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In 1890 65% of the national population, or 36 million people, lived in rural areas. Of these 2.7 million lived in 13,000 towns of less than 2500 people. and 36 million --mostly farmers--lived in open country. In 1920 the urban population reached 54 million, or 51% while rural America had 52 million or 49%. [5]
About 13.4 million children under the age of 18 live in rural areas of the nation. [12] Children in rural areas had lower rates of poverty than those in urban areas (18.9 percent compared with 22.3 percent), but more of them were uninsured (7.3 percent compared with 6.3 percent). A higher percentage of "own children" in rural areas lived in ...
In historiography, rural history is a field of study focusing on the history of societies in rural areas. At its inception, the field was based on the economic history of agriculture. Since the 1980s it has become increasingly influenced by social history and has diverged from the economic and technological focuses of " agricultural history ".
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. [1] Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically described as rural, as well as other areas lacking substantial development.
The Daily Yonder looks at "The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America," in which Colby College political scientists Nicholas F. Jacobs and Daniel M. Shea set out to ...
Rural history museums in the United States (7 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Rural society in the United States" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
The evidence is clear that a second Donald Trump presidency would devastate rural America, writes Susan Schneider. Opinion: Why rural America should be alarmed at the prospect of Trump winning ...
The Country Life Movement in America, 1900-1920 (Kennikat Press, 1974). online; Danbom. David B. Born in the Country: A History of Rural America (1995) pp 161–184. Ellsworth, Clayton S. "Theodore Roosevelt's Country Life Commission" Agricultural History 34#4 (1960), pp. 155-172 in JSTOR