise, Rural Per Capita Income Grows Slightly Faster than Urban, Growth in Rural Transfer Payments for Some Public Assistance Programs Offsets Sharp Declines in Others, Sources of Rural Household Income Vary by Demographic Groups; Poverty and Well-Being: Rural Poverty Rate Unchanged, The Socioeconomic Well-Being of Rural Children Lags that of Urban Children, New Indicator Reveals Similar Levels of Food Security in Rural and Urban Households, Housing Problems Differ Across Types of Rural Households; Farm Labor and Income: Minority Hired Farmworkers Earn About the Same as Their Nonminority Counterparts, Sources and Levels of Farm Household Income Vary by Type of Farm; Appendix: Data Sources and Definitions; Appendix Tables

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